The Public Theater

FREE SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD! 🌟 Join us for FREE outdoor screenings of the bold and hilarious MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING with Oscar nominee Danielle Brooks playing across NYC this July-September! 🍿 Experience a fresh take on Shakespeare's classic directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon and choreographed by Tony nominee Camille A. Brown. 🌃 Don't miss this one of a kind movie under the stars! Screenings at 8:30 pm: 🗓️ July 11: J. Hood Wright Park (Manhattan) 🗓️ July 17: McCarren Park (Brooklyn) 🗓️ July 24: Cadman Plaza Park (Brooklyn) 🗓️ Aug 2: Faber Park (Staten Island) 🗓️ Aug 3: Queens Night Market (Queens)* 🗓️ Aug 12: Central Park Frisbee Hill (Manhattan)* 🗓️ Aug 20: Washington Square Park (Manhattan) 🗓️ Aug 29: Baisley Pond Park (Queens) 🗓️ Sept 6: Bronx Park (The Bronx) *Special Public Pops Up events with activities, food, and live performances! All screenings are FREE and no tickets are required! Details: https://lnkd.in/eRDz9iS2 🗽✨ 📸: Joan Marcus, Marc J. Franklin

COUNTING AND CRACKING is coming to NEW YORK CITY!! 🌟🌍 Don't miss this international sensation's U.S. Premiere in partnership with NYU Skirball this fall! 🇱🇰🇦🇺 This sweeping epic follows a Sri Lankan-Australian family from 1956-2004, featuring an incredible cast from around the world. Experience one of 2024's most anticipated premieres - a joyous story of family, forgiveness, and love. 🎉 Access your tickets today: thepublic.nyc/counting 🎟️ 📸 by Pia Johnson

We had a wonderful first ever PUBLIC POPS UP! celebration at Prospect Park this past weekend! 🌳🎉🌟 This epic summer party series continues with two more FREE POP UPS! Join us for activities, delicious food, live performances, and a movie screening at the Queens Night Market (8/3) and Central Park (8/12)! Save the dates for an unforgettable night of theater, music, and community with friends and family! 🎊💃🎪 🎊 🍔 🎸 🎬 🌅 ⭐ Public Pops Up @ The Queens Night Market (Saturday, August 3 starting at 4pm) - Featuring 100+ vendors, a performance by Gentleman Brawlers, and a screening of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING! ⭐ Public Pops Up @ Central Park Frisbee Hill (Monday, August 12 from 6-7:30pm) - Featuring a Public Works’ LET’S HEAR IT FOR NEW YORK, a city-wide Community Event where all of New York is invited to participate. Plus, a screening of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING as a part of Central Park Conservancy’s Parks Film Festival! We can't wait for you to join us for more of the GO PUBLIC! festival happening near you this summer! Explore at thepublic.nyc/PublicPopsUp! 🗽✨ 📸: Marc J. Franklin

What a wonderful and exciting summer of GO PUBLIC! it has been so far! 🤩🎉 We're already missing Mobile Unit's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS! ❤️ But the fun's not over! There's still so much in store all over NYC this summer: ✨ THE PUBLIC POPS UP! FREE at Queens Night Market (8/3) and Central Park (8/12) 🍿 Movie screenings of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING under the stars from July-September 🎊 A FREE block party FOR ALL at Astor Place on July 28 Explore the fun and FREE festival celebrating theater and community at thepublic.nyc/GoPublic 🗽✨ Let's GO PUBLIC! 🎉

Thank you NYC Comptroller Brad Lander for welcoming the crowd this last weekend of Mobile Unit’s COMEDY OF ERRORS. Your support of the Public Theater is deeply appreciated! Additionally, thank you to the Prospect Park Alliance for coordinating with The Public to bring free arts programming to this iconic NYC park.

THIS SATURDAY 🎉 The Public's First Ever POP UP is at Prospect Park!! 🌟 Join us June 29 from 5:30pm for a night of FREE fun! Kick off with Mobile Unit's bilingual musical THE COMEDY OF ERRORS at 5:30pm. Enjoy food trucks, activities, and a live performance by Michael Thurber throughout the evening. Cap it off with a sunset screening of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (2019) at 8:30pm. 🍔🎸🌅 Don't miss this party in the park! 🌳🎊 More info: thepublic.nyc/PublicPopsUp 📸: Michael Thurber, Peter Cooper, Joan Marcus

🎶🌟 "The joy of celebrating Latin music and performance, the joy of Shakespeare still resonating after centuries, the joy of genuine cultural and linguistic representation, but most importantly the joy of being outdoors on a beautiful summer evening and watching an incredible production of live theater for the people, and all of it for free." -BIPOC Critics Lab member Maria Paz Alegre reflects on Mobile Unit's bilingual musical THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. 📝 Read her full piece, featuring cast interviews: https://lnkd.in/dBCUhiQP Don't miss the FINAL performances 🎉 🌳 June 27 & 28: Prospect Park, Brooklyn @ 6:30pm 🌟 June 29: Prospect Park, Brooklyn @ 5:30pm Featuring a special event: THE PUBLIC THEATER POPS-UP! Festivities with activities, food, live performances, and free movie! ⛪ June 30: Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Manhattan @ 6:30pm All performances are FREE and open to the public! 🆓 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eTTY-6Rp

Thank you State Senator Serrano for welcoming the audience in St. Mary’s Park in the Bronx. As you said, accessible fee arts programming throughout our communities is important for safety and wellness. You can count on the Public Theater to always be home base. 

PUBLIC WORKS IS WARMING UP AND IT'S TIME TO DANCE! 🕺💃 Join Public Works for LET'S HEAR IT FOR NEW YORK! 🗽 a massive dance celebration set to "Empire State of Mind" from the original Broadway cast recording of HELL'S KITCHEN! 💥 We're calling on all New Yorkers to join us on August 12 at 6pmin Central Park for an unforgettable dance experience. Choreographed by Camille A. Brown & Every Body Move and directed by Laurie Woolery, we're uniting the city through dance! Learn the moves online (video coming soon), at Public Pops Up events this summer, or at in-person instructional sessions. All ages and abilities welcome - no experience needed! This performance is both BY and FOR New Yorkers. 💯🔥 Show your NYC pride in this city-wide celebration. Be part of the Public Works magic! Learn more at https://lnkd.in/e2mjurXH

📣 IT'S YOUR LAST WEEK TO CATCH THE COMEDY OF ERRORS ON TOUR! Don't miss Mobile Unit’s bilingual musical adaptation take on NYC in style! 🎶 🙌 🎉 Up next: 🏙️ 🚌 🌳🎶 June 25 & June 26: Gil Scott-Heron Amphitheater in St. Mary's Park (Bronx) @ 6:30pm June 27 & June 28: Prospect Park at The Peninsula (Brooklyn) @ 6:30pm June 29: Prospect Park at The Peninsula (Brooklyn) @ 5:30pm ⭐ Including the special first ever event of THE PUBLIC THEATER POPS-UP! A fun evening of festivities filled with activities, food, and live performances, and more! June 30: Cathedral at St. John the Divine at 1047 Amsterdam Ave (Manhattan) @ 6:30pm All performances are FREE and open to the public, with seating available on a first-come, first-served basis. More info at https://lnkd.in/eTTY-6Rp! We’ll see you there! 🤩 Check out all the amazing people who made this production possible! ⭐ thepublic.nyc/COEPlaybill