Shakespeare in the Park 2011

[axk814]

Shakespeare in the Park 2011#1

Posted: 1/6/11 at 12:05pm

Anybody know what the plans are for this years season at The Delacorte?

Want to plan my summer trip to the city and didn't know if anything exciting was planned.

[Katurian2]

Shakespeare in the Park 2011#2

Posted: 1/6/11 at 12:21pm

When was the last time there was a truly terrible Shakespeare in the Park summer? I haven't heard anything yet, but odds are in your favor it'll be worth seeing.

"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck

[yay_gerb]

Shakespeare in the Park 2011#2

Posted: 1/6/11 at 12:43pm

they usually announce what shows they are doing around march.

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[Sauja]

Shakespeare in the Park 2011#3

Posted: 1/6/11 at 12:51pm

I don't think they'll announce for another month or two. I'm trying to decide what I think they'll be. they haven't done Lear in ages, but BAM has it this spring. Ditto The Comedy of Errors. I'd vote Othello except for the debacle of a production a few years back at the Public. Maybe it's time for Henry IV again?

[Gothampc]

Shakespeare in the Park 2011#4

Posted: 1/6/11 at 2:58pm

I think it's time for "Taming of the Shrew".

eta: "Mad Men" shoots during the summer doesn't it? Because it would be great to have Jon Hamm as Petruchio.

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Updated On: 1/6/11 at 02:58 PM

[Yankeefan007]

Shakespeare in the Park 2011#5

Posted: 1/6/11 at 4:36pm

You can expect they won't be doing Lear, Macbeth, Othello, Merchant, Winter's Tale, Richard III, Twelfth Night, Midsummer, R&J, Hamlet, Timon of Athens, As You Like It.

That leaves 24 options.

[frogs_fan85]

Shakespeare in the Park 2011#6

Posted: 1/6/11 at 4:44pm

I think Mad Men shoots spring through early summer. It airs late July-October.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Shakespeare in the Park 2011#7

Posted: 1/6/11 at 4:57pm

You can probably add Cymbeline, Pericles, Julius Ceaser and The Two Noble Kinsmen to YankeeFan's list.

It would be nice to see the bloody Titus Andronicus again. Although, a summer of histories would be divine. (I'd imagine Richard III wouldn't happen, what with the Kevin Spacey production...)

"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman

[RippedMan]

Shakespeare in the Park 2011#8

Posted: 1/6/11 at 5:22pm

I mean, it could always be a Shakespeare + Something Else. A Chekov, or Brecht, etc.

[Gothampc]

Shakespeare in the Park 2011#9

Posted: 1/6/11 at 5:28pm

Yes, but in 2009 they did The Baache and in 2008 they did Hair, so they better stick with Shakespeare for another year or two.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Shakespeare in the Park 2011#10

Posted: 1/6/11 at 5:28pm

Oh, totally, RippedMan. I'm assuming it's just going to be one Shakespeare.

It would be divine to see some Greek work up on that stage. A new Medea, perhaps. Mmm. Yes, please! Marcia Gay Harden!

"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman

[Yankeefan007]

Shakespeare in the Park 2011#11

Posted: 1/6/11 at 6:17pm

Unless Meryl wants to do it.

[Katurian2]

Shakespeare in the Park 2011#12

Posted: 1/19/11 at 8:54pm

When was the last time they did a Greek comedy? I have to say thought that I'm not a huge classical comedy fan, but I would love to see how The Public interprets it. And I also don't think Jon Hamm, however perfect for "Shrew," would be a big enough name draw- especially following The Al Pacino this summer. But I don't think they could really find anyone to equal Pacino though.

"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck

[AC126748]

Shakespeare in the Park 2011#13

Posted: 1/19/11 at 11:01pm

I don't think SitP has ever done a Greek comedy--unless you count their unintentionally hilarious production of THE BACCHAE two years ago.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[iagowasframed]

Shakespeare in the Park 2011#14

Posted: 1/20/11 at 10:32am

I cast my vote for Titus Andronicus with Gary Oldman in the title roll.

[Gothampc]

Shakespeare in the Park 2011#15

Posted: 1/20/11 at 11:45am

"And I also don't think Jon Hamm, however perfect for "Shrew," would be a big enough name draw"

Not every show they do has a huge star attached. And I think Hamm is a big enough star. He's been one of the few successful hosts of SNL in the last few years.

And having a huge star attached doesn't always translate into a full house. The Streep-Kline "Seagull" had a lot of empty seats despite the publicity machine.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[willep]

Shakespeare in the Park 2011#16

Posted: 1/20/11 at 12:06pm

"I cast my vote for Titus Andronicus with Gary Oldman in the title roll."

Yes, please. I second this.

[AC126748]

Shakespeare in the Park 2011#17

Posted: 1/20/11 at 1:50pm

Gary Oldman will probably be shooting the new Batman film over the summer, so he definitely won't be treading the boards.

Jon Hamm is a divine choice for Petruchio and is definitely well-known enough to carry a show. He's on one of (if not the) most talked-about shows on television. And it's not like SitP always goes for stars: they've had Jonathan Groff lead two productions in two years, had Michael Stuhlbarg as their Hamlet and a relatively star-free (unless you count Martha Plimpton) production of MIDSUMMER that was the best Shakespeare they've done in a decade.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[Gothampc]

Shakespeare in the Park 2011#18

Posted: 1/20/11 at 2:07pm

Can we have Jon Hamm as Petruchio and Sara Ramierez as Kate?

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[AC126748]

Shakespeare in the Park 2011#19

Posted: 1/20/11 at 2:10pm

Yes, please.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body