Shakespeare in the Park line today
Shakespeare in the Park line today
Madame X
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/13/03
#0Shakespeare in the Park line today
Posted: 6/14/06 at 2:09pmI can't guarantee anything, but FYI there were (relatively) very few people in line today. There may still be tix if you want to meander by and check it out.
#1re: Shakespeare in the Park line today
Posted: 6/14/06 at 2:13pmI passed by there around 10:20 and there looked to be no more than about 50 people on line - which really surprised me.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#2re: Shakespeare in the Park line today
Posted: 6/14/06 at 2:16pmThe first few days of the run -- before people realize it's open yet -- are always a little slow, so it's a good time to jump on tickets if you have time ..............although they're predicting rain late this afternoon and throughout the night and tomorrow morning so there's no guarantee that the show will go on.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#3re: Shakespeare in the Park line today
Posted: 6/14/06 at 2:19pmThe rain slowed the preparation for the production down a bit. So tonight is the first preview. The show officially opens June 28.
Madame X
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/13/03
#4re: Shakespeare in the Park line today
Posted: 6/14/06 at 2:19pm
Today, you could've gotten there AT 1pm, and still gotten tix. The line *barely* made it around the bend so that you couldn't see the theater. There are 1880 seats (or thereabouts) and I'd estimate there were only mid-upper hundreds on line when they started handing out tix.
Yeah, hoping there's no rain *knock on wood*.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#5re: Shakespeare in the Park line today
Posted: 6/14/06 at 2:21pmI checked the website. The shows are starting at 8:30pm now?
#6re: Shakespeare in the Park line today
Posted: 6/14/06 at 2:25pmOnly MACBETH will have an 8:30 curtain. MOTHER COURAGE will have the traditional 8:00 curtain.
Madame X
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/13/03
#7re: Shakespeare in the Park line today
Posted: 6/14/06 at 2:30pm
Macbeth is for some strange reason...Mother Courage will have a regular 8pm curtain per the line guardian, Karen (? - I think that's her name).
Btw, will that be the first time Shakespeare in the Park will be putting on a production of something not by Shakespeare?
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#8re: Shakespeare in the Park line today
Posted: 6/14/06 at 2:33pm
"Btw, will that be the first time Shakespeare in the Park puts on a production of something not by Shakespeare?"
No, they've done a lot of other authors
Gilbert & Sullivan
Moliere
Chekhov
McDermot/Guare/Shapiro
Bernstein, Comden & Green
Weill/Brecht
Thorton Wilder
so. much. drama.
Chorus Member Joined: 5/23/06
#9re: Shakespeare in the Park line today
Posted: 6/14/06 at 2:37pmi can't wait for mother courage. meryl streep is my boyfriend.
#10re: Shakespeare in the Park line today
Posted: 6/14/06 at 2:39pmI agree, drama.
Madame X
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/13/03
#11re: Shakespeare in the Park line today
Posted: 6/14/06 at 2:44pmThanks Gothampc - duh, I have such short-term memory sometimes.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#12re: Shakespeare in the Park line today
Posted: 6/14/06 at 2:52pmI wish I had seen the Raul Julia/Ellen Greene version of 3Penny Opera. Here's hoping they will issue the recording on cd.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#13re: Shakespeare in the Park line today
Posted: 6/14/06 at 5:03pm
Curtain is at 8:30 for Macbeth (and Macbeth only) because by that time it should be (mostly) dark which the director wanted so as to add to the mood and atmosphere of the piece.
There have been lots of fun Shakespeare in the Park productions in the past. One of my favorites was a production 15 years ago of Taming of the Shrew starring Morgan Freeman and Tracey Ullman, set in the Old West and set to music. It was really a blast.
And speaking of "Shrew," did anyone ever see the Park production sometime in the late 70s with Meryl Streep and Raul Julia as Kate and Petrucchio, either live or on PBS? I haven't seen it in many years and it wasn't preserved on video, but it was the funniest, slaptick (Streep did pratfalls), boisterous but well-spoken production of it that I've ever seen.
#14re: Shakespeare in the Park line today
Posted: 6/15/06 at 6:51am
MACBETH last night was really something. A very dark staging, featuring a virtuoso performance by Mr. Schreiber. Maybe the best Macbeth I've ever seen. Jennifer Ehle as Lady Macbeth was intense and straight-up crazy. The entire ensemble was very very good, and the show ran surprisingly well for a first preview. This is definitely one to see.
ETA: I was chatting with one of the Public Theater employees last night before the show, and they said that this is the first time that MACBETH has ever been presented at the Delacorte. I found that very interesting, seeing as it is probably one of Shakespeare's best-known plays.
Updated On: 6/15/06 at 06:51 AM
Alix7272
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/04
#15re: Shakespeare in the Park line today
Posted: 6/15/06 at 10:03am
What time did it end?
(I think I'm going tomorrow night.)
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nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#16re: Shakespeare in the Park line today
Posted: 6/16/06 at 3:50pm
And for thoughts re the first preview:
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?lastpage=on&thread=901066&dt=15
SFFrontRow
Broadway Star Joined: 3/19/05
#17re: Shakespeare in the Park line today
Posted: 7/7/06 at 10:40am
Sorry to get off topic - but I would like to know what the seating is like there.
I have a summer sponsor ticket (only in town for 2 days) and have section D seat 301 for Mother Courage in August. Does anyone know the seating arrangements for this show. I know they do not post a seating chart because it changes by show, but I would like to know where this seat is situated.
Thanks --
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