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| Shakespeare in the Park tickets | |
| Posted by: NYCscribe 11:49 am EDT 07/19/23 | |
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| I've been really surprised to receive emails with codes and forms to sign up for tickets for HAMLET in the Park. This is not for a lottery or wait list but just to sign up. There was a time when Park tickets were really hard to get and you had to stand in line or enter the lottery. I remember that the Public was quite strict about making every ticket possible available to the general public but more and more, they are just giving the tickets to special groups or offering them via various ways and emails lists. I used to donate to bypass the line but this year, I was able to get a code to reserve seats. Are they really having trouble filling seats? That would be a very sad thing since it has always been such a special thing for decades. Or is the show that bad? The "Richard III" last year was horrible so maybe people are remembering that and not going anymore? I will say the quality of the Park shows has gone downhill in recent years. There was a time when actors who could handle Shakespeare - Michael Cumpsty, Lily Rabe, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jay O. Sanders, Michael Stuhlbarg, Peter Francis James, etc. could be seen every year but now, they seem to have different priorities that have nothing to do with putting on a good Shakespeare production. |
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| re: Shakespeare in the Park has gone downhill sad to report | |
| Posted by: FinalPerformance 01:18 pm EDT 07/19/23 | |
| In reply to: Shakespeare in the Park tickets - NYCscribe 11:49 am EDT 07/19/23 | |
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| I agree mediocre productions now two years in a row. Friends walked up 20 minutes before show and got good seats. They had enough by intermission and left. They saw Hamlet at the Park Avenue Armory and wanted to see this production to compare. The answer was: they walked. | |
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| Ah! What memories of nights in the Park | |
| Posted by: schauspieler 09:07 pm EDT 07/19/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Shakespeare in the Park has gone downhill sad to report - FinalPerformance 01:18 pm EDT 07/19/23 | |
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| with Shakespeare, Chekhov, Comden/Green/Bernstein, Brecht, Gilbert and Sullivan, Moliere, Rupert Holmes, Wilder, Ragni/Rado/MacDermot, Euripides, and Sondheim/Lapine. Not a single one dumbed down or edited to shreds. Who's luckier than us?! | |
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| re: Ah! What memories of nights in the Park | |
| Posted by: den 07:16 pm EDT 07/20/23 | |
| In reply to: Ah! What memories of nights in the Park - schauspieler 09:07 pm EDT 07/19/23 | |
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| What a lovely post. Thank you. And to think of the actors and performers I’ve seen there — Raul Julia, Kevin Kline, Meryl Streep, Donna Murphy, Lily Rabe, Amy Adams, Al Pacino, Anne Hathaway, Audra McDonald, Raul Esparza, Linda Ronstadt, Estelle Parsons, Michael Moriarty, Blythe Danner, Jerry Stiller, Cleo Laine, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Hamish Linklater, George Rose, Sam Waterston, James Earl Jones, Liev Schreiber, Andrew Burnap, William Hurt, Oscar Isaac, Patrick Dtewart, Billy Crudup, Jennifer Ehle … and those are just the ones who immediately come to mind. I hope that the restoration of the Delacorte will lead to another “golden age.” | |
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| re: Shakespeare in the Park tickets | |
| Last Edit: fellowozian 01:21 pm EDT 07/19/23 | |
| Posted by: fellowozian 01:12 pm EDT 07/19/23 | |
| In reply to: Shakespeare in the Park tickets - NYCscribe 11:49 am EDT 07/19/23 | |
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| I can't speak to the quality of this season's production, but I will say it's a lot more fun seeing Shakespeare's comedies in the Park during the hot, stormy, humid New York summer months than his tragedies. Add also this year's smoke/haze advisories and I can see how there might be less enthusiasm than years past. | |
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| re: Shakespeare in the Park tickets | |
| Posted by: student_rush 12:43 pm EDT 07/19/23 | |
| In reply to: Shakespeare in the Park tickets - NYCscribe 11:49 am EDT 07/19/23 | |
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| The quality is almost nonexistent. I left last night's HAMLET before intermission (on the aisle, didn't bother anyone) -- the production is horrible, full of confounding choice after confounding choice. It certainly didn't help that we had the nonunion 'Hamlet' understudy ... but I don't want to start up that whole conversation again! Last year's RICHARD was appalling. This year's HAMLET comically poor. When we keep seeing article after article bemoaning the state of nonprofits and asking "WHERE ARE THE AUDIENCES," they are at home, making better use of their time than to sit through hours of dreck. Subscriptions falter and ticket sales slump because the quality of most nonprofit shows has completely tanked in the last five years. It's not rocket science. |
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| re: Shakespeare in the Park tickets | |
| Posted by: bkn97 12:36 pm EDT 07/19/23 | |
| In reply to: Shakespeare in the Park tickets - NYCscribe 11:49 am EDT 07/19/23 | |
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| Are you able to share any more details about reserving tickets? I have family visiting from out of town this weekend who would really like to see it. | |
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| re: Shakespeare in the Park tickets | |
| Posted by: NYCscribe 03:03 pm EDT 07/19/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Shakespeare in the Park tickets - bkn97 12:36 pm EDT 07/19/23 | |
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| One email was sent to my partner who is a BIPOC person and clearly just targeting that demographic so I don't feel comfortable sharing. The other email was part of a comp list I'm on - again, we were asked not to share. | |
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