April 28, 2008
Shakespeare in the Park to give tickets away online
People with day jobs all across New York City, rejoice! Standing in line for hours and hours to maybe get free tickets to Shakespeare in the Park may be a thing of yesterday.
Details from Playbill:With the new virtual line, the Public allows individuals who are registered at the Public Theater website to log on and submit a day-of request for tickets beginning at 12 AM ET. Each individual entry is able to request up to two tickets for that day's performance. At 1 PM registered users can log on to the Public website to see if their names have been randomly selected. The day-of tickets will be held at the Delacorte box office. However, most tickets will still be alotted to the legions who line up in Central Park the day of each show; only "a limited number" will go the online route.
Of course you can also "buy" the free tickets by donating $160 or $165 to the Public Theater.
This summer's first production is "Hamlet" -- set for May 27 through June 29 -- with Michael Stuhlbarg, Sam Waterston, Lauren Ambrose, Andre Braugher and Margaret Colin.
The second Shakespeare in the Park production for 2008 will be "Hair" -- from July 22 through August 17 -- with Jonathan Groff, Will Swenson, Patina Renea Miller and Allison Case directed by Dianne Paulus.
Image source: That's the front of the line for "Hair" in Central Pak on Sept. 24, 2007. They'd arrived at 11 p.m. the night before. Amy Langfield/NewYorkology.
(Playbill story found via Playgoer.)
Earlier: Shakespeare in the Park summer '08: 'Hair,' 'Hamlet'
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April 28, 2008 07:17 PM in Broadway, Cheap Stuff, Romance, Sightsology, Techology, Upper East Side, Upper West Side
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