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Shakespeare in the Park - The Conservatory - Mount Royal College Mount Royal College's Shakespeare in the Park is one of Calgary's most anticipated events. Shakespeare in the Park (SITP) is a summer theatre company dedicated to training young performers and technicians. Shakespeare In The Park is "Pay What You Will," but our suggested admission price is $10 to $20 per audience member. www.mtroyal.ab.ca /conservatory/sitp   (200 words)

Springfield News: Shakespeare in the park : Local actress to perform in classic theatrical comedy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) She is cast as the servant Luce in the Free Shakespeare in the Park production of "The Comedy of Errors" being performed at Amazon Community Park in Eugene beginning Aug. 6 and continuing through Aug. 28. Amazon Community Park is not the Globe Theatre, but it's an inviting setting nevertheless for a family picnic on a balmy August evening -- despite the park's misfortune in not being located in Springfield. Free Shakespeare in the Park is in its seventh year at Amazon Park, located at 2700 Hilyard St. in Eugene. www.springfieldnews.com /articles/2005/07/27/local/news11.txt   (461 words)

TIP: Shakespeare In The Park Shakespeare's genius as a poet enabled him to express an idea both briefly and colorfully. Shakespeare lived in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, a period known as the Elizabethan Age. Shakespeare's plays have attracted large audiences in big, sophisticated cities and in small, rural towns. www.theatreinthepark.com /pages/shakespeare_in_the_park.htm   (1289 words)

Shakespeare in the Park: no picnic. By Bryan Curtis - Slate Magazine Shakespeare in the Park is the most culturally affirming rite of summer. The true legacy of Shakespeare in the Park is not the education of the unlettered masses; nor did Papp create (or desire to create) a stateside equivalent of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Shakespeare in the Park is a benediction for intellectual daytrippers—an attempt to convince us that a few hours spent sweating in Central Park is culture earned the hard way. www.slate.com /id/2121744   (1291 words)

Shakespeare Garden The Shakespeare Garden, located between the Delacorte Theater, Belvedere Castle, and the Swedish Cottage, is an informal four-acre garden nestled in a rocky hillside. The Garden was dedicated to Shakespeare in 1916, the 300th anniversary of his death. Legend has it that the tree that now shades the lower part of the garden is a graft of a white mulberry tree planted by Shakespeare himself at New Place, Stratford-on-Avon, in the year 1602. www.centralparknyc.org /virtualpark/thegreatlawn/shakespearegarden   (385 words)

Free Shakespeare in the Park Besides the South Bay, Free Shakespeare in the Park is being held in San Francisco, Oakland and San Ramon. The park never really got cleaned up, so the city pulled its funding for the festival, which sent organizers looking for a new home in Silicon Valley. Free Shakespeare in the Park stars several well-known Bay Area actors, including Luis Oropeza, Valerie de Jose and Michael Carroll. www.svcn.com /archives/sunnyvalesun/07.29.98/Shakespeare.html   (919 words)

Shakespeare in the Park -- on Long Island: A look at the Hamptons Shakespeare Festival and its "extreme" ... Shakespeare in the Park -- on Long Island: A look at the Hamptons Shakespeare Festival and its "extreme" interpretation of The Taming of the Shrew. For most residents of the Big Apple, the phrase "Shakespeare in the Park" conjures up specific images of evenings spent at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park, watching one of the Bard's works as presented by the Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival. It all depends on the play and the concept, but the park is such an amazing space that we try to use it as much as possible. www.theatermania.com /content/news.cfm?int_news_id=3794   (1210 words)

Shakespeare In The Park, Harry Smith: The Bard's Plays Are Alive And Well - CBS News Jogging through Central Park on Sunday, I see the lines forming at the Delacorte Theater for "Macbeth." A standing-room-only crowd, patiently standing in the midday sun to see Shakespeare. Google Shakespeare in the Park, and you'll see it goes on all over the country. William Shakespeare wrote that "there's no art to find the mind's construction in the face." But people have been wondering for centuries what Shakespeare's face looked like. www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/07/10/opinion/smith/main1788353.shtml   (385 words)

The Trades - Shakespeare in the Park 2002: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged I was not at all apprehensive when I came to Westmount Park, across the street from my home, on Friday night. In the 3 years I had caught Shakespeare in the Park in Westmount Park, I had never seen this many people (well over 200, I'd estimate). It was another great year for Shakespeare in the Park as performed by the Repercussion Theatre and let's hope for many more years to come. www.the-trades.com /article.php?id=1313&print=yes   (813 words)

A tasty chowder of Shakespeare in the park Shakespeare certainly set out to double your pleasure when he added a second set of identical twins to an old plot by the Roman playwright Plautus. In a new wrinkle, the Oakland-East Bay Shakespeare Festival shows are being presented Friday and Saturday evenings at 7 (Sunday at 4 p.m.), instead of in the afternoon. Shakespeare's Emelia, the abbess, has become Abbey (the superb Joan Mankin), and her abbey is now Abbey's lobster wagon. www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive/1999/08/02/STYLE1574.dtl   (1033 words)

Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park's statement of purpose is to provide Oklahoma with quality stage productions in unique and exciting environments at a reasonable price and to develop cultural growth in Oklahoma through classical and theatrical projects. Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park is a non-profit organization in alliance with the University of Central Oklahoma, is supported in part by the Oklahoma Arts Council, Allied Arts, the Kirkpatrick Family Fund, Target Stores and Chesapeake Energy. OSP is also a member of the Institute of Outdoor Drama and the Shakespeare Theatre Association of America. www.theshop.net /okshkspr   (358 words)

Idaho Mountain Express: Shakespeare in the park While we know intellectually that works of Shakespeare are replete with beautiful language, puns, and complex plots, the artistry can be lost on us because it is dense to the point of being inaccessible. Instrumental in achieving this goal, according to Kathy Wygle, one of the founders of the Festival along with Kimberly White, is the participation of Shakespeare and Company, a Lenox Mass., theater school and company. Shakespeare’s play is the story of a shipwrecked Viola who falls into a web of love and mistaken identity. www.mtexpress.com /2000/08-16-00/8-16shakespeare.htm   (557 words)

Shakespeare in the Park New York City.com : Broadway Tickets : Editorial Review FREE tickets to Shakespeare in Central Park are available on the day of the performance beginning at 1 pm at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, or from 1-3 pm at The Public Theater at 425 Lafayette Street. The closest Park entrance from the East Side is Fifth Avenue at 79th Street; from the West Side, Central Park West at 81st Street. As Mother Courage seeks to profit from the war that is killing her children, she questions the roles of honesty, virtue and family in the face of a bitter struggle for survival. www.nyc.com /broadway_tickets/Shakespeare_in_the_Park.75768/editorial.aspx   (724 words)

Coolcitiesusa - Dallas/Fort Worth - Arts & Culture-Shakespeare In The Park 2003 With the New Events Park in Addison under construction, this year’s Shakespeare In The Park Festival was hosted by Post Addison Circle in it’s Esplanade Park with three performances over the June 5th weekend. Shakespeare should be more than enough reason to celebrate, but in addition, three members of the group were celebrating birthdays the same week. There were also lots of family picnics with the added bonus of a great opportunity for the kids to see a live performance of Taming of the Shrew. www.coolcitiesusa.com /dfw/dfw2/about/arcult/shakespeare03/01.shtml   (309 words)

Cover Story | Free Shakespeare in the Park Besides Cupertino, Free Shakespeare in the Park is being held in San Francisco, Oakland and San Ramon. In Cupertino this week, about 100 kids are in the festival's Shakespeare camp at De Anza College, where they're learning the ropes of acting, Shakespearean style. Boynton said that although many kids see Shakespeare's work as a "stiff, archaic language that's tough to understand," most can understand it when they're allowed to act out the parts. www.svcn.com /archives/cupertinocourier/07.29.98/CoverStory.html   (961 words)

The Dominion: What Makes Magic in the Park?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) This is one of my favourite plays (Shakespeare or other), so it was with extra enthusiasm that I joined all of the glowing friends, lovers and families this Canada Day before dusk. But while the actors spoke their speeches Otrippingly on the tongue', and while the production was both colourful and visually captivating, I did not gain one new "interpretation", as Brook puts it, of any character or relationship, or of the play as a whole. A cast of any Shakespeare in the Park has, thanks to that marvellous ambiance, the luxury of letting it all hang out. dominionpaper.ca /arts/2003/what_makes_magic_in_the_park.html   (644 words)

Shakespeare in the park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) Because it was outdoors there was little in the way of lighting or sound, though as the sun set during the final scenes, the ushers used flashlights to provide a bit of extra lighting. A single set piece was employed, a gravestone that blended in with the surrounding stonework in the park. The costumes implied that the time was somewhere in the past, but portrayed no specific time period; the men wore non-specific military uniforms that could have passed for any time in any country for the past 300 years. www.oobr.com /top/volTen/two/0629muchado.htm   (493 words)

Central Park: Art: Shakespeare in the Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) The plays made their way to a lawn in front of Turtle Pond, until then-Parks Commissioner Robert Moses demanded Shakespeare in Central Park charge admission for a “grass erosion” fund in 1959. The plays are usually works by Shakespeare, but there are exceptions, such as Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance” featuring Kevin Klein in 1980, and Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull” with Klein, Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken and Natalie Portman in 2001. Shakespeare in Central Park is among the best theater in New York City, said Karen Lichtman, who has worked at the Public Theater for the past nine years, helping out with ticket distribution during the day and working on security during the performances. www.nyc24.org /2005/centralpark/art/shakespeare.html   (732 words)

Central Park - Shakespeare in the Park - CentralPark.com The Delacorte Theater is the summer home of the annual "Shakespeare in the Park" production. Begun in 1957 by Joseph Papp as part of the Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival the annual productions draw thousands to the open air theater at the heart of Central Park. Shakespeare in the Park – Check out the Public Theater website for more information. www.centralpark.com /pages/activities/shakespeare-in-the-park.html   (388 words)

Shakespeare in Delaware Park Shakespeare in Delaware Park, Inc. is a not-for-profit, professional theatre company dedicated to providing free, high-quality public theatre to the widest possible audience by performing Shakespearean plays outdoors. Shakespeare in Delaware Park was founded in 1976 by Saul Elkin. Shakespeare in Delaware Park performs two plays each summer; one traditional style and one in an updated fashion. www.volunteersolutions.org /uwbec/org/223245.html   (214 words)

Shakespeare in Delaware Park - Home Shakespeare in Delaware Park (SDP) has been a Buffalo summer tradition since 1976. It is the country's second most successful outdoor Shakespeare festival in terms of audience, attracting an average of 50,000 patrons each summer. Our festival takes place in a historic park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, father of landscape architecture, and the nation's foremost parkmaker. www.shakespeareindelawarepark.org   (152 words)

Shakespeare in the Park Thanks to a $10,000 grant from America Nevada Corporation and private residents, Nevada Shakespeare in the Park was born. This cultural event brings Shakespeare to the community and provides our children with an opportunity to experience and appreciate true Elizabethan Shakespeare free of charge. Based on the continued success of Nevada Shakespeare in the Park, the Arts Council of Henderson is committed to the goal of developing and hosting more high quality arts experiences that will benefit our community. www.artscouncilhenderson.org /pages/aboutCouncil.html   (335 words)

Free Shakespeare in the Park can't carry 'Winter' tune The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival's Free Shakespeare in the Park program in various Bay Area parks. "Winter," this summer's Free Shakespeare in the Park program -- presented by the San Francisco, Oakland-East Bay and Silicon Valley Shakespeare Festivals -- is one of the more disappointing efforts in the festival's 20-year history. Shakespeare's late romance demands some concentration to follow its curiously bifurcated plot. www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/07/08/DD115233.DTL&type=performance   (615 words)

The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet Since 1957, Shakespeare in the Park, free performances in Central Park during the months of June, July, and August — including at least one Shakespeare production each season — has become one of the City's most beloved cultural traditions. In 1962, the Delacorte Theatre opened and became the permanent home to Joseph Papp's Shakespeare in the Park. The entrance to the Delacorte Theatre is now guarded by two life-size sculptures, The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet, which depict characters from Shakespeare's plays of the same title. www.centralparknyc.org /virtualpark/thegreatlawn/tempest-romeo-juliet   (174 words)

Technomad Loudspeakers at Shakespeare in the Park, New York Technomad Loudspeakers at Shakespeare in the Park, New York The Shakespeare in Central Park festival is synonymous with summertime in New York City. Ken Travis, the lead sound technician at Shakespeare in the Park, was also very impressed with Technomad loudspeakers. www.technomad.com /articles/shakespeare.html   (595 words)

Shakespeare in the Park - News - MSNBC.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) BILLINGS -There will be more Shakespeare in the Park performances in Billings this year. Tuesday night was the first of four performances in the magic city for Montana Shakespeare in the Park. Actor's performed Shakespeare's "Love's Labour's Lost" at the Peaks to Plains Park on the campus of MSU-Billings. msnbc.msn.com /id/14042159   (212 words)

Welcome to the Public Theater Many of today’s most acclaimed actors have begun their careers or returned to perform in Shakespeare in the Park, including Morgan Freeman, Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Kevin Kline, Natalie Portman, Marcia Gay Harden, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Patrick Stewart, Jeff Goldblum and Billy Crudup, as well as dozens of directors and designers. As a sponsor of this year's Shakespeare in the Park, Google Book Search put together a microsite of all things Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s savage thriller explores the difference between a leader and a tyrant. www.publictheater.org /view.php?mode=shakespeare   (209 words)

Shakespeare in the Park begins August 19 --8/13/2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) Shakespeare in the Park begins August 19 --8/13/2004 City residents are in for a treat as Lubbock Community Theatre begins its annual presentation of Shakespeare in the Park. Audience members are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on, and they can enter Mackenzie Park from the south entrance off of East Broadway. www.ci.lubbock.tx.us /article.asp?ID=1572   (247 words)

Live From Arlington - Shakespeare in the Park, July 11   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) Shakespeare in the Park presents "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" at Menotomy Rocks Park on Sunday, July 11th, 6:00 pm The Arlington Center for the Arts, in cooperation with the Friends of Menotomy Rocks Park and the Friends of Robbins Park, will once again bring nationally acclaimed Trinity Repertory Company to Arlington this summer. The public is invited to come early, bring a blanket or lawn chair and picnic supper to enjoy before the performance. www.livefromarlington.com /article.php?story=20040702190146576   (581 words)

Shakespeare in the Park in Seattle. GreenStage, Seattle's Shakespeare in the Park Company Sand Point / Magnuson Park is a former Navy facility in northeast Seattle on the shores of Lake Washington. The facility is managed by the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation. As Seattle’s veteran Shakespeare in the Park company, we are committed to presenting quality productions of classical theater in a manner that is available to all. www.greenstage.org /sandpoint.shtml   (448 words)

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