The Public Theater’s production of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream opened on August 23 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park with a star-studded party afterwards at nearby Belvedere Castle. Posing after the show were many of its stars, including Jay O. Sanders and Laila Robins, who play unlikely lovers Bottom and Titania…
…Keith David, who plays the kingly Oberon, and Austin Lysy, who plays the romantic Lysander…
…noted playwright and film actor Tim Blake Nelson, who plays Peter Quince…
…Broadway veterans Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Flute), Mireille Enos (Hermia), and Jason Antoon (Snout)…
…and the always-amazing Martha Plimpton (Helena), who reunited with her Coast of Utopia co-stars Jennifer Ehle and Jason Butler Harner.
The evening’s many celebrity guests included Tony Award winner Michael Cerveris, who co-starred earlier this year in the Public’s production of King Lear…
…stage and screen star Jeff Goldblum, whose mockumentary Pittsburgh is due out on DVD next month…
…Robert Cuccioli, soon to return to Broadway in Lone Star Love, who came out to support longtime girlfriend Laila Robins…
…Oscar Isaac, who co-starred in Romeo & Juliet, this year’s first Shakespeare in the Park offering…
…the extremely talented Linda Emond, a welcome addition to any stage or party…
…and the Public’s former artistic director, George C. Wolfe.
On Sunday, August 26, the Signature Theatre officially opened its season with Iphigenia 2.0, the first of three works this season by playwright Charles Mee.
The show’s director Tina Landau (second from right) celebrated after the performance with stars Rocco Sisto, Tom Nelis, Louisa Krause, and Kate Mulgrew.
The Fantasticks had its one-year anniversary at Off-Broadway’s Snapple Center on Friday. Here’s Tom Jones (right), the co-author and co-star of the show, with castmate Robert R. Oliver.
Finally, we leave you with a shot of Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora on his way into the Broadway revival of Grease.
