Much Ado About Nothing
Tickets and Information
SHOW INFORMATION
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jul 13, 2004
Closed Aug 8, 2004
Opened Jul 13, 2004
Closed Aug 8, 2004
Directions & Map
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
The Public Theater kicks off its summer season with seven weeks of Much Ado About Nothing, the 49th consecutive season of free SHAKESPEARE IN CENTRAL PARK. David Esbjornson directs a cast that includes Dominic Chianese, Kristen Johnston, Brian Murray, Jimmy Smits, Sean Patrick Thomas, Elisabeth Waterston and Sam Waterston.
Set in Messina on the island of Sicily, a place where the changing political landscape shifts as frequently as the earthquake-prone ground, Much Ado About Nothing is the quintessential 'battle of the sexes' story of deceit, manipulation, passion and - ultimately - love.
Tickets are FREE and will be available on the day of the performance (two per person, please) at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park beginning at 1:00 p.m. and at The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street (near Astor Place), from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The closest entrances to The Delacorte are at 81st Street and Central Park West or 79th Street and Fifth Avenue.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
The Delacorte Theater
New York, NY 10023
The Delacorte Theater is located near Turtle Pond, just south of the Great Lawn, in Central Park. The closest Park entrance from the East Side is Fifth Avenue at 79th Street; from the West Side, Central Park West at 81st Street.
New York, NY 10023
The Delacorte Theater is located near Turtle Pond, just south of the Great Lawn, in Central Park. The closest Park entrance from the East Side is Fifth Avenue at 79th Street; from the West Side, Central Park West at 81st Street.
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The brilliance of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing begins with its title. Since many people choose to take the title phrase at face value, it probably can't be repeated enough that the play is much ado about plenty and about something terrifying: the near destruction of a young woman, brought about by a reckless prank.
Possibly it's 20th-century definitions of comedy that cause viewers to minimalize the devastating treatment of the sweetly innocent Hero while focusing on the snappy byplay between Beatrice, who claims to loathe men, and Benedick, who has equal disdain for women. Certainly, the neatly turned, hilariously nasty comments that these two eventual lovers make to and a[...]