Saturday, July 09, 2011
TWITTER, RAIN, & SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK
It turns out that the best way to find out whether Shakespeare in the Park in New York is cancelled because of rain may be to check their Twitter feed. They do not seem to post the information on their web site, but did post it in a fairly timely fashion on Twitter:
TWITTER FEED
http://twitter.com/PublicTheaterNY
WEB PAGE - HOME
http://www.publictheater.org/
WEB PAGE - CALENDAR FOR SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK
http://shakespeareinthepark.org/the-plays/calendar/
By the way...
They generally ("never" ?) cancel a performance because of rain before 8:00. They may even hold out for an extra half hour or so in the hope the rain will clear up. (That has actually happened to me twice in the last few years... rain stopped or delayed a performance and then clearing allowed the play to go on.)
This year they are performing ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (a good performance I saw recently) and MEASURE FOR MEASURE.
And... Plan ahead: Coming to the Public Theater in the fall (not in the park) is Sam Waterston in KING LEAR!
Labels: All's Well That Ends Well, King Lear, Measure for Measure, Sam Waterston, Shakespeare in the Park, the public theater, TWITTER
