New York announces the return of the “Shakespeare in the Park” theater festival • Hola News

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New York, Mar 16 (EFE News) .- The city of New York announced on Tuesday the return this summer of one of the most popular theater events in the Big Apple, “Shakespeare in the Park”, which summer after summer has enlivened to New Yorkers in Central Park.

“We have spent the last year organizing. We have been producing new plays and preparing for a safe return, “said the organization responsible for” Shakespeare in the Park, “the city’s Public Theater, in a statement.

The free plays can be seen from July 5 to August 29, dates for which the production of “Merry Wives” has been chosen, a “fresh and fun” adaptation by Jocelyn Bioh of “Merry Wives of Windsor” ( The Merry Wives of Windsor) by William Shakespeare.

This modernized version takes place in the southern part of the Harlem neighborhood in a vibrant and eclectic community of immigrants from West Africa: “It will be a celebration of black joy, laughter and vitality,” the statement said.

The Public Theater also assured that it is working with representatives of the city of New York and with health experts to make it safe.

“This is positive news, it means hope. This is New York City coming back to life, ”New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday after the news broke.

Along with the rest of New York’s cultural activities, “Shakespeare in the Park,” which has been held since 1962, was canceled last year, despite being held in an open space.

The news of the reopening is another sign of the return to a relative normalcy of New York City and the theater industry, which was especially hit by the coronavirus with the total closure of Broadway, which has not opened its doors since then.

Precisely, Broadway last week organized a commemorative show in Times Square to mark a closing year, but also to send a message of hope for its return, although exactly when it will happen is still unknown.

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