What Does a Show Starring Everyday New Yorkers Look Like? - How the Public Theater's Public Works initiative is creating new artists and new audiences
How the Public Theater's Public Works initiative is creating new artists and new audiences---Usually a theatre producer's primary worry is how to get butts in the seats. But when the Public Theater launched its Public Works initiative in 2013, the big concern was how to get all those bodies onto the Delacorte stage -- 200 diverse New Yorkers from all five boroughs performing a musical version of The Tempest over Labo…