919 stories by "The Public Theater"
Since 1962, more than five million free tickets have been given away to The Public's performances at The Delacorte. New York City has changed a lot since then, but one thing has remained the…
THE SOUND AND THE FURY
Produced, created and performed by ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE
Text by WILLIAM FAULKNER
Directed by JOHN COLLINS
STORIES FROM THE LINE: “The arts are alive. That’s for sure.”
Since 1962, more than five million free tickets have been given away to The Public’s performances at Th…
La Doña
Every day in America, three million mothers make a difficult journey. La Doña is the story of one of those women. We encourage you to use #ladonaproject to share your …
40th Anniversary of A Chorus Line
The cast of HAMILTON at The Public Theater pays tribute to A Chorus Line on the 40th anniversary of its first performance in the Newman Theater at The Publ…
PUBLIC FORUM: Luis A. Miranda Jr & Luis Valdez on HAMILTON and the next generation
Luis A. Miranda Jr. and Luis Valdez share their vision of future generations of artists - best current…
PUBLIC FORUM: Maria Hinojosa on Marco Rubio & the contemporary Latino experience
Just because he's Latino doesn't mean he gets the Latino vote, Maria Hinojosa told Public Forum,…
PUBLIC FORUM: Luis Valdez on the birth of the Actos
Turns out you can only fit three actors on top of a flat-panel truck - and so the Actos of Teatro Campesino were born, as founder Luis Va…
On the Road with the Mobile Shakespeare Unit
An inside look at The Public’s Mobile Unit, a reinvention of Joseph Papp’s Mobile Shakespeare, which he began in 1957 with the simpl…
Lemon Andersen gives insight to the tradition of toasting with a performance of Shine.
New York Premiere
BUZZER
By Tracey Scott Wilson
Directed by Anne Kauffman
Featuring Grantham Coleman, Tessa Ferrer, and Michael Stahl-David
PUBLIC FORUM: Liz Roberts on Domestic Violence
Safe Horizon receives over 100,000 calls a year from New Yorkers suffering from domestic violence - and Deputy CEO Liz Roberts sees Desdemona …
The two acclaimed actresses share their thoughts on the reasons behind Othello & Desdemona's tragic relationship - and how tragedy could've been avoided.
What is Shakespeare like when you bring it to prisons? Actress Tiffany Rachelle Stewart, who toured with The Public's Mobile Shakespeare Unit, tells Forum about the overwhelming reactions fr…
