Reopening Night

Matt Roush says...

Broadway is dealing with a new Covid crisis, with several shows missing performances, but at least the lights are mostly on after more than a year of pandemic-related closure. This documentary special takes us back to July, when most theaters were still dark, as the renowned Public Theater prepared its first open-air “Shakespeare in the Park” production at Central Park’s iconic Delacorte Theater, with playwright Jocelyn Bioh’s modern twist on The Merry Wives of Windsor featuring a South Harlem setting. Dealing with the challenges of the pandemic and the cultural fallout from the George Floyd murder and subsequent protests, the talented Public staff also had to contend with the variable that plagues every Park production: unstable weather.

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