Delacorte Theater — Attraction in New York

Review Date 7/29/17 - A Midsummer's Night Dream. Entertaining and fun. The magic of this theater never gets old.

Review Date 6/18/17: The show is free. Tickets are distributed at 12PM. Senior citizens have a separate line in the front.

Just go and experience the magic of the theatre because it never fails. Thankfully the plays in the last few years have been wonderful. I can't recommend it enough.

Each person can get two tickets and you must stay in line the entire time. Bathrooms are at the theatre and there's a deli that delivers food regularly. Food And Drinks are allowed in the theater, but no glass containers allowed.

Generally speaking you want to get in line by 6 AM for 'good' productions; for productions with high profile celebrities cast members you need to get in line by 5AM; for less popular shows you can get in line as late as 7AM, maybe later.

The staff takes pictures of the line because there is a strict policy about holding a place for a larger group and the folks in line with you will speak up to enforce this rule.

There are digital tickets via lottery online, but you're guaranteed tickets if you wait in line as prescribed.

You should bring a blanket, a long slave swearer/sweatshirt because the park can get cold and you'll want to be able to lay down on the grass to catch some sleep or relax as you wait for tickets to be handed out.

Lastly, there's a large rock outcrop close to the 83rd street lamp-post. Central Park lamp posts have numbers and an 'E' or 'W' to indicate East or West. The number corresponds to the street. This outcrop is 'The Rock of Hope'. Generally, if you're in line close to this rock you're hoping to get tickets. GENERALLY. you can always ask the staff who counts patrons on line what are the chances of...

I had the pleasure of seeing As You Like It starring our very own Ato B-W. It was fabulous and an evening well spent. This review will focus on how said evening almost never happened.

We were late to pick up out tickets which were released at 730. Seeing as we were in town for such a short period of time, and our only purpose was to see Ato perform, we decided to join the line and wait. Let me tell you there were at least 50 people in line. The theater staff worked so hard to get everyone in. Where we were seventh in line to be let in, a lovely guy named Russell came and thanked all of us for waiting and announced that there were no more tickets. When I tell you, GUTTED doesn’t begin to describe the feeling. And almost in a taunting manner, we hear Ato singing and resign ourselves to sitting outside and listening to the show so we could pretend we saw it.

We asked some questions about how to get tickets for the following night and after about 15 minutes started walking away. Cue Russell. He came running up to us like a super hero waving two tickets that his manager, Chris, helped him find. You all have no idea how appreciative we were that you went ABOVE and BEYOND and saved us the shame of admitting we lost out on seeing the show after months of planning. Russell and Chris the manager, thank you! Not all...

The Delacorte Theater is the home base of the Public Theater's Summer production of Shakespeare in the Park. Each Summer, based on Joe Papp's vision, the theater company produces two Shakespearean plays. This Summer the theater hosted productions of Othello and Twelfth Night. Tickets to a performance are free - with a catch. You either have to wait in line on the day of the performance (and snag two tickets) or feel lucky and submit an entry to the online lottery on TodaysTix. There is also a standby line. The theatre is an open-air auditorium - so there are no bad seats - and the back of the stage abuts the Turtle Pond (with Belvedere Castle in the background). Tip: if rain is in the forecast prepare yourself for a wet and soggy night at the Delacorte. The show must go on. The park closes at midnight, so unless it's severe thunder and lightning, the actors will do their best to finish the play no matter how many raindrops fall. Bring a poncho (or buy one for 15 dollars at...