Heard about this early in the summer last year (2010) and figured this was a must do while in the city. So every summer they have two plays that they show several times a week for a couple months during the summer and the tickets are free! Free? you ask. Of course it is never really free…you have to line up at the butt crack of dawn and sit in line for hours hoping you will be one that gets a ticket. Two tickets per person until they run out. We woke at 6am and headed out there to meet our friends LeAnne and Brian. The tickets were not to be given out until 1pm. We were a bit ahead of what they call the 50 Rock. If at the rock, then you had a 50% chance of getting tickets.
We had a lot of time to kill but the weather was great and you are in central park so you can easily people and dog watch. We did some reading, drank some coffee, eat some cookies from Levain. Chatted up and before you know, it was getting close to noon when Brian and I had to depart to get some work done. The ladies stayed to score the tickets. We knew it was for the show that night “Merchant of Venice”. And just like in the movie, Al Pacino starred in this play as well. It was a real treat to see him in this beautiful outdoor stage in the middle of central park. Easily one of my top 5 things that we have done in NY.
To read about the theatre that puts this on and more info including photos: http://shakespeareinthepark.org/about/
What New York City has to offer.... 