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The Public Theater is an important Off-Broadway theater in NoHo that produces Free Shakespeare in the Park in summer.

The Public Theater’s curation is always a commentary on current events. It makes Shakespeare very modern through its casting and staging.

The Company’s commitment to staging artists of color is clear in its productions.

Many Public Theatre productions go on to greatness. Shows that premiered at The Public include:

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Public Theater News

The Visitor musical, based on Thomas McCarthy’s clever 2007 movie about immigration in NYC, premieres Off Broadway at The Public Theater in NoHo, Oct 7 – Nov 21, 2021. It stars Alysha Deslorieux (Hamilton, Chicago, Once on This Island). From $90. publictheater.org

Cullud Wattah, Erika Dickerson-Despenza’s Afr0-surrealist play about the Flint water crisis, premieres Off Broadway at The Public Theater in NoHo, Nov 2 – Dec 5, 2021. From $60. publictheater.org

Joe’s Pub

Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater is a music showcase supper club that stands on its own curation, and is also great for before or after the show.

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Public Theater Tickets

The Public Theater (PT)
The Public Theater (PT)

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The Public Theater
425 Lafayette St
(between 4th and 8th St)
NoHo, Manhattan

Subways
(4)(6) to Astor Place
(N)(Q)(R)(W) to 8th St
(L) to Third Ave or Union Square

The Public Theater is not just great theatre, it is theatre curated around the big questions of the day. Milestone Broadway hits like “Hair” in 1967 and “Hamilton” in 2015 were first produced at The Public.

The theater was founded by Joseph Papp in 1954 as the Shakespeare Workshop to showcase new playwrights and performers.

It moved to its current home, the former Astor Library in the East Village, in 1967. The very first production was the world-premiere of “Hair” which became an iconic Broadway show of the 1960s.

The Public Theater produces the Under the Radar Festival, a festival of international theater, every January.

Oskar Eustis has been Artistic Director since 2005.

Kenya-born, Resident Director Saheem Ali has been turning theatrical plays into outstanding radio plays during the pandemic. 🇰🇪

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