The Public Theater's Romeo & Juliet production collage for Free Shakespeare in the Park.

The Public Theater’s Romeo & Juliet Brings Culture, Art and Free Theater to Central Park

The Public Theater’s Romeo & Juliet brought Free Shakespeare in the Park back to the Delacorte Theater with a visually rich production that mixed romance, music, movement and bilingual storytelling in Central Park. Directed by Saheem Ali, the production stars Ra’Mya Latiah Aikens as Juliet and Daniel Bravo Hernández as Romeo. This version of Shakespeare’s…

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Steel, Rain, and Grit: Gladiators NYC Brings Medieval Combat to Central Park

In the shadow of Central Park’s Greywacke Arch, the clang of steel echoed through the rain-soaked air as Gladiators NYC, the city’s oldest armored combat league, hosted a public exhibition that transported spectators straight into a medieval battlefield. Despite overcast skies and soggy conditions, fighters suited in full plate armor stepped onto the muddy field…

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