Two dramas at NY Shakespeare Festival
Last summer, the New York Shakespeare Festival had a big success with a rotating repertory and a single company of actors. There's no Al Pacino this summer, but the concept is back, with two late Shakespeare dramas -- both challenging, even disturbing fare for eight weeks of free theater at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, off 80th Street. The company includes John Cullum, Tonya Pinkins, Annie Parisse and Michael Hayden.
'ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL'
WHAT Daniel Sullivan, who directed Pacino in the monumental "Merchant of Venice," will dig his way through this cruel "comedy" about an orphaned woman who tricks her noble husband into loving her.
WHEN Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m. (through July 27)
'MEASURE FOR MEASURE'
WHAT David Esbjornson stages this drama of sexual hypocrisy and false piety in Vienna.
WHEN Monday and Wednesday at 8 p.m. (through July 30)
INFO Free tickets for both plays distributed at the Delacorte, starting at 1 p.m. the day of the performance. For a complete calendar, visit shakespeareinthepark.org
