The Public Theater has added a family-friendly performance of “Into the Woods,†James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim's musical take on classic fairy tales, to take place on Wednesday Aug. 22 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. The free one-act matinee, part of the annual Shakespeare in the Park festival, is intended “to engage younger audiences and to serve families unable to attend evening performances,†the Public said.
Most of the tickets will be distributed through a lottery that can be accessed at www.shakespeareinthepark.org/matinee, starting Aug. 15 at 4 p.m. A limited number of stand-by tickets will be given out on the day of the performance. “The Public wants to make great theater accessible to all, and young people, with their parents, deserve an invitation to be a part of the story,†said the theater's artistic director, Oskar Eustis. “This will be a great and rare opportunity. One we hope is j ust a beginning.â€
The regular two-act evening performance of Aug. 22 will take place as scheduled, though ticket distribution will begin at noon instead of 1 p.m. that Wednesday.
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