The Public Theater 's free Shakespeare in the Park will be back at full steam next summer. Having closed for renovations to Central Park's Delacorte Theater in 2023, and came back at half power this year with a single production— Twelfth Night , starring Lupita Nyong'o, Sandra Oh and Peter Dinklage —the series is set to return in 2026 with two full Shakespeare productions at the Delacorte: Romeo and Juliet and The Winter's Tale . The Public's Mobile Theater Unit will also travel through all five boroughs with an outdoor version of As You Like It .

These selections represent three very different approaches to romance: one is a tragedy, one is a comedy, and the third is a bittersweet mixture of the two.

Romeo and Juliet , the earlier of Shakespeare's major tragedies, i

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