Since the ribbon-cutting last week, the Delacorte Theater has been in the news. The revitalization of the iconic Central Park Theater, the latest project in Ennead’s long history working with The Public, offers enhanced accessibility and comfort, provides better circulation, increases resilience and sustainability, and offers a more dynamic aesthetic experience with a new exterior.
Notable coverage includes an article in The New York Times by architectural critic Michael Kimmelman.
Chu and his Ennead colleagues have produced a 21st-century facility that no longer sticks out in the park like a double-wide trailer on Billionaire’s Lane in Southampton. They’ve preserved the Delacorte’s wondrous city views beyond the stage and made prosaic but crucial changes, too, like adding wider seats, increasing wheelchair access and swapping out miserable bathrooms for new ones.
Read the full article, Free Shakespeare’s Central Park Home Gets an $85 Million Glow Up, in The New York Times.
See more recent coverage at the links below.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - Sandra Oh On Shakespeare In The Park's "Twelfth Night"
Late Night with Seth Meyers - Peter Dinklage Talks Shakespeare in the Park and Playing a Billionaire in Dexter: Resurrection
West Side Rag - Free Shakespeare in the Park Returning to Redone Delacorte Theater This Summer: Details
BroadwayWorld - Photos: First Look at the Revitalized Delacorte Theater
6sqft- Delacorte Theater reopens in Central Park after $77M renovation
Secret NYC - First Look: The Delacorte Theater In Central Park Unveils New Look Ahead of Its August 7th Season Opening
1010 WINS - Renovated Delacorte Theater, made from city water towers, is ready for return of Shakespeare in the Park
Theater Mania - See Pics of Peter Dinklage and More at the Delacorte Ribbon-Cutting
Patch - 'Shakespeare In The Park' Returns To Central Park's Gorgeous New Theater