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June 2005
New York Shakespeare
Friday, June 24, 2005
Tomorrow night, the 50th season of free Shakespeare in Central Park begins with "As You Like It." Nowadays, we take for granted thatcome summergreat actors will appear at the Delacorte theater and enthrall us with their performances under the stars. But as WNYC’s Sara Fishko tells us, it wasn’t always so. In the early days of Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival, every day, every play...was a new challenge. Here is the next Fishko Files.
Note: Shakespeare in the Park will feature AS YOU LIKE IT and the musical adaptation of TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (which replaces A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM).
Pre-Dean Teens
Friday, June 10, 2005
The three feature films James Dean starred in during his short life have just been released on DVD, 50 years after his death in a car accident. They also open today at the Film Forum, beginning with "East of Eden." Dean was said to be film’s "first American teenager." Sara Fishko looks at the roots of the teen in movies, in this edition of the Fishko Files...
