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New York Classical Theatre is proud to present our 11th Season of Free Classical Theatre all across Manhattan!

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare
Co-Presented by arts>World Financial Center
(meet in the WFC Courtyard)
April 1-3, 6-11 & 13-18 at 7:00 pm

Richard III by William Shakespeare
Central Park (at West 103rd & Central Park West)
Thursday through Sunday, June 3 - 27 at 7:00 pm

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Battery Park (meet at Castle Clinton)
July 17-21, 23-26, 30-31 & August 1 at 7:00 pm

Extension of Much Ado About Nothing
Central Park (at West 103rd & Central Park West)
Thursday through Sunday, August 5 - 29 at 7:00 pm

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Lady Anne and Richard
Lady Anne and Richard

Artistic Director's Biography

Stephen Burdman Stephen Burdman is the Artistic Director of New York Classical Theatre: King Lear (Central Park & Battery Park, Voice Choice), Misalliance, The Tragedy of Macbeth (Battery Park), Love's Labour's Lost(BackStage Pick), The Comedy of Errors (Voice Choice), Mary Stuart, Scapin, As You Like It, The Feigned Courtesans, The Winter's Tale, The Triumph of Love, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew (2002 Off Off Broadway Review Award), Twelfth Night (2002 Off Off Broadway Review Award), The Tragedy of Macbeth (Central Park), King Ubu (Ubu Roi), and A Midsummer Night's Dream; Cymbeline, The Recruiting Officer and All's Well That Ends Well (Producer). Selected productions: Cymbeline (NYU-Tisch School of the Arts), Richard III (in Central Park), The Tempest (Pick of the Week, LA Weekly), Much Ado About Nothing (Recommended, LA Weekly), As You Like It, Waiting for Godot, Hamlet (Outstanding Production 1994 Season, Los Angeles Times), Twelfth Night, Three Sisters and On the Verge. Assistant director: South Coast Repertory, Mark Taper Forum, Arena Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Shakespeare Theatre. MFA from University of California, Irvine and graduate of the National Theater Institute (Eugene O'Neill Theater Center). Member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers since 1994. Recipient of awards from the West Side Spirit and the American Theatre Wing for consistent commitment to excellence in theatre.

Richard III
Central Park, 1999

Lady Anne and Richard The Court of King Edward IV Murderers Lady Anne and Queen Elizabeth Murderers

The Tempest
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1998

Ariel as the Harpy Ariel casting a spell upon Stephano and Trinculo Prospero and Miranda Caliban

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