NYC Parks Events Calendar
Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
Viewing 51–60 out of 83 events
from May 25, 2013 to August 30, 2013
in Theater (x) category
Monday, August 5, 2013
"King Kong" Written by Alfred Preisser & Randy Weiner / Directed by Alfred Preisser / SummerStage Theater Presented By Time Warner
at Rumsey Playfield (in Central Park), Manhattan 
8:00 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
King Kong is an original music/dance/comedy spectacle that radically subverts everything you thought you knew about the one of the most famous love stories in movie history.
Category: Concerts, Theater, Free Summer Concerts
Free!
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Puppets In The Park
at 111th Street Parking Lot (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Queens
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Little Red's Hood, a modern adaptation of Red Riding Hood.
Category: Kids, Storytelling & Readings, Theater, Free Summer Theater
Free!
Kids
"King Kong" Written by Alfred Preisser & Randy Weiner / Directed by Alfred Preisser / SummerStage Theater Presented By Time Warner
at St. Mary's Park, Bronx 
8:00 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
King Kong is an original music/dance/comedy spectacle that radically subverts everything you thought you knew about the one of the most famous love stories in movie history.
Category: Concerts, Theater, Free Summer Concerts
Free!
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Long Island City Branch, Queens
2:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing's new touring production My City Park.
Category: Kids, Theater, Free Summer Theater
Free!
Shakespeare in the Park Presents "Love's Labors Lost"
at Unisphere (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Queens
7:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
In this screwball romantic comedy, Shakespeare takes wordplay and wit to dizzying heights.
Category: Education, History, Kids, Storytelling & Readings, Theater, Culture, Shakespeare in Our Parks, Seniors
Free!
Event
"King Kong" Written by Alfred Preisser & Randy Weiner / Directed by Alfred Preisser / SummerStage Theater Presented By Time Warner
at St. Mary's Park, Bronx 
8:00 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
King Kong is an original music/dance/comedy spectacle that radically subverts everything you thought you knew about the one of the most famous love stories in movie history.
Category: Concerts, Theater, Free Summer Concerts
Free!
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Summer on the Hudson: Children’s Performance Series
at Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Music, storytelling & theater for young audiences.
Category: Concerts, Festivals, Kids, Storytelling & Readings, Theater, Free Summer Concerts, Free Summer Theater, Waterfront
Free!
Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”
at 35th Avenue and Cross Island Parkway (in Crocheron Park), Queens 
7:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
The Hip to Hip Theatre Company presents this half romance, and half political thriller.
Category: Theater, Shakespeare in Our Parks
Free!
“Diablo Love” By Mando Alvarado / Directed By Alfred Preisser / Music Direction & Composition By Tomás Doncker / SummerStage Theater Presented By Time Warner
at St. Mary's Park, Bronx 
8:00 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
What would you do for love? In the pits of Hell, Baliel, a lost soul, must prove his worth or else spend the rest of eternity in the lake of fire.
Category: Concerts, Theater, Free Summer Concerts
Free!
Friday, August 9, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at City Island Library, Bronx
3:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing's new touring production My City Park.
Category: Kids, Theater, Free Summer Theater
Free!
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