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Public Record (Public Works)

September 8, 2026

This year’s Public Works’ production of "Public Record" at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park is a tribute and celebration to New York and the people who live in all five boroughs, with 100 cast members singing, dancing and recounting their lives. Originally created by Dan Canham and Emily Lim for the National Theatre, Sunderland, in the United Kingdom, it has now been revised and rewritten to represent New York by Lisa Sanaye Dring. The NY version incorporates the stories of many of its performers, including that of guest artists Louis Cato, Maya Margarita, DJ Papi Juice, Arun Ramamurthy and music supervisor and orchestrator Michael Thurber. At each of the five performances from September 4 - 8, the evening is recorded live and will be preserved by the New York Public Library of the Performing Arts. [more]

Practice

December 4, 2025

With a three-hour running time (the first act runs two hours straight without an intermission) the play is too long for its repetitiousness having the actors go over the same theater games and monologues over and over again. Of course, the play becomes an endurance test for the actors as well as viewers, whether it was intended to or not. Actors who have undergone this kind of training may be amused; those of us who have not may be bored or lose interest. Although the actors who make up the ten-member cast of "Practice" play very different personalities, we see so little of them individually that it is hard to keep them separate and they become a big blur. [more]