Augusto Pompeo

The Public Theater announced initial casting today for the 2017 Free Shakespeare in the Park season, beginning Tuesday, May 23 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, continuing a 55-year tradition of free theater in Central Park.

The Public Theater announced the line-up today for the 2017 Free Shakespeare in the Park season, continuing a 55-year tradition of free theater in Central Park.

Conceived by actor and producer Jo Santana, dramaturgy by Arthur Xexeo, direction and staging by Roberto Lage, research by Nilcemar Nogueira - Cartola's granddaughter and director of Samba Museum in Rio de Janeiro -, and Musical Direction by Rildo Hora, the show will tell trajectory of one of the biggest samba names: Cartola - founder of one of the oldest and certainly the most popular Samba School, the GRES Mangueira!