Art Meets Commerce

Our friend Andy Hamingson is the new Executive Director of The Public.  We couldn’t be more happy.  Congrats, Andy!  Read the article in Playbill.

This is the best key art I’ve seen in years.

What!?!  The Public is making it possible to get tickets to Shakespeare in the Park online.

The Public Theater is launching the virtual line initiative this summer to increase accessibility to Park shows. While the majority of the tickets will still be given out at the line in Central Park, a limited number of tickets will be available each show day online. The virtual line will allow people who are registered at The Public Theater website to log-on the day of a show (starting at midnight) to submit a request for up to two tickets. At 1PM, they can log-on to the theater website again to see if they have received tickets for that evening’s performance. The tickets will be held at the box office and a valid photo ID will be required. The selection process is completely random and is not determined by what time of day a person submits a request for tickets.

This is a pretty revolutionary step for The Public (and awesome one, I might add).  I wonder if they will do this every year or if it’s just a test.