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A 'Twelfth Night' For All

NPR

Published July 24, 2018 at 12:26 PM CDT

People arrive for opening night of Shakespeare in the Park's production of Julius Caesar at Central Park's Delacorte Theater on June 12, 2017 in New York. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images)

Shakespeare in the Park has been a New York City tradition for more than 50 years. Audiences from all over come to see plays performed for free by some of the finest actors — Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington and Kevin Kline among them — in Central Park.

But this year, there’s a twist: That stage is being filled not just with professional actors, but community members from all over the city.

Jeff Lunden (@jefflunden) reports.