Reopening Night (2021)

6.0/10 • 85 min • Documentary

Overview

This documentary follows the cast, crew and staff of the world-famous Public Theater as they prepare to mount an all-black adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Merry Wives,” at the open-air Delacorte Theater in New York City. Contending with the ever-present threat of COVID-19 and one of the rainiest Julys on record, the production marks the return of live theatre following more than a year of closures in the city.

Cast

Shola Adewusi

Gbenga Akinnagbe

Pascale Armand

Jocelyn Bioh

MaYaa Boateng

Beowulf Boritt

Phillip James Brannon

Self

Joshua Echebiri

Oskar Eustis

Branden Lindsay

Self

Jarvis D. Matthews

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