By Ken Jaworowski for the New York Times, 13 July 2015
I’ve rarely been so happy to see a messy play.
Last year, 20 seasons after it first began, Shakespeare in the Parking Lot lost its Lower East Side home when the municipal lot it had commandeered was closed for redevelopment. Admirers of this gutsy troupe (and I’ve long counted myself among them) fretted over the possible disappearance of one of this city’s grittiest treasures.
Yay for us: This free series has relocated to the outdoor parking lot behind the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center, a few blocks from its former home. Though it’s a working lot, complete with graffiti and cracked asphalt, a recent performance included none of the traffic of the old space. That’s either an improvement or a letdown, depending on your fondness for watching actors dodge cars that move across the stage.
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