Central Park Weddings

Posting from the most romantic place in the world to elope: New York City's Central Park Find your Central Park Wedding Package or take The Central Park Wedding Tour.

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Their first kiss was in Central Park

And they got married in Cop Cot, where they shared that kiss.

The romance of a Central Park Wedding is exceptional!

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The Beatles at Central Park in New York during a sightseeing tour, February 1964. 

George Harrison is missing, back at the Plaza Hotel suffering from a sore throat.

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Lovely Rita

Rita met Phil in an online Beatles fan forum. Where else would they marry but at the Strawberry Fields mosaic in Central Park? Imagine!

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Central Park Celebrity Sighting

Central Park is prime territory for celebrity sightings. You might even see Shakespeare there! One of the best spots is the Delacorte Theater, where the Public Theater presents “Shakespeare in the Park” every summer since it opened in 1962. Actors from Broadway, Film and TV take the stage every year. Some before their Oscars, Emmys, and Tonys, and some after.

Shakespeare in the Park tickets are free, but people start lining up at the box office when the park opens at 6AM. Get there early! Definitely worth the wait.

If you’ve already been to Shakespeare in the Park, you might have seen:

2017                        Phylicia Rashad            "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

2017                        Richard Poe                   "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

2014                        John Lithgow                 "King Lear"

2013                        Jesse Tyler Ferguson      "The Comedy of Errors"

2013                        Rachel Dratch                  "Love's Labour's Lost"

2012                        Lily Rabe                          "As You Like It"

2012                        Oliver Platt                        "As You Like It"

2011                        Jay O. Sanders                 "Titus Andronicus"

2010                        Al Pacino                           "King Lear"

2010                        Lily Rabe                           "The Merchant of Venice""

2009                        Anne Hathaway                "Twelfth Night"

2008                        Lauren Ambrose               "Hamlet"

2008                        Jay O. Sanders                "Hamlet"

2007                        Lauren Ambrose              "Romeo and Juliet"

2007                        Jay O. Sanders                "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

2007                        Martha Plimpton              "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

2005                        Rosario Dawson              "Two Gentlemen of Verona"

2004                        Sean Patrick Thomas      "Much Ado About Nothing"

2003                        Liev Schreiber                  "Henry V"

2002                        Julia Stiles                       "Twelfth Night"

2001                        Billy Crudup                     "Measure for Measure"

2000                        Jeffrey Wright                  "Julius Caesar"

1998                        Michael C. Hall               "Cymbeline"

1995                        Patrick Stewart               "The Tempest"

1993                        Blair Underwood            "Measure for Measure"

1991                        Jeffrey Wright                 "Othello"

1991                        Christopher Walken        "Othello"

1991                        Liev Schreiber                "Othello"

1990                        Denzel Washington        "Richard III"

1989                        Keith David                    "Titus Andronicus"

1989                        Kate Mulgrew                "Titus Andronicus"

1989                        Jeff Goldblum                "Twelfth Night"

1989                        Michelle Pfeiffer            "Twelfth Night"

1988                        Blythe Danner                "Much Ado About Nothing"

1987                        Martin Sheen                 "Julius Caesar"

1984                        Kevin Kline                     "Henry V"

1982                        William Hurt                    "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

1982                        Christine Baranski          "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

1981                        Raul Julia                       "The Tempest"

1979                        Morgan Freeman           "Coriolanus"

1979                        Frances Conroy             "Othello"

1979                        Raul Julia                       "Othello"

1976                        Meryl Streep                  "Measure for Measure"

1976                        Jay O. Sanders              "Henry V"

1973                        James Earl Jones          "King Lear"

1973                        Paul Sorvino                  "King Lear"

1972                        Stacy Keach                  "Hamlet"

1968                        Martin Sheen                 "Romeo and Juliet"

1964                        James Earl Jones          "Othello"

1963                        Sam Waterston              "As You Like It"

1962                        George C. Scott            "The Merchant of Venice"

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Central Park on TV

If Central Park seems familiar, that’s because you see it all the time.  This national TV commercial aired on ESPN last night.  That’s the arcade under Bethesda Terrace, a popular place for weddings and wedding photography. The model is walking towards Bethesda Fountain.

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World-famous actors come to Central Park every summer to perform “Shakespeare in the Park” at the Delacorte Theater. Couples from all over the world come to the adjacent Shakespeare Garden every summer to get married.

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Blue Skies Over Central Park

This fairy tale Central Park Wedding image at Cop Cot was made by extraordinary photographer Brian Friedman. It’s one of my favorites.

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Winter Wedding in Central Park

Cold weather can’t compete with the warmth generated by love. Couples come from all over the world to elope in Central Park, even on New Year’s Day!

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Photo Credit

Purveyor of Photography JC Lemon made the beautiful image of this elopement at Central Park’s Ladies Pavilion that appears at the top of this blog.