{"id":374865,"date":"2026-06-25T20:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T20:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/374865\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T20:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T20:27:18","slug":"long-beach-public-library-hosts-much-ado-about-nothing-herald-community-newspapers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/374865\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Public Library hosts \u201cMuch Ado About Nothing\u201d | Herald Community Newspapers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">William Shakespeare wrote, \u201cI do love nothing in the world so well as you \u2014 is that not strange?\u201d While that quote might describe an avid reader\u2019s connection to the library, in this case, the quote is related to its source \u2014 The Bard\u2019s \u201cMuch Ado About Nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liherald.com\/longbeach\/stories\/long-beach-public-library-community-programs,222603\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Beach Public Library<\/a>, in conjunction with the Long Beach Arts Council, will be hosting a free, live showing of the timeless play. The EastLine Theatre, based on Long Island, will put on the performance as part of their free summer Shakespeare Across Long Island tour, which brings live, professional theatre to libraries, parks and\u00a0 museums throughout the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The romantic comedy, first performed in the late-1500s, is set in Sicily. It tells the story of two couples caught up in a series of lies and misunderstandings. \u201cWe are thrilled to welcome back EastLine Theatre at the Long Beach Public Library, and are looking forward to an afternoon of fun,\u201d said George Trepp of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liherald.com\/longbeach\/stories\/long-beach-arts-organizations-community-culture,222610\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Beach Arts Council<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The play will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 28. Seating is limited. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/longbeachpl.librarycalendar.com\/event\/addams-family-long-beach-arts-council-112467\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">longbeachlibrary.org<\/a> to reserve seats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"William Shakespeare wrote, \u201cI do love nothing in the world so well as you \u2014 is that not&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[151918,131,133,132,115782,151920,4694,151919],"class_list":["post-374865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-eastline-theatre","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-long-beach-public-library","tag-much-ado-about-nothing","tag-new-york","tag-william-shakespeare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}