Kenny Leon, right, director of "Much Ado About Nothing" for Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park, and James Shapiro, Public Theater's Shakespeare scholar in residence, on the set of the comedy at Central Park ’s Delacorte Theater. The production sets the play in 2020 and features an all-black cast. Jason J. Armond/NYT Institute

Jason J. Armond/NYT Institute

Kenny Leon, right, director of “Much Ado About Nothing” for Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park, and James Shapiro, Public Theater’s Shakespeare scholar in residence, on the set of the comedy at Central Park ’s Delacorte Theater. The production sets the play in 2020 and features an all-black cast.