Steve Smith, WNYC/Gothamist culture and arts editor, rounds up local outdoor theater productions and shares what makes the experience special.

Some productions that were mentioned:

The Public's Richard III and As You Like It

Classical Theatre of Harlem's Twelfth Night

The Drilling Company's Shakespeare in the Parking Lot's A Winter’s Tale

Hip to Hip Theatre Company's The Adventures of Pericles and Much Ado About Nothing

Lincoln Center's Sweeney Todd and Inside/Out, Voices From the Disabled Community

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival's Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play