About the Show

New York Classical Theatre presents a free, outdoor, roving staging of Shakespeare's magical comedy about young love featuring passion and romance, hysterics and high jinks in equal measure.

Hermia loves Lysander, Lysander loves Hermia, Demetrius loves Hermia, Helena loves Demetrius, and no one loves Helena. And Egeus wants his daughter Hermia killed if she doesn't follow his plan of marrying Demetrius. Add in some otherwordly fairies and a magical forest and watch love fight nobly against the threatened chaos. Presented for free outdoors in Central Park (May 31-June 26), Nelson A. Rockefeller Park in Battery Park City (June 29-July 2), Prospect Park (July 6-10), and Carl Schurz Park (July 12-17).

Critic Reviews (1)

"Being within earshot of the performers was mostly a matter of luck...But you have to adjust expectations when theater moves outdoors...The travails of the young lovers got a bit lost, while the scheming of Oberon and the mischief of Puck were similarly muted. But the rude mechanicals did well...'Pyramus and Thisbe,' the play within the play, is raucously silly fun...This 'Midsummer' is a little elusive, but it’s not a bad way to spend a beautiful evening outside in the city."
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