Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Park 2018)
Photograph: Courtesy Joan Marcus | Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Park 2018)
Photograph: Courtesy Joan Marcus

Free outdoor theater this summer in New York

Here’s a guide to other free outdoor theater you can find in New York in 2025, including Shakespeare in the Park.

Adam Feldman
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Public spaces come alive with free outdoor theater in New York City in the summer, and especially with the plays of William Shakespeare. The top destination, of course, is usually the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, where the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park presents excellent productions that among New York's best things to do in the summer. But you can also enjoy plays by Shakespeare and other classical masters elsewhere in the city: in Harlem and Brooklyn, at Battery and Riverside Parks, even in a Lower East Side parking lot. You might be surprised by the magic that can come from wonderful words, inventive actors and a mild summer breeze. (And don't forget to check out the free and cheap offerings on Little Island this summer.)

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