Hudson Valley Shakespeare Opens $41 Million Theater With 'As You Like It'
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 20
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Opens $41 Million Theater With 'As You Like It'
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 20
Summary
$41 million bought Hudson Valley Shakespeare a new Studio Gang-designed theater, which opened with a revival of "As You Like It" on its former golf-course site.
17 actors use the building's long approach and open sightlines to emerge from the landscape itself, turning the Hudson Valley setting into part of the production.
The venue sits about 80 minutes north of Times Square by car, framed by Breakneck Ridge, Storm King Mountain and distant Catskills that reinforce the play's escape-into-nature theme.
The opening gives the company a striking permanent home and ties its Shakespeare productions more tightly to the surrounding landscape.