Open-air theatre is thriving in the US – but will climate change make it unfeasible?
Merry Wives at the Public Theater in New York's Central Park. Photo: Joan Marcus
While US theatres have taken to the outdoors to perform to larger, less distanced audiences during the pandemic, this year’s extreme weather and wildfires in western states are a warning that the climate crisis could endanger open-air summer shows, says Howard Sherman
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