Dear Sue,
The New York Times published a summer theater list that did not include Buffalo's Shakespeare in Delaware Park. They're doing "The Merchant of Venice" from June 16 to July 10 and then "As You Like It" from July 21 to August 14.
According to the Shakespeare in Delaware Park website, it one of the country's largest and most successful outdoor Shakespeare festival in terms of audience, attracting an average of more than 40,000 patrons each summer. Only New York City draws more attendance for a FREE Shakespeare festival. "Our festival takes place in a historic park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, father of landscape architecture, and the nation's foremost parkmaker. Behind the Park's rose garden stands our grand Tudor-Style stage on a sweeping hill of green."
I'm going. Come too. We'll sit in the grass of Olmsted's park and drink wine together. And feel super cultured.
One of the reasons on the pro side of the move to Buffalo list was proximity and the easy possibility of going to Ontario for the Shaw or Stratford festivals. I'll meet you there or at something groovy in Toronto.
Love, Erin
