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How To See Greek Debauchery In Central Park

See Greek theatre the way the Greeks did: In an outside amphitheater that practically mandates carousing. Buy your wine onsite for New York's Public Theatre's production of "The Bacchae," and absorb some alcohol and culture outside why don't you?

"The Bacchae" is a classic Euripidean tragedy about the wine god Dionysius' anger at and revenge upon the king and queen of Thebes for refusing to worship him. The play, which opens August 11, stars Jonathan Groff—of last summer's "Hair" in the park and a Tony nominee for "Spring Awakening"—and features a new score by composer Philip Glass, so its intellectual cred is firmly intact.

The Public's second offering this summer follows a run of "Twelfth Night" that nearly got rained out more than it successfully completed shows, although the night we went, the crowd cheered the loudest at the line "For the rain it raineth every day."

Now for three ways to get tickets to the shows:

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