Best outdoor production you've seen?

What is the best outdoor show that you have seen? 
Or examples of roaming theatre productions. 

For me that's an easy one: Medea at the Theatre at Epidaurus. And speaking of which, for the first time ever, they are a broadcasting a show (The Persians) live, at 1pm NY tIme tomorrow (Saturday). 

Jordan Catalano said: "Meryl Streep doing “Mother Courage” in Central Park.

Hands. F’ng. Down."

Yes!  I was sitting on a log in the front row, and it felt like she had dropped by to perform in my backyard. 

I travelled to St Louis on business before I retired.  One of the joys of St. Louis in a summer is the Muni summer theatre right in the middle of the park whose name I can't remember right now.  The theatre seats 11,000, with some number of tickets free.

I was able to see a few performances and, when I went alone, managed to always get a single very close to the stage, which was very fortunate.  After NY prices, the most expensive tix at the Muni were still 'cheap'.

In any event, one of the shows I saw there was Miss Saigon, which I have always really enjoyed.  I have always loved the helicopter scene in any traditional theatre, not because of the gimmick per se, but because of the combination of brilliant staging, lighting, music crescendoing, people trying to climb the fence, even though the piece of the set is what people seem to remember.

At the Muni, they could not do that.  The helicopter was simply represented by very bright lights and a little smoke well beyond the back of the stage; people tried to get to that light and failed.  I thought they did a solid job, given the constraints.  Then, suddenly -- and admittedly kitchy -- the helicopter began to rise, and flew away.  Very theatrical, yet felt real.

Somehow, I have never made it to Shakespeare in the Park, which I deeply regret.  The single production I would have loved to seen was Mother Courage, which I have also never managed to see.  The little snippets I have seen looked thrilling.

I thought it was amazing

Its funny how this one sticks in my mind. But its for obvious reasons if you were there...

Back when Jenny Wiley Theatre in Kentucky used to be good (prior to 2005), they had a FANTASTIC production of The King And I. I can still remember the scenic design and under the stars the show really took on a different feel (even with traditional staging). I think that was sometime around 2000 or 2001. Again, just incredible production. 

I love going to see shows at the Delacorte, and believe me when I saw that I would simply die of happiness to be able to go back in time to see some of the productions that played there back when they used to get major stars. That production of The Seagull? Simply ridiculous how stacked that cast was. 

However, out of the ones I've seen, it seems like they rarely make good use of the outdoor setting. It's a fun experience to see the show outdoors regardless, but I feel like that rarely translates to what's actually being presented on the stage. Most of them could have been just as good (artistically) if they were performed indoors. I think the only 2 productions I've seen at the Delacorte that were significantly enhanced by the outdoor setting were (1) Into the Woods (for obvious reasons) and (2) Hercules, because the Greek amphitheater style harkens back to the story's roots. 

In the production of Troilus and Cressida that I mentioned above, there were a few really cool moments where the wind blew the fog around in a really dramatic way, and also the planes and helicopters flying overhead kind of fit in with the show's modern war setting. But other than that, that production could just as easily have been indoors. 

I imagine The Seagull would have worked really well outdoors, because most of the play takes place outdoors, and right next to a lake, just like the Delacorte.