Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival: Cyrano: The poet with panache, and legendary nose, plays anew as Longtime HVSF company member Jason O’Connell leads a five-person cast as his own Cyrano, the brilliant thinker, wordsmith, and swordsman. He’s a thorny romantic with an outsized reputation and a barely-contained love for his childhood sweetheart, Roxane. Can she sniff out the truth in this sophisticated suitor’s heart before it’s too late? (1601 Route NY-9D, Garrison;  www.hvshakespeare.org)

About the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival

Set on the grounds of Boscobel in Garrison, NY, the 250-acre river front estate of Peter and Elizabeth Dyckman, HVSF is more than a snooty day trip for name-dropping sophistos. It’s high on What To Do’s bucket list for culture-vultures, sightseers, chill-outs and party people looking for a scenic spot to kick back in some soccer chairs, uncork a cool Sauvignon Blanc and have a picnic. Did we leave anyone out?

Here’s where we drop some names

The New York Times recently named HVSF one of America’s 50 Essential Summer Festivals. The list includes Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, the Newport Jazz Festival, Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart, Charleston’s Spoleto Festival, California’s Ojai Festival, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Beckett, MA and the Grand Teton Music Festival set at the foot of the Grand Tetons – to name a few.

Read the rest of our Bucket List Article on the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival.

About Boscobel

Now an esteemed Historic House Museum, Boscobel contains one of the finest collections of decorative arts from the Federal period. Boscobel offers tours of its Neoclassical mansion and 68 acres of grounds, lush gardens and a woodland trail. Located in the heart of the Hudson Valley, Boscobel overlooks Constitution Marsh and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Consequently it showcases dramatic views of the Hudson River.