Could any indoor stage set be more wondrous?
But over the last month, Mr. Nichols and his creative team have been shopping for an indoor stage.
In fact, just as the staff moved merengue lessons to the indoor stage, the ceiling cracked and water poured (amusingly) on the dancers' heads.
Since the mid-20th century, however, many performances have been held on indoor stages, and women began to train in the tradition in the 1970s.
If you want to make a weekend of it, there are several productions running through the summer on the Globe's two indoor stages as well.
The 25-year-old Atlantic Mutual Jazzfest, which is sponsored by the New Jersey Jazz Society, will feature entertainment on two indoor stages and one outdoor stage, which will be under a tent where a dance floor will be set up.
Opera in the park has some of the aura of a sporting event, particularly given the athletic feats of performers trying to sing into microphones with the same artistry and technique they use in an indoor staged production.
The Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Va., opened last month by the Shenandoah Shakespeare repertory company, is a re-creation of a theater that is said to have been Shakespeare's favorite indoor stage for his plays.
Shakespeare plays are big business come summer, but this Arkansas company, like many theaters focused on Shakespeare, branches out: The indoor stage will also feature the Huck Finn musical "Big River"; (866) 810-0012, arkshakes.com.
Intrepid music lovers will get the chance to watch acts such as electro DJ Hudson Mohawke and Detroit rapper Angel Haze perform across five indoor stages, before delving into the lively late-night scene of the world's northernmost capital.
Two decades of critical praise and increasing audiences followed as Ms. Packer directed Shakespeare's plays on the outdoor mainstage behind the Wharton house, developed an indoor stage at the former stables and presented adaptations of Wharton's works in the Salon Theater -- the author's parlor -- with tea and cookies served during intermission.
