In the event of rain, performances move to St. Patrick's Parish Hall on Pearsall Avenue, about 2 miles away.
Thanks to the glass wall and some overhead blue lights, the theatrical shower is ready to accommodate anyone eager to stage a sexy singing-in-the-rain performance for a partner in the bedroom.
In case of rain the performance will be in Vladeck Hall in the Amalgamated Houses, at Hillman Avenue and Van Cortlandt Park South.
I caught up with GTA, following the end of their North American Tour, a rain soaked performance at Electric Daisy Carnival in Brazil, and right before they set off to spread good vibes across Asia.
Because of torrential rain the performance had to be moved from the castle courtyard to the ballroom of a local hotel, but the tradition of playing Hamlet at Elsinore was established, and Olivier was followed by, among others, Gielgud (1939), Redgrave (1950), Richard Burton (1954), Derek Jacobi (1979), Kenneth Branagh (1988) and Jude Law (2009).
(If it rains, the performance will be in the museum's theater).
He recalled watching the Who's rain-soaked performance from 2011: "They said it's really fun, but it didn't look fun to me … I was on the phone saying, 'It's awful'".
The touch-and-go category at the festival also included one rained-out performance by exuberant carnival dancers from Bolivia and Colombia at the outdoor Roman theater on the Fourvière hilltop.
Despite the risk of heavy rain stopping performances, audiences up and down the country pack out open-air theatres in castles, parks and stately homes to see productions of Shakespeare and, in a growing number of venues, opera - work that for the rest of the year is often dismissed as hopelessly elitist.
Another impressive set piece was the show's finale, "Sorry," which re-created Bieber's rain-drenched performance from November's American Music Awards.
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