The Delacorte, renovated for $85 million, welcomes back audiences for Shakespeare in the Park. It echoes the park’s ethos, our architecture critic says.

Central Park’s Delacorte Theater, better known as the home of Shakespeare in the Park, reopened Thursday night following a two-year, $84 million makeover. Arts nonprofit The Public Theater debuted the newly-revitalized amphitheater with a performance of Twelfth Night, starring Peter Dinklage, Lupita Nyong’o and Sandra Oh.

Ennead Architects breathes new life into Manhattan’s storied Delacorte Theater, which has hosted everyone from Meryl Streep to Denzel Washington.