Review: DESPERATE MEASURES at Constellation Theatre
by Jake Bridges
- Feb 22, 2024
DESPERATE MEASURES, now playing at DC’s Constellation Theatre, takes Shakespeare’s MEASURE FOR MEASURE, adds a slew of songs, and reimagines the story in America’s Western territory of present-day Arizona in the late 1890s.
Review: DESPERATE MEASURES at The Winter Park Playhouse
by Joseph Harrison
- Jun 4, 2023
Sometimes a production comes along that finds the perfect synergy between content, cast and creative vision ultimately delivering an elevated theatrical experience. And when that show is lesser known, but wildly entertaining that makes this perfect alignment seem even more rare. I am thrilled to say that The Winter Park Playhouse has found just such a production in DESPERATE MEASURES, the final offering in its 20th season. This rollicking, hilarious and superbly performed musical comedy is sure to thrill and shows off why The Winter Park Playhouse is truly a gem in the Orlando theatre community.
PENELOPE, OR HOW THE ODYSSEY WAS REALLY WRITTEN CD Out Now
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Dec 9, 2022
The original cast recording of The York Theatre Company's 2022 world premiere presentation of Penelope, or How the Odyssey Was Really Written, a new musical comedy, with book & lyrics by Peter Kellogg (York’s Desperate Measures), music by Stephen Weiner (The Rivals), is out now.
Photos: Opening Night of PENELOPE at the York Theatre Company
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy
- Apr 8, 2022
The York Theatre Company will present the world premiere of Penelope, or How the Odyssey Was Really Written, a new musical comedy. Find out more about the production, cast and creative team plus how to get tickets.
BWW Review: Good Theater Season Frolics To a Close with DESPERATE MEASURES
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold
- Apr 7, 2022
Portland’s Good Theater’s final offering of its nineteenth season is a deliciously zany and stylish production of Peter Kellogg and David Friedman’s 2017 musical comedy, DESPERATE MEASURES, a witty, saucy sendup of Shakespeare’s MEASURE FOR MEASURE set in the Wild West. Directed by Brian P. Allen and Cary Libkin with musical staging by Raymond Marc Dumont, the comedy written in rhyming verse is a rollicking, madcap adventure from start to finish.
Photos: First Look at PENELOPE, OR HOW THE ODYSSEY WAS REALLY WRITTEN
by Stephi Wild
- Apr 5, 2022
Production photos for The York Theatre Company world premiere presentation of Penelope, or How the Odyssey Was Really Written, a new musical comedy, with book & lyrics by Peter Kellogg (York’s Desperate Measures), music by Stephen Weiner (The Rivals), directed and choreographed by Emily Maltby (York’s Lolita, My Love), with music direction and orchestrations by David Hancock Turner (York’s Cheek to Cheek, Desperate Measures) and vocal arrangements by David Hancock Turner, Steve Delehanty, and Stephen Weiner.
The York Theatre Company's World Premiere of PENELOPE Resumes Performances Tomorrow
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Apr 1, 2022
Performances for Penelope resume TOMORROW, Saturday afternoon, April 2 at 2:30PM. The limited engagement will continue through Sunday afternoon, April 24, 2022 at 2:30PM at The York’s temporary home, The Theatre at St. Jeans (150 East 76th Street, between Lexington and Third Avenues). Opening Night is Thursday evening, April 7, 2022 at 7:00PM.
The York Theatre Company Postpones Performances of PENELOPE
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Mar 23, 2022
The York Theatre Company, out of an abundance of caution and safety due to a recent COVID outbreak, has POSTPONED performances of the world premiere presentation of Penelope, or How the Odyssey Was Really Written.
World Premiere Musical PENELOPE Begins Performances Tomorrow
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Mar 22, 2022
The York Theatre Company will present the world premiere of Penelope, or How the Odyssey Was Really Written, a new musical comedy with book & lyrics by Peter Kellogg (York’s Desperate Measures), and music by Stephen Weiner (The Rivals), directed and choreographed by Emily Maltby (York’s Lolita, My Love).
Good Theater to Stage Maine Premiere of DESPERATE MEASURES
by Marissa Tomeo
- Mar 20, 2022
After postponing the initial run due to COVID-19 during the spring of 2020, Good Theater is proud to finally present the Maine premiere of DESPERATE MEASURES. A smash hit off-Broadway in 2017 and 2018, DESPERATE MEASURES features music by David Friedman and book and lyrics by Peter Kellogg.
Photos: Meet the Cast and Creative Team of PENELOPE, OR HOW THE ODYSSEY WAS REALLY WRITTEN
by Marissa Tomeo
- Mar 4, 2022
The York Theatre Company will present the world premiere of Penelope, or How the Odyssey Was Really Written, a new musical comedy with book & lyrics by Peter Kellogg (York’s Desperate Measures), and music by Stephen Weiner (The Rivals), directed and choreographed by Emily Maltby (York’s Lolita, My Love), with music direction and orchestrations by David Hancock Turner.
Cast and Creative Team Announced for World Premiere of PENELOPE
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Feb 28, 2022
The York Theatre Company will present the world premiere of Penelope, or How the Odyssey Was Really Written, a new musical comedy with book & lyrics by Peter Kellogg and music by Stephen Weiner, directed and choreographed by Emily Maltby.
The York Theatre Company to Present World Premiere of PENELOPE
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Jan 20, 2022
The York Theatre Company will present the world premiere of Penelope, or How the Odyssey Was Really Written, a new musical comedy with book & lyrics by Peter Kellogg and music by Stephen Weiner, directed and choreographed by Emily Maltby.
BWW Review: DESPERATE MEASURES is a 'Madcap Musical Melodrama' at North Coast Repertory Theatre
by E.H. Reiter
- Jan 18, 2022
DESPERATE MEASURES turns one of Shakespeare's “problem play’s” MEASURE OF MEASURE, into a madcap musical melodrama that will leave you laughing. Gunslingers to Governors, Sheriff’s to Saloon Girls, and Priests to Postulants, this musical has a variety of characters up to zany hijinks for you to enjoy through February 12th at North Coast Repertory Theatre.
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