Desperate Measures 2006 - Articles Page 4

Ages: 12+
Opened: September 12, 2006
Closing: September 24, 2006

Desperate Measures - 2006 - New York History , Info & More

45th Street Theatre
354 W. 45th St. New York, NY

Based on Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare

Johnny Blood, a hotheaded young cowboy, is sentenced to hang for killing a man in a bar fight. When his sister, Susanna, a novice nun in a nearby Franciscan mission, pleads for his life, the Governor offers to pardon Johnny — if Susanna will sleep with him. What to do? The sheriff suggests Susanna say yes and then, under cover of darkness, switch places with one of the saloon girls. What happens next makes for a desperate mix of comedy, suspense and romance, in this Western musical loosely based on Shakespeare's Measure for Measure.

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Wiest & Monk Lead STORIES ON 5 STORIES at Playwrights Horizons, 11/9
by Jeff Dennhardt - Oct 23, 2009


Acclaimed theater company Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced nine initial performers who will participate in the return of its unique benefit evening STORIES ON 5 STORIES on Monday, November 9. Among those taking part in the special event will be two-time Academy Award winner and two-time Obie Award winner Diane Wiest (Memory House at Playwrights Horizons/PH, Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway), Tony Award winner Debra Monk (Assassins at PH, Redwood Curtain, Curtains), Obie Award winner Jason Butler Harner (current Stage Manager in Our Town, Hedda Gabler, The Coast of Utopia), Clarence Derwent Award winner Zoe Kazan (100 Saints You Should Know at PH; Come Back, Little Sheba; Things We Want), Theatre World Award winner Cassie Beck (The Drunken City and Prayer for My Enemy at PH), Cristin Milioti (The Retributionists at PH, the upcoming The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter), Sue Jean Kim (The Drunken City and BFE at PH, 365 Days/365 Plays), Carmen M. Herlihy (The Thugs, Crooked) and Greg Keller (Broadway's Uncle Vanya, The Rainmaker). Additional performers will be announced in the coming weeks.

MTC Brings New Playwrights To Audiences With Nu Werkz Series
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 5, 2009


Experience live theatre in the making with Nu Werkz Series.! In its expanded commitment to the development of new plays, MTC presents works by new and emerging playwrights both local and from across this country. Playwrights are brought in to work with leading local artists, and a response session/Q&A with the playwright, director, and actors follows each performance. Here, audiences experience the first steps in making a new play. The full-length script-in-hand staged readings are intimate and exciting but without the costumes, props and sets that would be involved in a full production.

Village Theatre's Festival Of New Musicals Rings In 8th Year
by Faetra Petillo - Aug 10, 2008


Village Theatre's highly anticipated annual Festival of New Musicals returns for an eighth year, featuring staged readings of six new musicals- Chasing Nicolette, Killala Bay, Dennis The Menace, The Alchemists, The Gypsy King, and The Yellow Wood. These are fully sung presentations, performed with script-in-hand, of six brand new musicals.

'The Last Starfighter' Returns to the Village Theatre
by BWW News Desk - May 5, 2008


Village Theatre Village Originals announces the return of the musical, 'The Last Starfighter' as a workshop presentation.

von Essen, Harada, Davis & Bruno to Join Les Miserables
by BWW News Desk - Mar 20, 2007


Four new principals will join the cast of Les Miserables, beginning Tuesday, April 24th at the Broadhurst Theatre

Photo Coverage: NYMF Awards Gala
by Linda Lenzi - Nov 13, 2006


The 2006 NYMF Awards for Excellence were presented on Sunday, November 12th at the Hudson Theatre, and BroadwayWorld was there!

NYMF Awards for Excellence Winners Announced
by BWW News Desk - Oct 30, 2006


The New York Musical Theatre Festival has announced the winners of the 2006 NYMF Awards for Excellence, who will be recognized as part of the NYMF 2006 Awards Gala honoring Kevin McCollum

Photo Flash: NYMF's Desperate Measures
by Linda Lenzi - Sep 21, 2006


The NYMF show Desperate Measures, which sets Shakespeare's Measure for Measure in the Wild West, opened on September 12 and runs through September 24, 2006 at the 45th Street Theatre

Photo Coverage: NYMF's Desperate Measures Opens
by Linda Lenzi - Sep 16, 2006


The NYMF show Desperate Measures, which sets Shakespeare's Measure for Measure in the Wild West, opened on September 12 and runs through September 24

NYMF's Sold Out Desperate Measures Adds 2 Shows
by BWW News Desk - Sep 8, 2006


With almost its entire run sold out at this year's New York Musical Theatre Festival, Desperate Measures has been asked to extend for two more performances

Full New York Musical Theatre Festival Schedule Announced
by BWW News Desk - Aug 16, 2006


Complete scheduling information has been announced for the New York Musical Theatre Festival

2006 NYMF Festival Announces 'Next Link' Selections
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2006


The New York Musical Theatre Festival is pleased to announce the 18 new musicals selected for this year's Next Link Project, to be presented as part of the third-annual New York Musical Theatre Festival, September 10 through October 1, 2006.

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