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Measure for Measure

Closing: January 11, 1974

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Cast Set For LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST at Shakespeare's Globe
by Stephi Wild - May 27, 2026


Shakespeare's Globe announced the full cast for LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, directed by Indiana Lown-Collins in her Globe directorial debut, featuring flamenco dancers and a singer alongside a 14-member cast.

Review Roundup: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Returns to Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 23, 2026


The critics have returned from their strange journey into the world of The Rocky Horror Show on Broadway and the verdict is in! Read all the reviews in our roundup below!

Full Cast Set For The Menier Chocolate Factory’s Revival of Peter Shaffer’s EQUUS
by Stephi Wild - Mar 27, 2026


The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced full casting for Lindsay Posner's major revival of Peter Shaffer's Equus, in its co-production with Theatre Royal Bath Productions.

Review: DON QUIXOTE at San Francisco Ballet
by Jim Munson - Mar 22, 2026


What did our critic think of DON QUIXOTE at San Francisco Ballet?

Review: A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL at ASU Gammage
by Herbert Paine - Jan 29, 2026


Titled after Neil Diamond’s 1976 album of the same name, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL aims for something more intimate and riskier than the average jukebox musical. Rather than simply charting a performer’s rise to fame, it presents a man in conversation with his past where he’s both haunted and sustained by the songs he wrote to survive it. The structure is unorthodox and quietly daring.

Cast and Creative Team Set For THE RAT TRAP at Park Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jan 6, 2026


Troupe has announced the full cast and creative team for its forthcoming production of Noël Coward’s The Rat Trap, reimagined by Bill Rosenfield. Learn more here!

From the West End to DOWNTON ABBEY: A Look at Penelope Wilton's Stage Career
by Josh Sharpe - Sep 12, 2025


Since the early 1970s, Penelope Wilton has established herself as a major player on the British stage, and we are taking a look back at her expansive theatrical career, just in time for Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.

REVIEW: The Festival d'Avignon Presents LE SOMMET By Christoph Marthaler
by Wesley Doucette - Jul 21, 2025


Duri Bischoff’s set for Christoph Marthaler’s Le Sommet, now playing at the Festival d’Avignon’s FabricA theatre, presents a photorealistic cross-section of a chalet. Illuminated by cool fluorescent light, the interior is constructed from natural, practical materials. Rising incongruously from the center of the chalet is a large stone wave. Upstage center, a dumbwaiter dings.

Review Roundup: JUST IN TIME Opens on Broadway Starring Jonathan Groff
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 26, 2025


Tony Award-winner Jonathan Groff. brings show business legend Bobby Darin to thrilling life in the new Broadway spectacle, JUST IN TIME, opening tonight at Circle in the Square Theatre.

Full Cast Set For Terence Rattigan's IN PRAISE OF LOVE at Orange Tree Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Apr 8, 2025


Orange Tree Theatre has announced full casting for Terence Rattigan's In Praise of Love. Amelia Sears directs Daniel Abelson (Mark Walters), Joe Edgar (Joey Cruttwell), Claire Price (Lydia Cruttwell) and Dominic Rowan (Sebastian Cruttwell).

A History of Nudity on Stage
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Apr 5, 2025


The play Liberation which is currently playing at Roundabout’s Laura Pels Theatre off-Broadway features nudity. How often do plays and musicals feature nudity on stage? We're breaking it down!

Patti LuPone in Plays- A History
by Sidney Paterra - Oct 19, 2024


On Broadway alone, Patti has appeared in 28 shows- 14 of them are plays. This season, she's appearing opposite the great Mia Farrow in Jen Silverman's The Roommate, which is now running on Broadway at the Booth Theatre. Let's look back on some of her other great dramatic performances with these videos.

WORKS AND PROCESS At the Guggenheim Announces Fall 2024 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 23, 2024


During the fall 2024 Works & Process season, a full slate of dynamic events will take place at the Guggenheim Museum, Manhattan West, and the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Film Movement Acquires North American Rights To Victor Erice's CLOSE YOUR EYES
by Stephi Wild - Apr 3, 2024


Film Movement announced they had acquired Erice's fourth feature-length film for North America. It will have its theatrical premiere this August at New York's Film Forum and in Los Angeles before going wide. A release to all leading digital outlets and the home entertainment marketplace will follow.

Complete Cast Announced For Special Reading Of Susan Glaspell's THE VERGE At Brooklyn Botanic Garden
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 20, 2024


Classic Stage Company and Fiasco Theater, in collaboration with Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre's Expand The Canon (Emily Lyon, Artistic Director and Corri Oster, Managing Director) has announced complete casting for the one-night-only reading of The Verge by Pulitzer Prize winner Susan Glaspell (Trifles), starring Tony Award winner Miriam Silverman (The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window).

Studio Tenn's DRIVING MISS DAISY Beautifully Captures The Spirit of Alfred Uhry's Play
by Jeffrey Ellis - Mar 11, 2024


Alfred Uhry is a Southern writer who knows our region better than most and he uses the power of his words and the artistry of his pen to create moments and scenes in plays and musicals that are as authentic as the little rivulets of condensation that snake their way down the outside of a glass of iced tea on a too-hot afternoon in March, for goodness’ sake.

Frank Farrell Productions to Present Walt Kelly's SONGS OF THE POGO at NYC Fringe
by Blair Ingenthron - Mar 2, 2024


Ben Masterton and Frank Farrell Productions will present Walt Kelly's Songs of the Pogo written by Walt Kelly and Norman Monath and directed by Frank Farrell.

Classic Stage Company And Fiasco Theater Partner With TDF To Present Sensory Friendly Performance Of PERICLES
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 26, 2024


Classic Stage Company and Fiasco Theater partner with TDF to present a sensory-friendly performance of PERICLES on March 10th.

Andy Grotelueschen, Paul L. Coffey & More Set for FIASCO THEATER'S PERICLES
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 16, 2023


Classic Stage Company and Fiasco Theater have revealed the complete cast for Fiasco Theater’s Pericles.

Vince Guaraldi's Soundtrack For A CHARLIE BROWN THANKSGIVING Now Available For First Time In 50 Years
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 21, 2023


Vince Guaraldi's iconic soundtrack for 'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving' is now available for the first time in 50 years. Get ready to enjoy the beloved music from this classic holiday special.

Vince Guaraldi's 'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving' Soundtrack to Be Released on CD & Vinyl For the First Time
by Michael Major - Aug 28, 2023


For the first time ever – the complete Vince Guaraldi soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, the 10th animated Peanuts® special, from writer and creator Charles Schulz, director Bill Melendez and Phil Roman and producers Melendez and Lee Mendelson. The album includes the original recordings that comprise the thirteen song cues of the Special.

White Heron Theatre Company Opens BLITHE SPIRIT July 10
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 5, 2023


White Heron Theatre Company of Nantucket will open it's first production of the 2023 summer season, Blithe Spirit, by Noël Coward (Present Laughter, Private Lives) and directed by Skip Greer. Greer returns to Nantucket after directing 2017's Outside Mullingar for White Heron.

First Ever Revival of EVELYN BROWN (A DIARY) to be Presented at La MaMa in May
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 3, 2023


La MaMa will present the first-ever revival of Evelyn Brown (A Diary), a lost work by the celebrated playwright María Irene Fornés (1930–2018).

Santino Fontana & Judy Kuhn to Star in I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE at Classic Stage Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 22, 2023


Classic Stage Company has announced complete programming for their 2023-2024 Season. See what shows are in the lineup, who is starring, how to purchase tickets, and more!

Harris Center for the Arts to Present NAT GEO LIVE! and VICKI LAWRENCE AND MAMA
by Blair Ingenthron - Mar 5, 2023


HARRIS CENTER FOR THE ARTS will present two exceptional entertainment events: National Geographic Live! Brian Skerry – Secrets of the Whales at 7:30 PM on Thursday, March 30, and Vicki Lawrence and Mama – A Two-Woman Show, at 7:30 PM on Saturday, April 1.

Measure for Measure History

Other Productions of Measure for Measure

1957   Off-Broadway
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1973   Broadway
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1975   Off-Broadway
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1976   Off-Broadway
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1985   Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
1989   Off-Broadway
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1993   Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
1996   Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
2001   Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
2006   Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
2017   Off-Broadway The Public Theater & Elevator Repair Service World Premiere Production
Off-Broadway
2019   West End Royal Shakespeare Company's West End Revival
West End

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