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February 12, 2022

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Season 40 > Desperate Measures

West Coast Premiere

Desperate Measures

Music by: David Friedman
Books and Lyrics by: Peter Kellogg
Orchestrations by: David Hancock Turner
Vocal arrangements by: David Friedman
Directed by: Christopher Williams

A MUSICAL COMEDY GONE WILD

This witty, wild musical comedy takes Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure and shakes it up. A rollicking romantic musical that manages to address law and order, justice and hypocrisy set in the Wild West. Fully loaded with laughs and toe-tappin’ music, saddle up and see why critics and audiences have branded DESPERATE MEASURES a grade ‘A’ musical! Buy Tickets now before it pulls up stakes and leaves town.

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Between Will (the originator) and this crazy interpretation, you may never laugh as much as you will at DESPERATE MEASURES.

-– Jean Lowerison, San Diego Stage and Screen

I reckon you'll love DESPERATE MEASURES, it's a real hoot. You'll definitely leave with a smile.

– Kathy Carpenter, Splash Magazine

Do not miss Desperate Measures at the North Coast Repertory Theatre. This delightful show is an antidote for the pandemic blues. This upbeat, mood-boosting musical will lift you up and transport you to plane of pure joy with its clever Bard-inspired dialogue and requisite plot twists. Go get your tickets, posthaste, and see for yourself! What a beautiful gift you’ve given us!

– Eva Trieger, San Diego Jewish World

DESPERATE MEASURES is a fun and frothy musical that will make you laugh and leave you humming.

– EM Reiter, BroadwayWorld

DESPERATE MEASURES is filled with a little suspense; a plethora of surprises; plot twists and comedy; and clever rhyming dialogue.

– Tom Robertson, The Vista Press

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