Ben Brantly, NY Times

March 2, 2014

“Measure for Measure” Full of Dual Nature and Hard Choices

So many doors, each opening on to what God only knows. What do you think is behind, say, this one, with the grill? A treat or a trick? A lady or a tiger? Mercy or morality?

The last coupling of opposites come from Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure,” a strange play of hard choices that has been given a most charming new production at the New Victory Theater, in which the scenery consists of little more than six portable doors. That’s right, I said charming. And, yes, I know that’s not an adjective usually found anywhere near “Measure for Measure,” one of the creepiest plays in the cannon. […continued]

Measure for Measure

BY William Shakespeare
DIRECTOR Noah Brody and Ben Steinfeld
SET DESIGNER  Derek McLane
LIGHTING DESIGNER Tim Cryan
COMPOSER & MUSICAL DIRECTOR Ben Steinfeld

WITH   Jessie Austrian, Noah Brody, Paul L. Coffey, Ben Steinfeld, Emily Young and Andy Grotelueschen.

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