Frog & Peach Theatre Co. in "Measure for Measure" April 25, 2013

WHERE AND WHEN:
April 25 to May 19, 2013
West End Theater, 263 West 86th St. (B'way and West End Ave.) Building, theater and restrooms are all wheelchair accessible.
Presented by Frog and Peach Theatre Company
Thurs, Fri, and Sat at 7:30 PM, Sun at 3:00 PM
$18 General Admission, $12 seniors and students
Box Office: Smarttix (212) 868-4444, www.smarttix.com
Runs :90.

Frog & Peach Theatre Company (http://www.frogandpeachtheatre.org), "one of the most durable and best-kept secrets in the New York theater community" (Curtain Up!), will present a Weimar vision of Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure" April 25 to May 19 at the West End Theater, 263 West 86th Street. Artistic Director Lynnea Benson directs. The classic will be set in the 1930s Germany in order to comment on the corruption and hypocrisy that underlies the smug patina of modern life.

In Shakespeare's hilarious black comedy, The Duke of Vienna pretends to leave the city, assigning his authority to Angelo while he disguises himself as a friar and stays to watch what develops. Angelo almost immediately sentences Claudio to death for seducing Juliet, but when Claudio's sister Isabel comes to plead for him, Angelo shamelessly tries to seduce her, offering to exchange her brother's life for her virginity. The "cleric" persuades her to turn the tables by appearing to consent to the plan but sending Angelo's abandoned fiancee, Marianna, to the rendezvous instead. Ultimately the Duke resumes his authority and sets things straight again.