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Desperate Measures played its final performance at
New World Stages on Sunday, October 28, 2018.
BOOK AND LYRICS BY PETER KELLOGG
MUSIC BY DAVID FRIEDMAN
DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY BILL CASTELLINO

When the dangerously handsome Johnny Blood’s life is on the line, he must put his fate into the hands of a colorful cast of characters including a mysterious sheriff, an eccentric priest, an authoritarian governor, a saloon girl gone good, and a nun out of the habit. Before the sun sets, will they rise up and pull off the greatest caper yet, or will Johnny be left hanging?

This witty and wild new musical comedy takes the Bard’s Measure for Measure and shakes things up.

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DESPERATE MEASURES A GRADE ‘A’ MUSICAL!

PRESS

PLAYBILL

How ‘Jewish Country Music’ Plus Shakespeare Equals a Hit

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METRO

Desperate Measures speaks truth to power off Broadway

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PLAYBILL

Peter Kellogg and David Friedman Go Deep on Their Desperate Measures Score

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TODAY

See the cast of musical Desperate Measures perform live on TODAY

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MASTERWORKS BROADWAY

Desperate Measures Measures Up By Peter Filichia

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TIMES SQUARE CHRONICLES

Get To Know The Newest Star of Desperate Measures Sarah Parnicky

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THE CITIVIEW

Desperate Measures: A Musical Comedy Gone Wild

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FOX5

Interview with Conor Ryan
& Lauren Molina

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BROADWAY RADIO

Conor Ryan with Matt Tamanini
on “Tell Me More”

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BROADWAY BOX

Broadway Unplugged:
“It’s Getting Hot in Here”

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THEATERMANIA

It’s a Beautiful Day for
New Desperate Measures Footage

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BLACK TIE

Desperate Measures
is a Huge Hit

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BROADWAY.COM

#LiveatFive with
Conor Ryan

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TDF STAGES

Brush Up Your
Shakespur

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THEATERMANIA

Michael Urie’s Drama Desk Awards
Opening Video

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PLAYBILL

The David Friedman-Peter Kellogg
musical begins its new run at New World Stages.

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BROADWAY WORLD

DESPERATE MEASURES Wins
2018 Off Broadway Alliance Awards!

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THEATERMANIA

11 Shows That Will Win
Awards in 2018

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BROADWAY WORLD

Photo Flash:
First Rehearsal

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BROADWAY.COM

Outer Critics Circle
Winners Announced

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THE NEW YORK TIMES

Making Shakespeare
Their Own, Serious and Silly

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HUFFPOST

Theater: Musical “Desperate
Measures” Measures Up

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BROADWAY SELECT

DesperateMeasures: Better
Than Shakespeare!

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TIME OUT NEW YORK

Desperate Measures Review

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THEATERMANIA

Desperate Measures Review

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