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“Genuinely witty, inspiring new life to Shakespeare’s characters as the actors of Prospect Theater Company ally touching ballads with burlesque numbers, and revamp Shakespearean innuendos. UNDENIABLY INSPIRATIONAL.”
— VILLAGE VOICE
“Thank heaven for Peter Mills... take it from someone who's now seen six musical Twelfth Nights, this is the best of the bunch.”
— Peter Filichia,
STAR-LEDGER
“This high-spirited, utterly engaging musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is an intergenerational winner that deserves an unequivocal thumbs-up. Peter Mills and Cara Reichel, who adapted the show, have managed to do the near impossible. They have taken Shakespeare's comic masterpiece, kept its Elizabethan spirit, voice and wit, yet created a new, accessible work that brashly and, at times, poignantly speaks to contemporary musical theater.”
— NEW YORK TIMES
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Photos of Prospect Theater Company’s 2008 production, by Richard Termine
Book, Music and Lyrics by Peter Mills
Adapted from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel
originally presented by Prospect Theater Company at the Hudson Guild Theater, New York City.
April 12-28, 2002.
with
Ames Adamson, Rich Affannato, Matthew Boaten, Kate Bradner, Sarah Corey, Leon Land Gersing, Arik Luck, Kate MacKenzie, Jason Mills, Courter Simmons
Directed by Cara Reichel
Music Directed by Daniel Feyer
Choreography by Christina Gelsone
Set Design by Scott Aronow
Lighting Design by Adam Gabel
Costume Design by David Kaley
