Illyria
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Oct 18, 2008
Closed Nov 16, 2008
Opened Oct 18, 2008
Closed Nov 16, 2008
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In honor of Prospect's 10th Anniversary, the company mounts Illyria a new musical comedy, based off of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Shipwrecked and alone, Viola disguises herself as her twin brother. Entering the service of Duke Orsino, she is quickly drawn in to a tangle of unrequited love with her new master and the mournful Lady Olivia. Meanwhile, Olivia's ne'er-do-well uncle and maid do their best to bring mirth back to the household. Mistaken identity reigns in this gender-bending adventure penned by 2007 Fred Ebb Award Winner Peter Mills.
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It's been six years since the Prospect Theater Company first presented Peter Mills' Illyria, now at the Hudson Guild, a musical adaptation of Twelfth Night that is a marvel of economy. It condenses the events of the Bard's original comedy into a compact and unhurried two hours, while retaining much of the work's sly wit and suitably melancholic feeling. And if Cara Reichel's current production is far from ideal, it nonetheless offers a chance for audiences to embrace the beguiling musical's many charms.
Shakespeare's characters have been heightened to the appropriate pitch for musical comedy, but they're essentially as we already know them. There's Viola (Jessica Grove), who believes her tw[...]