Illyria: In Concert

Prospect Theater Company presents Illyria: In Concert, in association with the 3rd Annual New York Musical Theatre Festival. The show features book, music, and lyrics by Peter Mills, and is adapted by Cara Reichel and Peter Mills from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

“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.”– The New
York Times

“Thank heaven for Peter Mills… take it from someone who’s now seen
six musical “Twelfth Nights,” this is the best of the bunch.” — Star
Ledger

“A crisp, lighthearted fantasy bolstered by a hummable score… so
infectiously melodic that it cries out for future life.” — Variety

“A brand new and entirely first-rate musical treatment… the almost
constant flow of melodic music and witty lyrics all but dance with an
ingratiating ebullience throughout the show… it’s a winner.” —
Curtainup.com

“A holiday all by itself… every scene is funnier than the last. By
the time it’s all over, you’ll ache from laughing and go home humming
more than a few of its memorable and merry melodies.” — Daily Record