Elevator Repair Service Retells 'Measure for Measure'

The Leonard Lopate Show | Oct 25, 2017

Director John Collins joins us to discuss Elevator Repair Service’s production of Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” at the Public Theater. Actor Scott Shepherd, who stars as the Duke, also joins the conversation. By infusing the show with a healthy dose of over-the-top slapstick, the ERS ensemble bring this comedy about 17th-century Vienna to a whole new level.

“Measure for Measure” plays at The Public’s LuEsther Hall (425 Lafayette St.) through Nov. 12. 

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