Audience Raves

"It’s only here until Sunday, but you absolutely must make time."
- Chris Ehlers, Dig Boston

"One of the greatest productions of a Shakespeare play that I have ever seen"
- Alan Levitan, from the blog

"Loved Measure for Measure at @ArtsEmerson last night!! Here till Sunday"
- @theatre_boston

"Excellent...strongly recommend."
- Irka Tulip, Audience Member

Critical Praise

"Vivid & uncommonly moving...unsettling poignancy."
- CRITIC'S PICK, The New York Times

“transfixing, eerily current”
- The Boston Globe

"The best production of Measure For Measure I have ever seen!"
- Joyce Kulhawik

“If you love theater, see this show...simmering, electric, emotional. It’s Shakespeare made vital and startling.”
- Jared Bowen, WGBH Arts Editor

"Streamlined to just under two hours without intermission, Shakespeare's play seems fresher than ever in the era of Weinstein and #MeToo. It truly almost feels like a newly written work."
- EDGE Boston

"Should not be missed."
- Boxing Over Broadway

"Performed entirely in Russian on a stage bare except for four, enormous, red cubes, this modern interpretation has a stark beauty and a fluid physical presentation that transcends the need to understand the language."
- Theatre Mirror

"A punchy reminder that power corrupts”
- The Guardian

"Rarely has it been presented so dynamically and deftly, trimmed down so much that it lasts under two hours, uninterrupted, and moves at such a breathless pace nobody would stand for an intermission anyway."
- Broadway World

"The production contained such visceral power and emotional truth that there were audible gasps and quite a few tears from the audience. No one should miss this production."
- DC Theatre Scene

"The show moves like wildfire...This particular production certainly hits the bull's-eye."
- The Chicago Tribune

"Combines a solar plexus punch with real, thought-provoking finesse about the issues.”
- The Independent

"The play does it all.”
- What's On Stage

"Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod build a whole world out of the human form...Strengths that transcend words."
- Washington Post

International Press

"A shattering portrait of contemporary Russia"
- Novaya Gazeta

"Complex relationships between those in power, and ordinary citizens"
- Kristina Matvienko

"From every point of view this production is a total success"
- Nezavisimaya Gazeta