Last night Ian and I went to see a preview of the new Off-Broadway show, "Measure for Pleasure," a sex farce/romantic comedy of mistaken identities set in the 1700s, that's playing at the Public Theater. It stars Scotsman Euan Morton ("Taboo") as transvestite hooker Molly Tawdry. One of her johns, Will Blunt, gets her off the streets by getting her a job as a chambermaid. Morton is equally charismatic as a girl as well as a guy, and Michael Stuhlbarg's portrayal of Will Blunt, is wickedly funny and fragile. The dialogue flies fast and furious, and sometimes it's raunchy, but it's a sweet story in the end.
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That sounds good. Where did you see it?
At the Public Theater. The specific theater it's in is very intimate, seats maybe a few hundred only, and one of Ian's cousins works wardrobe, and some of the costumes for this are really quite lovely. She is even on the stage in costume in a scene where she dresses Molly from her street clothes into her chambermaid outfit. Lots of double entendres and fun with names-Molly Tawdry, Sir Peter Lustforth, Captain Dick Dashwood, Dame Stickle.
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