Daniel Faigin<p>The news from Washington can depress you. Theatre is that tonic we need: it can make us laugh. Desperate Measures, an adaptation of Will Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, now at International City Theatre Long Beach, is such a show. Very funny, wonderful performances, good music -- it is just the thing to relieve some of the stress out there. It is well worth the drive to go see it -- especially as this is the LA Premiere of the show (something ICT Long Beach excels at, together with Chance Theater).</p><p>Writeup: Timeless Measures | “Desperate Measures” @ ICT Long Beach <a href="https://cahighways.org/wordpress/?p=17146" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cahighways.org/wordpress/?p=17</span><span class="invisible">146</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Theatre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Theatre</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Musicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musicals</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LAThtr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LAThtr</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Reviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reviews</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DesperateMeasures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DesperateMeasures</span></a></p>