Extreme Measures

The Shelton Theater
533 Sutter St. San Francisco

Enter the dramatically lit world of hard-boiled gumshoes and sultry femmes fatale as Extreme Measures brings film noir to the stage, as Mel Brooks might imagine it. Written by Bay Area Critics Circle Award winner Will Marchetti, this world premiere production from Shelton Theater follows a day in the life of a private eye and his secretary as they negotiate love and murder in the city -- that is, if they can deal with the never ending parade of wacky stock characters bombarding the detective agency. Then again, the detective in this rollicking farce isn't exactly Philip Marlowe either.