Like You Like It, Inspired by Shakespeare But Set in an '80s Mall, Wins New Voice Prize

The National Music Theater Network and The Theater for the American Musical have named the musical Like You Like It as the winner of the first New Voice Prize.

Winners Sammy Buck and Daniel S. Acquisto, the authors of the musical adaptation of Shakespeare's As You Like It, set in a suburban mall in the 1980s, will get money toward a production of the show as part of the inaugural New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) Sept. 13-Oct. 6, as well as a regional presentation, a studio cast recording and a promotional DVD."