“Hamlet” can be a behemoth. Long, laden with droves of characters, philosophically complex, dramaturgically unwieldy and a ...

Hamlet (Elizabeth Helmer), at right, kneels before the ghost of her father (J Hunter) in Home Made Theater’s production of “Hamlet,” running Feb. 28 to March 9 at Saratoga Music Hall in Saratoga ...

This latest version of Hamlet begins with a death ritual. Riz Ahmed, as the title character, washes his father's body, surrounded by his uncle, Claudius, and other men as a Hindu priest recites from ...

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William Shakespeare left no instructions as to the right way future dramatists should tell "Hamlet." We have only the text, which reveals fresh insights each time someone new recites it. With director ...

The cast of Hamlet (Ato Blankson-Wood, Solea Pfieffer, and Nick Rehberger) discuss what forces influence their relationships with one another, and how a modern context helps bring new ideas within the ...

When Eddie Izzard decided to stage a solo performance of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” – playing everyone from the title character to Ophelia, Claudius, Gertrude, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern – no one said ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The show's director, Carter, explains the thought process behind the Victorian ...

The cast of Hamlet (Ato Blankson-Wood, Solea Pfieffer, and Nick Rehberger) discuss what it means to bring Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” into the modern day. Solea Pfeiffer performs as Ophelia in The Public ...

When Hamlet asks, “To be, or not to be,” he is not merely rehearsing a thought about life and death. He is pausing at a far subtler threshold—the point where the weight of being someone begins to feel ...

The inaugural summer season of the newly formed Piedmont Shakespeare Company will feature a live professional production of “Hamlet” this coming summer that will be presented at six venues, including ...