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The delightful comedy /I Hate Hamlet/ is set to close on March 7 at The Great American Melodrama.

The weather prognosticators tell us we may still get wet a day or two this week - but our Central Coast theatres are warm, dry, and ready to provide you with an afternoon or evening of quality entertainment at a price that'll fit most everybody's budget!

The delightful comedy /I Hate Hamlet/ is set to open the Great American Melodrama's 2010 season on January 21.

The delightful comedy /I Hate Hamlet/ is set to open the Great American Melodrama's 2010 season on January 21.

'William Shakespeare did not write 'I Hate Hamlet',' emphatically states Big Noise Theatre Company director Craig Gustafson. 'Paul Rudnick did. Honestly. This is a modern comedy about a TV actor returning to the New York stage, where he is haunted by the ghost of John Barrymore.'

'William Shakespeare did not write 'I Hate Hamlet',' emphatically states Big Noise Theatre Company director Craig Gustafson. 'Paul Rudnick did. Honestly. This is a modern comedy about a TV actor returning to the New York stage, where he is haunted by the ghost of John Barrymore.'

I Hate Hamlet is the unapologetically silly and hilarious tale of how Andy Rally, a successful young actor whose TV series has been cancelled, reluctantly comes to New York to take on one of the most challenging roles in theater history - Hamlet! To help him through this daunting task, the ghost of the legendary star (and lecher and lush), John Barrymore, appears to give his young would-be successor instructions in acting, not to mention life and love. Playwright Paul Rudnick invites the audience to laugh at the craziness that goes along with performing Shakespeare ('It's, like, algebra on stage!') and the wily Hollywood producer who tries to lure Andy back to L.A. with a new series that could make him millions.