Hamlet @ BAM (Thomas Ostermeier)

[Synecdoche2]

Posted: 10/28/22 at 6:46pm

Would highly recommend this dazzling and raucous production. It's the best Hamlet I've seen since Lisa Peterson's 2016 production in Ashland.

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 10/30/22 at 6:33pm

Is there any kind of rush for this?

[jbird5]

Posted: 10/30/22 at 7:55pm

I don’t think so.  There might be standby.  There’s a few balcony seats available at $44.

[jbird5]

Posted: 10/30/22 at 8:49pm

I didn’t know you were allowed to have this much fun at Hamlet.  The people next to me were discussing parallels between this and The Lion King.  My comparison might be Beetlejuice with a touch of The Damned - or maybe Rocky Horror.  If you sit front orchestra there is a chance of audience participation.  
 

They cut the gravedigger scene probably due to the layout of the set as well as brevity.  Also it’s a very small cast with lots of doubling.  A wig, glasses and a leather jacket are used to denote separate characters.  They also cut the exposition of the final scene so you aren’t told the wine and foil are poisoned until after the fact.

Not your vater’s Hamlet.

 

[JoeW4]

Posted: 11/2/22 at 6:52pm

Saw it last night, and overall enjoyed it a lot. I agree it’s probably the most “fun” Hamlet I’ve seen. But even the fun element is used to reveal some darker implications...

Posted more detailed thoughts here

[lukaernandes]

Posted: 1/11/23 at 12:07pm

I saw it, and I can say that I really like it. I almost refused to go to watch it, and I'm so glad I did it. I've seen a lot of different plays, and not each I like, but this one was for sure worth watching. Besides, Hamlet has always been one of my favorite plays, so maybe that's why I liked it so much. And also helped me to write my paper about Hamlet because we discuss it now in my literature course. I needed to write a paper, so I decided to write on originally written play and different adaptations. This site https://supremestudy.com/essay-examples/hamlet/ was the most helpful because there are Hamlet essay examples, which made the writing process faster because after reading a few examples, I had more ideas. And writing about plays I saw was much easier, so as a result, I managed to do everything without big problems.

Updated On: 1/13/23 at 12:07 PM

[JoeW4]

Posted: 1/11/23 at 12:44pm

lukaernandes said: "But, still my fav Hamlet is the original one"

 

You saw the original? Incredible! I have so many questions. Did Richard Burbage stage-door?