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I HATE HAMLET Comes to Music Theatre of Connecticut Next Month

I Hate Hamlet will run three weekends from February 3rd – 19th, 2023 with performances on Fridays & Saturday at 8pm and Saturdays & Sundays at 2pm. 

I HATE HAMLET Comes to Music Theatre of Connecticut Next Month

Music Theatre of Connecticut MainStage continues their 36th MainStage Season with the hilarious I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick. The play will introduce audiences to Andrew, a young and successful television star who relocates to New York where he rents a marvelous, gothic apartment. With his television career in limbo, the actor is offered the opportunity to play Hamlet onstage, but there's one problem: He hates Hamlet. I Hate Hamlet will run three weekends from February 3rd - 19th, 2023 with performances on Fridays & Saturday at 8pm and Saturdays & Sundays at 2pm.

Andrew Rally seems to have it all: celebrity and acclaim from his starring role in a hit television series; a rich, beautiful girlfriend; a glamorous, devoted agent; the perfect New York apartment; and the chance to play Hamlet in Central Park. There are, however, a couple of glitches in paradise. Andrew's series has been canceled; his girlfriend is clinging to her virginity with unyielding conviction; and he has no desire to play Hamlet. When Andrew's agent visits him, she reminisces about her brief romance with John Barrymore, which prompts a séance to summon his ghost. From the moment Barrymore returns, Andrew's life is no longer his own. Barrymore, fortified by champagne and ego, presses Andrew to accept the part and fulfill his actor's destiny.

I Hate Hamlet stars Constantine Pappas (Nat'l Tour- Phantom of the Opera, Off B'way- Penelope) as Andrew, Dan O'Driscoll (Off B'way- The Pirates of Penzance, Babes in Toyland) as John Barrymore, Elena Ramos Pascullo (Florida Studio Theatre- Something Rotten, MTC- The Buddy Holly Story) as Deirdre, Liliane Klein (Nat'l Tour- Scrooge, Titanic) as Felicia, Robert Anthony Jones (B'way- Finding Neverland, Nat'l Tour- Phantom of the Opera) as Gary, and Jo Anne Parady (Players Club- The Life of Shakespeare, Stratford Shakespeare Festival- Othello) as Lillian.

MTC and Actor's Equity Association are committed to a safe and sanitary performance for both the audience and actors alike. In order to be inclusive of everyone's health and safety concerns, MTC has allocated two performances of I Hate Hamlet as "Masks Required" performances. These performances will be on February 10th at 8pm and February 18th at 2pm. As the name suggests, at these performances all audience members and staff are required to wear masks while inside MTC. Actors on stage will not wear masks.

Ticket prices range from $40-$65 plus fees and can be purchased online (www.musictheatreofct.com/i-hate-hamlet) or over the phone (203-454-3883). MTC MainStage is located at 509 Westport Ave in Norwalk, CT.



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