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Young Fortinbras, a modern man of action, enters during the last scene of Hamlet only to order the bodies of the royal family shuffled off while he devises the best possible media blitz to legitimize his ascension to the throne of Denmark. Horatio, sworn to the dead Hamlet to convey the truth of his actions, is immediately cast by Fortinbras into the role of an unwilling public relations person. Meanwhile, Fortinbras is forced to balance a disastrous and mistaken invasion of Poland with a seductive and harrowing array of ghosts, ranging from a vampish Ophelia to a repentant Claudius and Gertrude, all of whom cast doubts in his mind as to what really makes up the character of a ruler. Finally, Horatio, driven to madness by the refusal of everyone to believe in him, assassinates Fortinbras and then kills himself. In the afterworld, all of the characters reconvene, wiser now by their deaths and ready to make a new go of it in Elsinore.
- Lee Blessing
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A Strange Loop
American Conservatory Theater (4/18 - 5/12)
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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Ray of Light Theatre (6/1 - 6/23) LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN NEW MUSICAL | |
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Frozen
San Jose Center for the Performing Arts (8/21 - 9/1) | |
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TheBoxSF
TheBoxSF (11/11 - 11/11) | |
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Funny Girl
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The Marsh Berkeley presents “Breed or Bust”
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Wicked
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BLUE DOOR
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Peter Pan
San Jose Center for the Performing Arts (6/25 - 6/30) | |
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