(Seen 10/9/09)
I am pleased that I am not jaded by yet another production of HAMLET. Unlike many nay-say reviewers, I found this a most accessible Shakespearean presentation, both visually and verbally. And its unstoppable athletic movie star, Jude Law, gives an outstandingly viable life to the often melancholy Dane.
The whole cast, with the exception of Ophelia, make this HAMLET easy to listen to and understand, without sacrificing the verse. Director Michael Grandage created a cinematic flow for the intense action, and made the various comedy aspects stable counterpoints to the classic tragedy.
Somber and epic-like, it is a total audience pleasing experience, while maintaining its beauty and depth.
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- IN THE NEXT ROOM -- or -- the vibrator play -- ...
- RAGTIME at the Neil Simon Theatre
- NIGHTINGALE at MTC's City Center Stage I
- THE UNDERSTUDY at the Roundabout's Laura Pels Theatre
- IDIOT SAVANT at the Public Theater
- SUPERIOR DONUTS at the Music Box
- BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS at the Nederlander Theatre
- EMBRACEABLE ME at the Kirk Theatre
- AFTER MISS JULIE at Roundabout's AA Theatre
- MEMPHIS at the Shubert Theatre
- BYE-BYE BIRDIE at Roundabout's Henry Miller Theatre
- OLEANNA at the Golden Theatre
- THE ROYAL FAMILY at the MTC's Samuel J. Friedman T...
- HAMLET at the Broadhurst Theatre
- WISHFUL DRINKING at Roundabout Theatre's Studio 54
- A STEADY RAIN at the Schoenfeld Theatre
- ESTROGENIUS FESTIVAL at Manhattan Theatre Source
- BURN THE FLOOR at the Longacre Theatre
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Observations by Ira J. Bilowit
He has been writing about the theatre in numerous publications for over fifty years, and has been involved in producing and writing for the theatre during same period.
Professionally, he is a member of the DRAMA DESK (former Vice Pres.), the American Theatre Critics Association, the Dramatists Guild, and the International Association of Theatre Critics.
Former Managing Editor/Feature Writer/Reviewer for SHOW BUSINESS; Editor/Publisher of New York Theatre Review; Contributing Editor/Feature Writer for BACK STAGE.