The girl-power premise behind Lauren Gunderson’s A Room in the Castle has good stuff, but is unevenly executed.
Forbes Robertson's Hamlet was seen last night at the Knickerbocker, and was accepted, as it has been accepted by intelligent playgoers everywhere, as the one truly great Hamlet of the modern stage.
Pictured above is Hamlet talking with Claudius and Gertrude during the opening scene. There's a stark contrast in the white costumes of the king and queen compared to Hamlet dressed in sombre black.
But the research made her realize: “I thought I was writing about Ophelia, but I ended up writing about Gertrude [Hamlet’s mother and Queen of Denmark].” Sabrina Lynne Sawyer, Oneika ...
Already grieving for his father and sickened by the recent remarriage of his mother, Queen Gertrude (Nancy Carroll) to his uncle Claudius (Jared Harris), Hamlet learns that Claudius had in fact ...
Gamm Theatre closes its 40th anniversary season with a captivating new production of Hamlet by William Shakespeare, the playwright whose work cemented and continues to elevate the theater's regional ...
A Room in the Castle, by Lauren M. Gunderson, premiering at the Folger Theatre, is a fresh look at a story we thought we knew ...