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Fat Ham review " Pulitzer-winning Hamlet revision hits Broadway by Gloria Oladipo

American Airlines Theatre, New York James Ijames's electrifying take on Shakespeare's classic, with a Black queer man at its centre, makes for a smart update James Ijames's Fat Ham dances on the bones of Hamlet. Make no mistake, Fat Ham is not a sequel to Hamlet. It is not "Hamlet with Black people". Fat Ham uses the silhouette of Shakespeare's masterwork to birth something new, a vicious critique of masculinity and …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PM on April 13, 2023

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