News: "Hamlet on The Run" Will Have Four Performances, August 22-25, 2024, at the Tank
Mei Melenovsky as Hamlet and Michael Katz. Photo courtesy of FFP Frank Farrell Productions (FFP) will present a one-hour version of William Shakespeare’s tragic play Hamlet, Prince of Denmark , re-titled Hamlet on the Run , adapted by Frank Farrell, Mitch Webb, and Thomas J. Donohoe II for four performances at 7pm, Thursday through Sunday, August 22 – 25, 2024 at The Tank, 312 W 36th St, New York, NY 10018 .“It’s the play we all know but shorter,” said someone after seeing it back in 1982 in Chicago. “I am enjoying it,” shared the play’s director Thomas J. Donohoe II. “People see Shakespeare as very distant without having done a lot of research. I hope this version shows it can be fun and accessible for the audience. The acting and editing of the script bring clarity to the story. We are also doing it in the round and with very little rehearsal, which is hard on the one hand, but also exciting because that is what it must have been like when these plays were performed originally. This...