Hamlet Revival 2024
Run Time:
2 hours 25 minutes, with one intermission
2 hours 25 minutes, with one intermission
Ages: 15+
Opened: February 11, 2024Closing: April 14, 2024
Hamlet - 2024 - Off-Broadway History , Info & More
Orpheum Theatre New York
126 Second Avenue New York, NY 10003
Eddie returns to New York following last year’s sold-out run of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, which played to rave reviews at Greenwich House and in London’s West End. Hamlet reunites Eddie with Selina and Mark who collaborated on Great Expectations. It is produced by WestBeth Entertainment, Mick Perrin Worldwide, and John Gore.
In Hamlet, The King of Denmark is dead, and Prince Hamlet is determined to take revenge, initiating a cascade of events that will destroy both family and state. Eddie will be portraying men, women, ghosts, scholars, tyrants, courtiers, lovers, fools, and poets. She says, “I have always gravitated towards playing complex and challenging characters and Hamlet is the ultimate. This is a production for everyone, a timeless drama with an accidental hero. Selina, Mark, and I want audiences to see and hear an accessible, touching, scary and dramatic Hamlet.”
Hamlet - 2024 - Off-Broadway Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Hamlet
HAMLET: OH, WHAT A NOBLE PRINCE (PLUS EVERYONE ELSE) IS EDDIE IZZARD
8 / 10
A few final questions about a production trimmed but not extensively by Mark Izzard: Might Eddie Izzard’s impressive achievement now as well as Cumming’s nine years back trigger a trend? For over four centuries, actors (male and females) have sought to prove themselves by putting on some version of Hamlet’s doublet. Is it possible that in the future actors will decide that electrifying as Hamlet only isn’t sufficient? Will playing Hamlet and everyone else become the supreme acting test?
Too Too Solid: Eddie Izzard’s Hamlet
6 / 10
Though Izzard is far from a tedious host—she is, as she always has been, a uniquely enjoyable human being to spend time with—Cadell hasn’t followed through on her premise. Tyler Elich’s lights keep the audience conventionally in the dark, and Eliza Thompson’s original music—a dismal blend of low strings and horns that comes off as royalty-free “medieval”—gives us the feeling of listening to a live book-on-tape rather than engaging in a full theatrical event. Most discouraging of all, Izzard doesn’t connect with us all that much. Of course she looks out through the footlights during the soliloquies, but her Hamlet doesn’t really need us. She could get to the end of “To be or not to be” without seeking the answer in our eyes. Our presence—and thus the whole project we’re embarked upon together—lacks urgency. Izzard isn’t soaring to the text’s dizzying heights or dropping to its gutting psychophysical depths: She’s making her way steadily through.
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Eddie Izzard's HAMLET Begins Performances at The Orpheum Theatre Tomorrow
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 18, 2024
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 18, 2024
Following its run at the Greenwich House Theater, Eddie Izzard’s performance of Shakespeare’s Hamlet moves to New York’s Orpheum Theatre and begins there tomorrow. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Eddie Izzard's Solo HAMLET to Move to Orpheum Theater for Four Week Extension
by Blair Ingenthron - February 26, 2024
by Blair Ingenthron - February 26, 2024
Following its run at the Greenwich House Theater, Eddie Izzard's performance of Shakespeare's Hamlet will move to New York's Orpheum Theatre beginning on Tuesday, March 19 for a four-week extension through April 14. Learn more about the production and how to get tickets here!
Video: How Eddie Izzard Is Playing All the Parts in HAMLET
by Nicole Rosky - February 12, 2024
by Nicole Rosky - February 12, 2024
Eddie Izzard’s solo production of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet just opened last night at off-Broadway's Greenwich House Theater and we are hanging with Eddie and director Selina Cadell to hear all about this inventive new take on a classic.
Review Roundup: Eddie Izzard's HAMLET Opens at the Greenwich House Theater
by Stephi Wild - February 12, 2024
by Stephi Wild - February 12, 2024
Eddie Izzard’s solo Hamlet officially opened last night, February 11th, at the Greenwich House Theater. Read all of the reviews for Hamlet here!
Photos: Eddie Izzard Takes Opening Night Bows in HAMLET
by Jennifer Broski - February 12, 2024
by Jennifer Broski - February 12, 2024
Eddie Izzard’s solo Hamlet just celebrated its opening night at the Greenwich House Theater. Check out photos from inside the big night here!
Photos: Get a First Look at Eddie Izzard's Solo HAMLET
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 30, 2024
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 30, 2024
Eddie Izzard’s solo Hamlet is opening on February 11th at the Greenwich House Theater. See photos!
Eddie Izzard's HAMLET Begins Performances At Greenwich House Theater January 25
by A.A. Cristi - January 24, 2024
by A.A. Cristi - January 24, 2024
Eddie Izzard's one-person production of Hamlet begins performances tomorrow, January 25th, at Off-Broadway's Greenwich House Theater.
Photos: Eddie Izzard Gets Ready to Return to the Stage in HAMLET
by Jennifer Broski - January 22, 2024
by Jennifer Broski - January 22, 2024
Eddie Izzard is getting ready to take the New York stage this winter for six weeks only, playing 23 characters in William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Check out photos as Eddie readies the new production!
Hamlet FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How long has Hamlet been running Off-Broadway?
Hamlet opened at the Greenwich House Theatre on Sunday Feb 11, 2024 and has now been running for 1 month.
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