âFat Hamâ Review: A Queer, Black âHamletâ? Ay, Thereâs the Spice Rub.
Set at a Southern barbecue, James Ijamesâs hilarious update on Shakespeare sees a recipe for liberation in the story of family disaster.
Brennen S. Malone, right, as the Hamlet figure, here named Juicy, with (from left) Jennifer Kidwell and Kimberly S. Fairbanks in âFat Ham.âCredit.via The Wilma Theater
NYT Critic s Pick
Perhaps the real tragedy of âHamletâ is that it doesnât end with a dance party; too many of its characters lie dead at the final curtain for anyone to shake a leg.