Every film studio has a vampire movie. Every TV network now has a vampire show. Sure, there’s a big vampire craze.
But there’s another pale, black clad figure lurking in the shadows of pop culture and his name is
Hamlet.
Besides Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead, and the endless scattering of quotes in
film and TV, there’s been
Hamlet 2, a breathtaking
Jude Law on Broadway, and now the producers of
Milk, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen are doing with it the
Twilight director
Catherine Hardwicke starring Emile Hirsch.
And off Broadway is no exception.
Last Saturday I had the honor of being invited to speak at the
T.Schreiber Studio in New York City, after a very awesome production of “
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead,” directed by
Cat Parker.
Besides playing Rosencrantz myself in High school, I had never experienced a live production. Cat Parker’s directed the play in the round, which lent itself well to the sense of constant spinning, wandering and directionless-ness of the play.
It was a great pleasure to speak with the cast:
Eric Percival (Rosencrantz)
Julian Elfer (Guildenstern)
Erik Jonsun (Player) Tim Weiner (Hamlet) and the other talented, tireless actors who brought the play to life.
I recommend keeping an eye on this theater since they put on all the gems of Theater from The Night of the Iguana By Tennessee Williams to Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street By C.G. Bond to my personal favorite The Real Thing, by Tom Stoppard.
