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.
