Tony, Emmy and Grammy-winner and Oscar-nominee Cynthia Erivo has joined the producing team of “Fat Ham” as the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy heads to Broadway. “Fat Ham” will begin performances on …
“Fat Ham” will begin performances on Tues., March 21, and officially open on Wed., April 12, at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway for a strictly limited 14-week engagement through Sun., June 25.
Written by James Ijames and directed by Saheem Ali, the reinvention of William Shakespeare’s masterpiece “Hamlet” centers on a queer Southern college student named Juicy , who, according to the official synopsis, is “already grappling with some serious questions of identity, when the ghost of his father shows up in their backyard, demanding that Juicy avenge his murder.”
The complete original off-Broadway cast returns, including Nikki Crawford , Chris Herbie Holland , Billy Eugene Jones , Adrianna Mitchell , Calvin Leon Smith and Benja Kay Thomas . “Fat Ham” was commissioned by and received its world premiere as a filmed production at The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia, Penn. and Ijames went on to win the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play made its New York premiere in a critically acclaimed sold-out run — from May 12-July 31, 2022, including a six-week extension — at the Public Theater , co-produced with the National Black Theatre .
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