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-Paul Robeson
1949

Preview Article in the Buffalo News' weekly arts supplement Gusto Magazine 5/14/10

Musical 'Hamlet'

By Colin Dabkowski

"HAMLET," perhaps Shakespeare's most quoted, beloved and oft-performed tragedy, has been adapted to within an inch of its life. There are small-cast versions, film versions, operatic versions, ballet versions, all-female versions and versions that befuddle all attempts at description.

There are, however, very few one-man musical adaptations of the bard's great tale.

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-- About the Cast & Crew -- About this Play's Production History -- Directions to the Theatre -- Return to the I AM HAMLET Mainpage -- Production Photos MEDIA COVERAGE: -- Gusto Preview 5/2/10 -- Boston Review 1/26/10 -- Nightlife Review 5/24/10 -- Listen to interview with Director Joe Siracusa & Performer Brian Morey on Thinktwice Radio

"I AM HAMLET," a one-man show performed by Brian Morey and directed by Joe Siracusa that begins its run in the Manny Fried Playhouse (255 Great Arrow Ave.) on Thursday, is just such a play. Morey takes on the entire dramatis personae of the tragedy in a show that has been picking up steam and raising eyebrows since its premiere last year in Aurora.

Morey punctuates his performance with musical numbers, such as Ophelia's outraged delivery of "No More" and Hamlet's wistful "Beautiful Ophelia." It comes to Buffalo after a successful run last fall at the Boston Center for the Arts. The show, presented by the Subversive Theatre Collective, stays parked at the Manny Fried Playhouse through June 5. For more information, call 408-0499 or visit www.iamhamlet.com .

--Colin Dabkowski

cdabkowski@buffnews.com