Shakespeare in the Park: Hamlet

About This Show

Returning once again to Free Shakespeare in the Park, director Kenny Leon commands The Delacorte stage with a nine-week, tour-de-force production of the Bard’s masterpiece, Hamlet, a riveting, contemporary present-day take on Shakespeare’s classic tale of family and betrayal, as enduring as the stars above Central Park. 

Hamlet is arguably the greatest play in the Western canon, and I am thrilled that Kenny Leon will be helming this summer’s production. As he demonstrated with his brilliant production of Much Ado About Nothing, Kenny has an expert way of making Shakespeare come alive in a contemporary American context, illuminating these great works while also reimagining them for our times and our country,” said Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis.

Show Details

Running Time: 2hr 55min (1 intermission)
Dates: First Preview: June 8, 2023 Opening Night: June 28, 2023 Final Performance: August 6, 2023

Theatermania Review

| | June 28, 2023
Kenny Leon returns to Free Shakespeare in the Park to direct Ato Blankson-Wood, Solea Pfeiffer, and more in Shakespeare’s classic tragedy.

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