Interview: Sideeq Heard's Ever Excited to Direct FAT HAM Again
by Gil Kaan
- Apr 9, 2024
The west coast premiere of James Ijames’ 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama-winning Fat Ham opened April 4, 2024, at the Geffen Playhouse. Sideeq Heard directs the talented cast of Nikki Crawford, Chris Herbie Holland, Billy Eugene Jones, Adrianna Mitchell, Marcel Spears, Benja Kay Thomas and Matthew Elijah Webb. Sideeq found time after his successful opening weekend to answer a few of my queries.
Virginia Repertory Theatre Announces WAITRESS, FAT HAM, And More for 2024-2025 SEASON
by A.A. Cristi
- Apr 5, 2024
Virginia Rep has announced the 2024-2025 Season: an exciting line-up of musicals, plays, and special presentations at all three locations, including the Signature Season at the November Theatre downtown, the Barksdale Season at Hanover Tavern, and the Family Season in the Jessie Bogese Theatre at the Virginia Rep Center for Arts and Education. Partner productions in the Theatre Gym and additional community partnerships will be announced at a later time.
Review: HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK at Elgin Theatre
by Ilana Lucas
- Apr 8, 2024
Produced by Côté Danse, Ex Machina and Dvoretsky Productions, THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET is on at the Elgin theatre for five short days, and it’s a respectable addition to Ham Mountain, a visually inventive production that never lets its stage magic overshadow the dancers behind and in front of the curtain.
FAT HAM Comes to TheatreSquared's West Theatre
by Stephi Wild
- Apr 5, 2024
The award-winning, critically acclaimed Fat Ham by James Ijames will open in TheatreSquared's West Theatre on April 17 in co-production with City Theatre Company (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) and will run through May 12.
Photos: First Look at FAT HAM at Geffen Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Apr 2, 2024
Geffen Playhouse is presenting the West Coast premiere of the Broadway production of five-time Tony Award nominee and 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner Fat Ham. Get a first look at photos!
Reneé Rapp, FELLOW TRAVELERS & More Win GLAAD Media Awards
by Michael Major
- Mar 15, 2024
Reneé Rapp, Fellow Travelers, and more received GLAAD Media Awards at last night's Los Angeles ceremony. Nominees included The Color Purple, Rustin, Billy Porter, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, and more. Check out the winners from the Los Angeles ceremony now!
Review: FAT HAM Serves Cookout Chaos Realness at City Theatre
by Greg Kerestan
- Mar 11, 2024
James Ijames's Pulitzer-winning comedy Fat Ham is less an adaptation or reimagining of Hamlet, and more a play ABOUT Hamlet, a response to Hamlet. The characters are all too aware of how their stories and behaviors are mirroring characters from Shakespeare's tragedy: they quote it, riff on it, confirm or refute its influence on them.
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