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'GARY BUSEY'S ONE-MAN HAMLET' Adds Additional Performances

By: Apr. 11, 2016
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In 400 years of Shakespeare, there's never been a night of Bard on the boards quite like "Gary Busey's One-Man Hamlet as Performed by David Carl." In honor of William Shakespeare's birthday, two special matinee performances have been added on Saturday, April 23 at 3:00p.m. and Sunday, April 24 at 4:30p.m. Yes, there will be cake.

As Shakespearean actor, puppeteer, singer and action-movie icon, Gary Busey (played by New York actor-writer David Carl) performs each scene of Hamlet his way, with occasional detours across Busey's IMDB page from Buddy Holly to Lethal Weapon. The heady mix of high and low-brow comedy celebrates Shakespeare's classic by using it to reflect upon the jaded, celebrity-crazed, meme-obsessed world around us.

WHAT: Gary Busey's One-Man Hamlet as Performed by David Carl
WHEN: 10:30p.m. Saturdays - April 23, 30 and May 14; and matinee's on Saturday, April 23 at 3:00p.m. & Sunday, April 24 at 4:30p.m.
WHERE: The PIT LOFT (154 W. 29th St (b/t 6th & 7th, New York City)
HOW MUCH: $20
MORE INFO & TICKETS: www.buseyhamlet.com

Written by David Carl (after Shakespeare) and co-created and directed by Michole Biancosino.

The smash hit of the New York and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, Gary Busey's One-Man Hamlet won the Outstanding Solo Performance Award at the New York Fringe in 2014, and received 5-star reviews at the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The show will begin extensive North America touring in 2016, including performances at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater - proving that "Where there's a Bard, there's a Busey!"







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