Gary Busey's ONE-MAN HAMLET Extends Run at The PIT Loft

Due to popular demand for summer action-movie/Shakespeare mash-ups, Gary Busey's One-Man Hamlet as Performed by David Carl extends its critically acclaimed run into June and July with five additional performances 10:30 p.m. Saturdays June 4 & 25; 9 p.m. Thursday, June 30 & Saturdays, July 9 & July 30. The acclaimed production heads to the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in mid-July for the Shakespeare 400 celebrations.

As Shakespearean actor, puppeteer, singer and action-movie director, Gary Busey (played by New York actor-writer David Carl) performs each scene of Hamlet his own 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: 10:30 p.m. Saturdays June 4 & 25; 9 p.m. Thursday, June 30 & Saturdays, July 9 & July 30WHERE: The PIT LOFT (154 W. 29th St (b/t 6th & 7th, New York City)
HOW MUCH: $20
TICKETS & MORE INFO: 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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