CRITIC’S PICK: “ Seeing ‘Fat Ham,’ even multiple times, thus remains a revelation and a balm. It does one of the most important things we ask of theater: to rehearse, as many times as necessary, better ways to be — instead of choosing not to.”
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“...’Fat Ham’ keeps you cackling so consistently that the play’s sudden acts of cruelty land like punches in the gut.”
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“Ijames takes Hamlet’s political and social themes and marinates them for a modern audience...’Fat Ham’ is less about seeking revenge and more about Juicy winning justice.”
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“This isn’t a tragedy. In fact, it breaks open and becomes a comedy complete with a big dance sequence at the end...I’d be interested to see another version of ’Fat Ham’ that brings that bitterness out further, slices toward the confrontational bones underneath the comedy.”
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“Excellently performed by the entire cast...Ijames’ play resolves on an exhilarating, life-affirming note. Or, to be more precise, notes, as in song, and dance, and enough good-time gender-bending disco sparkle to win over all but the grumpiest of spirits.”
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“At no point does this play feel like anything other than a big-fun Broadway show: It’s a smart, fearless and often wildly entertaining 90 minutes, filled not just with radical ideas but with absurdist spectacle.”
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“ 'Fat Ham' is a total gas — the funniest and most invigorating new show on Broadway...The playwright’s own prose is lean and precise, with a vibrance of rhythm and association that hardly needs any supplementing.”
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"This version of 'Fat Ham' plays like a modern sitcom, although with more tragic undertones. The slapstick humor and expressive deliveries leave little room for boredom, which is a double-edged sword."
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