A Dark and Humorous Noir Hamlet

 

By Michele Markarian

 

Noir Hamlet. Written by John Minigan. Directed by Joe Antoun. Presented by Centastage, Plaza Black Box Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street, Boston, through June 30.

 

“There’s nothing wrong with Hamlet that a drink and a gun won’t fix”, reads the tagline on the program for Noir Hamlet. I am not sure if the line refers to the play or the actually character of Hamlet, but I’d like to think that it refers to the Shakespearean play, which, in this incarnation, contains many guns and many drinks as well as a healthy dose of humor.

 

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