Performing Arts

‘Fat Ham’ Review: A Queer, Black ‘Hamlet’? Ay, There’s the Spice Rub.

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Perhaps the real tragedy of “Hamlet” is that it doesn’t end with a dance party; too many of its characters lie dead at the final curtain for anyone to shake a leg. But if “Hamlet” wallows, “Fat Ham,” the hilarious yet profound new “Hamlet”-inspired play by James Ijames, prefers to mellow. Built on …

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