#Ato Blankson-wood

[aq2003]

hamlet x ophelia mixed messages amv

[shakespearenews]

How is this interpretation of Hamlet different from other productions?

Coming out of a pandemic, I’m really aware of loss and grief. That is really at the forefront of my Hamlet. I think that’s what’s necessary in this Hamlet. We have just come out of this massive time of upheaval. A lot of people are still processing. My Hamlet feels very hardcore and vulnerable.

The show is promoting the show as “a riveting, contemporary post-2020 Hamlet." What does that mean? 

Something we are wrestling with in the show is the racial reckoning that happened during the pandemic. Something else we’re wrestling with is the ways we are implicated in systems and the ways we’re lending energy to things that are destructive. The pandemic allowed us the time to really look in the mirror and not hide from ourselves. So I think there’s something really bare and naked about our production.

[caroleditosti]

'Cabaret' Revival is an Expressionistic, Hypnotic, Smashing Must-See

Run to this revival and ignore the misguided critics who missed whole swaths of director Rebecca Frechnall's vision. It' spectacular.

Eddie Redmayne and the company of Cabaret (Marc Brenner) Rebecca Frecknall’s darkly spirited and remarkable revival of the amazing John Kander and Fred Ebb musical Cabaret, haunts as it moves with frenzy toward increasingly frightening revelations filled with understated, metaphoric violence. With book by Joe Masteroff, Julia Cheng’s choreography, and Tom Scutt’s breathtaking scenic, theater and…

[carmelasoprano]

AMY RYAN as CAMILLE BIROS Worth (2020) directed by Sara Colangelo

[frontmezzjunkies]

Shakespeare in the Park’s "Hamlet" Modernly Harmonizes

#frontmezzjunkies reviews: #Hamlet at @PublicTheaterNY's #DelacorteTheater #Shakespeare directed by #KennyLeon w/ #AtoBlanksonWood #JohnDouglasThompson #LorraineToussaint #SoleaPfeiffer #SafiyaHarris #ShakespeareInThePark #ThePublicTheater

Ato Blankson-Wood in The Public’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Hamlet, directed by Kenny Leon, running at The Delacorte Theater. Photo Credit: Joan Marcus. The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Public Theater/Shakespeare in the Park’s Hamlet By Ross A quartet of mourners harmonizes gloriously, singing about a time to break down and a time to build. It’s a telling reformation,…

[effeminatenightmare]

I've been seeing A LOT of discourse about Eddie Redmayne's performance at the Tony Awards. It's a totally mixed bag of either praising or trashing his portrayal of Emcee.

Now, as a long time fan and admirer of this musical, I want to remind everyone that Cabaret isn't supposed to be comfortable or lighthearted. It is about complacency, complicity, and the dangers of not speaking up against the horrors of f*c*sm by letting it take over such vibrant and diverse societies and leaving them to crumble to dust.

I went to see Eddie last month. I can say that his gleefully evil, mesmerizing, otherworldly take was so perfect and detailed it was magical. The Emcee as a character is a cautionary tale supposed to unsettle the audience, nauseate them, compel and repel them. His duties are to lead everyone into a falsified sense of security that's what "Willkommen" is it's his way of saying "I know something you don't know..." it's propaganda to advertise The Kit Kat Club as a "safe haven" when really it's the complete opposite of safe. He is both a puppet and a malevolent puppetmaster who has the ability to manipulate these characters around him as well as the audience.

Eddie's take was both an homage to past Emcee's while he also brought his own spin to it. Joel Grey gave Eddie his stamp of approval for a reason, y'all. If you watch Joel's performance I guarantee it will help you understand his movements, high energy, and puppety look.

PS: This musical and this character are such things that can be reinterpreted. It's the beauty of live theatre. It brings new conversations to the table and makes you ask questions. Let artists be creative beings. Let them break the binaries.

[eddieredmayneargentinablog]

Auf Wiedersehen ✌🏿

📸 #Repost Ato Blanckson Wood on Instagram @ablanksonwood

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could the hamlet freaks make a little noise about ato blankson-wood as hamlet

[eddie-redmayne-italian-blog]

New photos in black and white from opening week end Cabaret!!

The last photo Eddie is with Ato Blankson- Wood

Source photos Brookebellphoto

Photographer Jenny Anderson Photo

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Jesus FUCK the ghost scene in this!

Thank you PBS and Vpns for allowing me to see this OMG.

How HOW I just... I would have died of a heart attack if I was there

Amazing just....

[aq2003]

12 minutes into 2023 shakespeare in the park hamlet and god i am obsessed with it. it's so good

[shakespearenews]

“Fat Ham,” the most recent Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, which is a riff on the Shakespeare play set in the American South, and which will be running on Broadway this spring, produced in part by the Public. “I’m sure hoping that we’re going to be running ‘Fat Ham’ and ‘Hamlet’ at the same time,” Eustis said, “because those two plays talk to each other in a most beautiful way.”

[caroleditosti]

'Hamlet,' Kenny Leon's Dynamite Version, Free Shakespeare in the Park

Ato Blankson-Wood in Hamlet (Joan Marcus) There are more iterations of Hamlet presented globally in the last fifty years than are “dreamt of in your philosophy.” To that point director Kenny Leon’s version of Hamlet, currently at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park until August 6th, provides an intriguing update of the son for whom time is so “out of joint,” he is unable to seamlessly and…

[dannncy]

while we’re on the topic of theatre, i also have to mention i attended the wednesday matinee of cabaret. cabaret is one of my absolute fave shows of all time so it was sooo mind boggling to actually attend!!!

eddie redmayne is absolutely fantastic as the emcee… so charming but so haunting!!! i cannot bear to hear any redmayne slander he was absolutely perfect!! also ato blankson-wood is an awesome cliff and honestly hearing his little bit in perfectly marvelous was the first time i wished cliff sang more… his voice is SOOOOO heart eyes.

paige smallwood was on as sally and she is INCREDIBLE!! i saw her in the les mis nat tour a few years back so i knew she would be lovely but MAN. she exceeded all my expectations!! her performance was so Raw and Real.

it was really lovely to see both cliff and sally played by black actors. i feel like it adds a whole new level of nuance to have those two leads played by poc and it was really cool to witness!!

i freaking love cabaret

[randomwholocker]

watching hamlet at 1 am >>>>>>>>>>>>

it's like SO GOOD YALL

[effeminatenightmare]

Still processing these extraordinary and Tony Nominated performances from this weekend. This experience will forever remain one of my favorite theatrical ventures EVER. I truly left my troubles outside...