Fat Ham is a dramatic stage play written by American playwright James Ijames. It is a modern-day adaptation of William Shakespeare 's Hamlet. The play was awarded the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama [1][2][3] and was nominated for five Tony Awards including Best Play.

18 小时之前 · ‘FAT HAM’ By James Ijames, presented by San Francisco Playhouse. Through: April 19. Where: San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post St. Running time: 110 minutes, no intermission. Tickets: $35-$135 ...

2025年1月11日 · Celebrate the richness of Black culture and community with us at a special pre-show reception and conversation, followed by the 7:30 PM performance of Fat Ham, a modern and powerful reimagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet set in the American South.

2025年3月29日 · James Ijames Gives Hamlet Brand-New Black American Look by Emily S. Mendel Fat Ham is a rollicking comedy that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2022. Acclaimed playwright James Ijames takes a new look at Shakespeare's Hamlet by transposing the characters to a modern Black family in North Carolina. He makes tragedy into comedy—a great idea. Behind the farce and clichés of Fat Ham, author Ijames ...

Fat Ham is a Pulitzer Prize-winning one-act play by playwright James Ijames that premiered in 2021. It recounts tensions in a Black Southern family through its protagonist Juicy, a young queer man who struggles with his identity and life purpose.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Fat Ham is a delectable comic tragedy written by the award-winning playwright James Ijames, originally co-produced off-Broadway by The Public Theater and National Black Theatre. For more information about themes and contents of this play, please see our content advisory page

2025年3月27日 · “Fat Ham” doesn’t always land its punches, as the dialogue weaves and feints and occasionally jogs in place. Sometimes the exuberantly over-the–top performances are just, well, over the top. But Ijames keeps finding new ways to bring the characters springing into action and self-awareness. In one brilliantly wild set piece, Covington ...

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Fat Ham follows Juicy, a queer, pensive, young Black man finding his way in the world when the ghost of his father demands Juicy avenge his murder. Set at the family cookout, this “hilarious yet profound tragedy smothered in comedy” ( The New York Times ) examines love, loss, and a particular set of daddy issues.