Fat Ham

“James Ijames’s outstanding transformation of Shakespeare’s tragedy into a play about Black masculinity and queerness, both echoes Hamlet and finds a language beyond it . . . the effect is stunning, making the play a living text, moving between Hamlet, the story happening on the stage, and the world beyond the fourth wall.” —Maya Phillips, The New York Times

“A fresh and vital force.” —Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker

“A broad, buoyant comedy . . . James Ijames’s riff on Hamlet is an unalloyed comedy pleasure.” —Charles Isherwood, Wall Street Journal

“Hamlet said it first: ‘What a piece of work.’” —Helen Shaw, Vulture

“Unabashedly entertaining . . . We need plays like Fat Ham.” —Peter Marks, Washington Post