A thoroughly boring Hamlet

Thank goodness I was convinced to buy the cheap seats for this one, and didn't spend more than $25.

This is not a terrible production of Hamlet. That would have at least made it interesting to watch. It's just not the least bit engaging, and about 15 minutes in, I was thinking about the things I need to get done at work tomorrow and what I need to get at the grocery store this weekend.

There's nothing particularly innovative or inventive about the staging, and it feels like the sort of thing your local regional theater could put on. It doesn't have the zip and pop that the recent Macbeth revival (which I admit, is a play I like a LOT more to begin with) had.

The performers are all ok, but no one stands out, not even Law, except for the gentleman who played Polonius. The woman playing Gertrude looked and sounded exactly like Jayne Atkinson, and I found myself spending an inordinate amount of time thinking about that, because the play was so unengaging.

Technically, the production is fairly stark, and the lighting is a series of shadows. Is that the only way people know how to create an "eery" atmosphere now? Shadows and fog?? Because there's plenty of both in this production.

Act 2 just drags on and on.

Definitely not a must see.

I figured this. Luckily I only sprang for the $25 seats as well, so if I need to "step out" after Act 1, I won't feel too bad.

Too soon to tell.

But this is only one opinion.