Icke's HAMLET to Transfer to Broadway?

Saw a rumor that a transfer starring Timothée Chalamet is in the works. I enjoyed it very much at the Armory, but there's no doubt that the lack of a big star in the lead role made the run far less buzzy than the London production with Andrew Scott. With Chalamet, though, I think it could be huge.

Thoughts?

Chalamet fits the character of Hamlet on paper, but I don’t think he can handle it. The more I see him act, the more I’m convinced he skates by on his brooding stoicism. I don’t think he works well in more wordy, intellectual roles.

He was in a movie a few years ago called The King, which was an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry IV and V. This was dumbed down, faux Shakespeare, and yet Chalamet was still way out of his depth. He delivered all his lines like he had memorized them phonetically, seemingly oblivious to what he was actually saying.

I think he’d be even more at sea in one of Shakespeare’s most difficult roles. There would be no depth, probably just a lot of going back and forth between yelling and smoldering.

That'd be cool, but Timmy's incredibly busy right now. He has the Dune sequel and a Bob Dylan biopic to shoot, plus he'll be doing publicity for "Wonka" and who knows what else. It'd be tough to imagine he'd have time for more than a very limited engagement.

I also can't help but be That Guy and point out that despite the cliche, Hamlet on Broadway is not very common at all - it's been more than a decade since it was last produced on Broadway and that production was 14 years after the previous one.

Updated On: 8/13/22 at 11:58 PM

No way either production could transfer without stars. Both productions heavily papered throughout their Armory runs.