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Athenaeum Theatre | Find Tickets
2936 N Southport Ave
(at Oakdale Ave)
Lakeview/Roscoe Village/Wrigleyville, Chicago
| Map
312-559-1212
El: Brown to Diversey. Bus: 9 (24hrs), 11, 76 | Directions
Tickets: $20, students and seniors $15
Nothing's darker or more brooding than the heavy metal of the Danes, who give their bands names like Panzerchrist and Slow Death Factory. Yet while Polarity's take on Hamlet as disturbed rock aficionado is appropriate, and the show is chockablock with capable singers and musicians, it lacks rock's energy and attack. Ann Keen's direction hits and misses: The gender-blind casting of the competent Summer Widhalm as Horatio was a puzzling miss; Ophelia's mental chaos accompanied by a sinister hooded musician, a satisfying hit. But Mason Hill's Hamlet needs more layers; the character's torment-fueled progression is notably absent.—LB
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Jun 15 3pm .
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