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Philly theaters unite to stage 3 plays by Pulitzer-winning playwright James Ijames

Most theater subscriptions offer a patron access to a single theater’s season. But Philadelphia’s new Citywide James Ijames Pass provides tickets to three James Ijames – pronounced EYE-ms, rhymes with “chimes” – plays at three theaters in Philadelphia. Subscribers will also get one mustard-colored beanie, one of Ijames’ signature accessories.

The Conversation

Fat Ham review – Hamlet becomes a booty-shaking barbecue in glittery Pulitzer winner

James Ijames swaps swords for shots in a riff on Shakespeare’s revenge tragedy that’s as playful as it is poignant

The Guardian - UK

‘What if everyone didn’t die?’ The queer, Pulitzer-winning, happy-ending Hamlet

James Ijames was told Shakespeare wasn’t for the likes of him. Yet his Hamlet revamp electrified Broadway and scooped up Tony nominations. As Fat Ham hits the UK, he talks violence, vengeance, strongmen and joy

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RSC goes for Hamlet hat-trick with production of Fat Ham

James Ijames’s Pulitzer-winning play will be part of new season alongside adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The BFG

The Guardian - UK

‘A temple of liberation’: behind the unwavering rise of the National Black Theatre

Created in 1968 and making groundbreaking strides, the organisation is looking to further expand

The Guardian - US

OPINION - It’s high time we started awarding audiences with their own star ratings

Have you ever died? I have, and it’s not nice. It’s humiliating, shattering, confidence-draining and, yes, painful. Oh, and nobody talks to you afterwards, either. It is very isolating. I really wouldn’t recommend it.

Evening Standard

Review: ‘Fat Ham’ on Broadway is a juicy Shakespeare reinvention, with backyard mayhem and a barbecued ghost

NEW YORK — In playwright James Ijames’ eye-popping “Fat Ham,” a malcontent named Juicy, kinda like Hamlet, is chilling in his North Carolina backyard when his recently deceased dad exits the presumptive fires of hell and pops up out of his patio grill.

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Fat Ham review – Pulitzer-winning Hamlet revision hits Broadway

James Ijames’s electrifying take on Shakespeare’s classic, with a Black queer man at its centre, makes for a smart update

The Guardian - US

‘Fat Ham’ – Pulitzer-winning queer, Black twist on Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ – to open on Broadway in spring

NEW YORK — Another irreverent Black, queer narrative is hitting Broadway.

Tribune News Service

Chicago theater for fall 2022: Our top 10 includes ‘Dreamgirls,’ ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ and ‘The Notebook’

CHICAGO — The total number of theater shows on offer in Chicago has not returned to pre-pandemic levels. But the lists of coming attractions still contain some appealing offerings of all stripes. Here’s a selection of 10 shows, all with Chicago origins and involving Chicago artists, that look to have…

Chicago Tribune

Ahead of NYC debut, ‘Fat Ham’ – a queer, Black twist on Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ – wins Pulitzer Prize for drama

NEW YORK — Days before James Ijames’ “Fat Ham” makes its off-Broadway debut at the Public Theater, the play is the recipient of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Tribune News Service

Joshua Cohen, the late Winfred Rembert win arts Pulitzers

Joshua Cohen’s “The Netanyahus,” a comic and rigorous campus novel based on the true story of the father of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeking a job in academia, has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction

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