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Reimagining ‘Hamlet’ as a Lynchian L.A. Story: Director Robert O’Hara on Doing Shakespeare With a Noir/’Mulholland Drive’ Twist at the Mark Taper
Robert O'Hara, who is bringing a very reinterpreted version of 'Hamlet' to L.A.'s Mark Taper Forum, talks about its film noir and David Lynch touches.
Not when O’Hara has remodeled it as a contemporary story set in L.A. and rife with film noir influences, and with some twists that cast further doubt on the reliability of Hamlet’s point of view as a literally haunted protagonist. David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive” is a touchstone being mentioned for a rethinking is bound to be the talk of the L.A. theater world as O’Hara’s “Hamlet” runs through July 6, with Patrick Ball, costar of “The Pitt,” in the lead. But, you know, I’ve known Snehal (Desai) for decades, since he was in college, actually, and so it’s really a lot of fun to see what he’s doing with the place and his take on theater and the voices that he’s bringing into the conversation.
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