What did the critics think of Bernhardt/Hamlet?
With the multi-award winning Janet McTeer leading the way, Theresa Rebeck's brand new play, Bernhardt/Hamlet opened at the American Airlines Theater last night! But, what did the critics think?
The New York Times praised the production saying that 'Rebeck’s new play is so clever it uplifts, so timely it hurts', continuing with ''Bernhardt/Hamlet,' directed with wit and verve by Moritz von Stuelpnagel, is a deep-inside love letter to the theater as a kind of laboratory in which experiments in both art and equality are possible'.
Entertainment Weekly wrote a glowing report about star of the show Janet McTeer saying 'The glue in it all is McTeer...She's a natural force beneath her leonine pile of gold curls - by turns anxious and imperious, vulnerable and funny and fierce. She’s also the best, most vivid thing in nearly every scene'.
Time Out New York said that Bernhardt/Hamlet featured 'capable performances not only by McTeer, who is incapable of being dull, but a strong supporting cast'.
Congratultions to everyone involved with Bernhardt/Hamlet! Here's a to an extraordinary run.
