I Hate Hamlet

It’s actually the name of the play I saw tonight.  I have the script somewhere but it’s mediocre at best.  Saw it at the Sugden Theater in Naples, Florida.

I’d always prefer great acting with a mediocre play rather than mediocre acting in a great play but when you put a mediocre script with less than mediocre acting, even counting lights doesn’t help.
The set was to die for, far exceeding anything I’ve put together.  Lighting was far above average.  Of course they have 380 seats which were 3/4 full at $35 a pop and they run for five weeks with five performances a week so they have a few nickels for the set.
Naples Florida is in the far West of the state, tomorrow I head over to the other side of the state to see “Their playing our song” one of the very few musicals Neil Simon write.  Then on Friday over to Panama City in the far West part of the state then back over to the east side again on Saturday.  Can’t even remember what I’m going to see without looking at my notes (which are in my car).