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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Nicol Williamson's in I Hate Hamlet, after the notoriously erratic performer smote co-star Evan Handler with the flat of his sword during a dueling scene, and Handler -- believing the blow was deliberate -- walked off and quit the show. "Well," said Williamson to the stunned audience, "should I sing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991: SHOW BUSINESS | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...dueling megastars: the chandelier from Phantom of the Opera and the helicopter from Miss Saigon. Or a dance number that redubs Tommy Tune's somber, doomy Grand Hotel as Grim Hotel. Or a patter song to the tune of Brush Up Your Shakespeare, in which I Hate Hamlet star Nicol Williamson celebrates the joys of humbling his co-stars. This sort of humor -- a cunning blend of insiderish wit and broad clowning -- has made Forbidden Broadway an institution. Since 1982 it has played off-Broadway, enjoying the goodwill and legal cooperation of the very creators it spoofs, and has spawned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Sep. 30, 1991 | 9/30/1991 | See Source »

...HATE HAMLET. Nicol Williamson may really be John Barrymore's ghost -- he looks, sounds and swashbuckles like him as the bravura otherworldly mentor to a young TV star turned tragedian in this slight but fetching Broadway comedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Apr. 29, 1991 | 4/29/1991 | See Source »

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