As the evening unfolds, the group plays charades, sings karaoke and takes turns manning the grill. The merriment is occasionally interrupted by fistfights, explosive arguments, shocking revelations ...

Correction: The original version of this article incorrectly stated that Calvin Leon Smith plays Larry in the Geffen Playhouse's production of "Fat Ham." In fact, Matthew Elijah Webb plays Larry. This ...

"Fat Ham" reimagines Shakespeare's Hamlet from a Black, southern and LGBTQ lens. Calvin Leon Smith stars as "Larry" in the production. He explains his personal connection to the role and why he's had ...

“Fat Ham,” by playwright James Ijames, follows in the tradition of modernizing a Shakespeare play — in this case, “Hamlet.” The Pulitzer Prize-winning play opens May 17 at GableStage in Coral Gables, ...

So far, James Ijames’ “Fat Ham” has enjoyed a short but illustrious past. The world premiere of the play was presented at the Wilma Theater as a filmed production and directed by Co-Artistic Director ...

A sad boy who can’t make up his mind. A philosopher plumbing the mysteries of the human condition. A guy with some really weird feelings about his mom. Simba from The Lion King. In Fat Ham, playwright ...

There have been a lot of remakes and updates of William Shakespeare’s plays. “West Side Story” is “Romeo and Juliet” set in 1950’s New York. The recent hit rom-com Anyone But You is based on “Much Ado ...