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\u201c\u2018APT\u2019S HAMLET SUPERB\u2019\u2026At center stage during the entire performance was APT artistic director Randall Duk Kim as Hamlet. Once again he proved his credentials as one of the foremost Shakespearean actors in America nad probably the world. Not just brooding and indecisive, Kim offers a Hamlet who is also sly and sure of himself. His superb natural gift\u2014his \u2018instrument,\u2019 as singers call their voices\u2014brought grandeur to every word. No truer test of Kim\u2019s talents existed than his ability to command the entire stage throughout his several long and emotionally complex monologues.\u201d \u201c\u2018\u2018HAMLET\u2019 SUPERB WITH KIM\u2019 Randall Duk Kim as Falstaff, fine. Kim as Shylock, sensational. As Puck, OK, but with reservations about that dusky, sometime too gruff and timeworn voice. And now as Hamlet.\u2026But with all of this said, the play stands or falls on its protagonist. The comic and tragic interweave inextricably in \u2018Hamlet,\u2019 and the many contradictions in Hamlet\u2019s character require a fine actor to explore the depths. Well, Kim is a fine actor, as will attest anyone who has seen him in his myriad roles. But is he Hamlet? Quite frankly, I had reservations about Kim\u2019s suitability for this role. In my mind, he does not look the part of a 30-ish athletic Dane. His voice, as noted, does not seem, to me, to be appropriate. Here, in fact, he looks older than his mother. But Friday night, Kim had a stage presence, a command of the role that for the most part overwhelmed such quibbling reservations. In Hamlet\u2019s many and contradictory humors\u2014intellectual, boorish, sensitive, gross, vacillating, quick-acting (and more)\u2014Kim made us believe.\u201d [aesop_gallery pslightbox=”on” transition=”crossfade” caption=”Photos by Zane Williams” galleryType=”grid” id=”414″] Review Excerpts \u201c\u2018APT\u2019S HAMLET SUPERB\u2019\u2026At center stage during the entire performance was APT artistic director Randall Duk Kim as Hamlet. Once again he proved his credentials as one of the foremost Shakespearean actors in America nad probably the world. Not just brooding and indecisive, Kim offers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":268,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-performances"],"metadata":{"_wp_old_date":["2021-11-13"]},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/kimrandall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/kimrandall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/kimrandall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/kimrandall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/kimrandall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/kimrandall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/kimrandall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/kimrandall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/kimrandall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u2014Jacob Stockinger, THE CAPITAL TIMES (7\/5\/1986)
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\u2014John Aehl, WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL (1986)
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