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Performing Arts: Spoken Word
Out of Doors presents Sandra Bernhard, David Johansen, and Melvin Van Peebles in Hamlet: The Street Chant by Shel Silverstein
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Sunday Aug 1, 2010 (6pm)
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“Shakespeare turns baadasssss thanks to Melvin Van Peebles, who performs Shel Silverstein's "street" (aka rap) retelling of the Danish play, presented as part of Lincoln Center's Out of Doors festival. He appears alongside spoken-word spitfire Sandra Bernhard and New York Doll David Johansen. But don't miss Rod Harrison's interpretation of His Royal Hipness, Lord Buckley, the original hipster, so far as we're concerned. Here's hoping he does "The Nazz."”
Leah Taylor, Flavorpill
Sandra Bernhard’s knife-edged humor skewers the state of modern culture, fueled by rebellious rock 'n' roll attitude. David Johansen, the flamboyant performer of New York Dolls and Buster Poindexter fame, weaves punk rock swagger, beatnik folk, and gutbucket blues. In Shel Silverstein’s hipster Hamlet: The Street Chant, original baadasssss Melvin Van Peebles adds rhyme and modern meaning to a street-savvy update of the Bard’s classic tale. Steve Cuiffo channels the groundbreaking work of the controversial comic and social satirist Lenny Bruce. Cats and kittens, dig Rod Harrison’s “hipsemantic” inhabitation of the coolest, grooviest, swingin’est Lord Buckley.
