Fat Ham

Following a critically acclaimed, sold-out run at The Public Theater. Playwright James Ijames and Director Saheem Ali reinvent Shakespeare's masterpiece Hamlet , creating what The New York Times calls “a hilarious yet profound tragedy smothered in comedy.”

Show Producers

The show is a 2021 Pulitzer-Prize winner that will also be the first produced by Public Theater Productions, which is a for-profit subsidiary of the nonprofit Public Theater.

Under that structure, the Public could make money if “Fat Ham” turns a profit, but the nonprofit has no liability if the show loses money, and no donor funds are involved. A similar financing structure has in the past been used by the Manhattan Theater Club, another prominent New York nonprofit.

Six Pulitzer Prize-winning Play This Season

This show is the sixth Pulitzer Prize-winning play to open on Broadway this season, following “Cost of Living,” “Death of a Salesman,” “The Piano Lesson,” “Topdog/Underdog” and “Between Riverside and Crazy.”

Show Premiered at Wilma Theater, Philadelphia

Fat Ham was commissioned by and received its world premiere as a filmed production at The Wilma Theater, Philadelphia, and went on to win the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It made its New York premiere in the sold-out 2022 run at The Public Theater.