The cast of Hamlet posed for a group picture on their opening night for one of New York’s most beloved traditions, Free Shakespeare In the Park, at the Delacorte Theatre.

Kenny Leon’s production of Hamlet gives a modern take on the classic Shakespeare play of family and betrayal and stars Ato Blankson-Wood, as the titular character.

When he was asked about the “contemporary post-2020 Hamlet,” Blankson-Wood told TimeOut that part of what’s incorporated in the play is the “racial reckoning that happened during the pandemic.”

“Something else we’re wrestling with is the ways we are implicated in systems and the ways we’re lending energy to things that are destructive,” he continued. “The pandemic allowed us the time to really look in the mirror and not hide from ourselves. So I think there’s something really bare and naked about our production.”

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