JUDE LAW’S “spine-tingling” performance as Hamlet has helped turn the Shakespeare classic into a Broadway hit, with the production in the black and making money.
Producers of the latest interpretation of the play have now recouped the show’s $2.5m costs in less than three months.
It follows rave reviews from New York critics after it swapped to Broadway, following a successful West End stint.
Producer Arielle Tepper Madover said: “It’s heartening to see that Shakespeare can be a commercial success on Broadway.”
Law’s star quality has been credited with helping draw crowds to the production. But his portrayal of the brooding prince has also received plaudits from New York’s notoriously hard-to-please theatre critics.
