Queens Theatre — Attraction in New York

A nice little gem hidden in a much bigger gem that is Flushing Meadow Park.

We were watching a production of Hamlet in one of the small theaters. It was very cozy but not claustrophobic. We were very close to the performers but not so much that we were in their way.

Each time I've read Hamlet I do it thinking that the King is guilty and killed his brother just like Hamlet assumes, after meeting the ghostly apparition.

The other assumption I would make is thinking Polonius wanted to dissuade his Ophelia from Hamlet because he thought Hamlet only wanted her as a fling.

The actor playing Polonius was able to show that, after Ophelia showed the love letters from Hamlet, that he was behind the idea of them courting. A small detail I hadn't picked up just from reading the play.

On the former point, watching the play this time I felt that the King, or uncle, is innocent and that Hamlet just went crazy. His grief mistaken with a lust for revenge - and his uncle manifesting as the ire of said revenge.

Hamlet was played by a woman, didn't have a playbill so dont know her name. I suppose she did a good job at portraying a person on the verge of, and then going full into, insanity.

My instinct is to say that she could have done a better job, or done itdifferently, but I'm conflicted because it could be that I find Hamlet himself to be too schizo in his state.

Nice theater at a beautiful location, with the Museum right next door. Only complaint is that there was a dance performance that ran into the time of our play. We could hear the stomps next door and it was an annoyance...

Came here to see "The Queen Bees". It was a yelp elite event that brought me here. I never knew Queens had a theater until that day. It's a fairly decent sized theater and you can purchase small bites and sandwiches to eat. The architecture of the building is unique. You would have never suspected such a building to exist in the park. The building is located right beneath the ruins in the park (the tall circular building that looks like a huge torturing device). Parking was free.

The show was enjoyable. Definitely well done for their budget range. I don't know the details but in comparison to Broadway shows who presumable have a lot more funding, this was well done. The performance was not sold out but a lot of people were there. Only thing I didn't like about the show was the transition to the song " ". I think they could have made that transition a lot smoother. It really felt out of place. A subtle critique is that sometimes when the singers sing really loud in the higher octaves, the voice sounded a little "tinny". However, I do understand it can be difficult to preserve the tune quality in that regards.

Overall, it was a great performance. Story line was good. I would recommend...

Had a couple with little children behind me kicking the back of my chair constantly as well as my friend's chair. I left the show and went to one of the seater's outside in the lobby and reported it. She came behind me and told the jerk to stop the kids from kicking the chairs! His response was "they are kids"! If a parent can't control their children when taking them to such event, they should not bring them. We should not be subjected to this behavior. He did not stop his children from kicking our chairs so we moved on our own to two empty seats up higher. I do not recommend this place to see a show if they allow children under 10 yrs old in! They get very figity and annoying when below that age! Even though personnel from the theater came to speak to the jerk parent, he did nothing to rectify, and theater personnel did not ask him to move or leave! I will never return there...