The Hamlet of Second Avenue

A farcical musical comedy about a production of Hamlet in New York's turn-of-the-century Lower East Side.

Selected Tracks

Something is Rotten in Denmark

Opener

To Be or Not To Be

Hamlet's soliloquy

Let Us Make Your Day

The traveling players assure Hamlet that they will not perform anything entertaining

You and Me

Claudius romances Gertrude (they're not yet married in this version)

He Never Sees Me

Ophelia grieves over Hamlet's lack of attention

For His Own Good

Claudius & cronies plot Hamlet's death (ironically)

Live Each Day

Hamlet welcomes his father

Live Each Day (Chorus)

The King shares his philosophy of life