In 2019, Kenny Leon directed a free Shakespeare in the Park production of “Much Ado About Nothing,” set in the suburbs of Atlanta. One pandemic later, he returns to the Delacorte with another update on a classic, and, unsurprisingly, it’s darker fare. “Hamlet” (in previews, opening June 28) stars Ato Blankson-Wood (above) as a bereaved son trying to get a handle on his grief. In a departure for the Public, there will be no second major show; instead, the sixty-one-year-old theatre will close for modernizing upgrades.
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