American Player Theatre's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" attacks thorny questions with humor and verve

Jennifer A. Smith
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 21:43:19 -0000

"We are entitled to some direction," says Guildenstern, one half of a tragicomic duo, in the first act of "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead". The American Players Theatre production of Tom Stoppard's existential riff on "Hamlet" (through Oct. 5) opened Saturday night in the Spring Green company's outdoor amphitheater.