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Article snippet: Has everything become political? Certainly the world of New York theater is doubling down this summer on its commitment to reflection and resistance. Classic tragedies and comedies, new plays and even a tuneful musical revival seem custom designed for this hot — and possibly overheating — season. The stabbing of a Trumped-up leader in the glorified assassination as a response to tyranny may not actually have read the play. And what will they make of “Hamlet,” which the Public will offer at its downtown home base in July? The old king is already dead when the play begins; by the end plenty more corpses litter the stage. Will Twitter be flooded with calls for trade embargoes on Denmark? Whether this production is another connect-the-dots allegory hardly matters; “Hamlet” is political however you dress the courtiers. (As seen in his recent version of “The Glass Menagerie,” the director, Sam Gold, is not much for gimmicks.) But, like “Julius Caesar,” “Hamlet” is also about how the most intimate expressions of love — whether filial, companionate, or romantic — inevitably act on the state. And in this case the actors leading the cast are a truly fascinating bunch: Oscar Isaac as Hamlet, Charlayne Woodard as Gertrude and Keegan-Michael Key as Horatio. Tickets: publictheater.org Back at Central Park for its second Delacorte production of the season, the Public cools things off with Shakespeare’s most popular comedy. Usually billed as a delightful romp of mismatched young... Link to the full article to read more