Theatre for a New Audience Cancels Hamlet, Starring Star Wars' Oscar Isaac

Tony winner Sam Gold has pulled out of the previously announced production of Hamlet at Theatre for a New Audience, the New York Times has reported. The show was to feature Star Wars favorite Oscar Isaac at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn from June 4-July 30, 2017.

According to the Times, Gold has cited creative differences as the reason for the cancellation, and the Public Theater is now considering presenting the production as part of its upcoming season.

Isaac's theatrical credits include the Public's Shakespeare in the Park productions of Romeo and Juliet and Two Gentlemen of Verona, as well as Zoe Kazan's off-Broadway play We Live Here, which Gold staged. On-screen, he is best known for his Golden Globe Award-winning turn in Show Me a Hero, as well as performances in Inside Llewyn Davis, A Most Violent Year, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Gold won a Tony for Broadway's Fun Home. He has also helmed The Flick, The Realistic Joneses, John, and many other plays.