“Comedy is my day job,” says Eddie Izzard. “Shakespeare started with his comedies, then he moved to his dramas and tragedies, and that’s what I’m doing.”
Even the Bard might have to step back marvel at the malleability of Izzard on her current global tour, though, as Izzard moves not just from comedy into the realm of Elizabethan drama, but shifts through 23 different characters, in a one-person production of “Hamlet.” With a couple hundred shows already under their belt on the tour, she’s bringing the show to L.A.’s Ricardo Montalbán Theatre for seven performances, starting with a preview Thursday night and official opening Friday, running at the Hollywood
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