Broadway Opening: MACBETH (with Daniel Craig & Ruth Negga)

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by Gregory Bernard on February 13, 2022

in Theater-New York

STARRING DANIEL CRAIG AND RUTH NEGGA
DIRECTED BY TONY AWARD WINNER SAM GOLD

PERFORMANCES BEGIN TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2022
OPENS ON THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2022 AT THE LONGACRE

Tickets are now on sale for DANIEL CRAIG’s  return to Broadway as Macbeth and  RUTH NEGGA’s  Broadway debut as Lady Macbeth in the all-new production of  MACBETH  on Broadway by visiting  Telecharge.

The cast will feature  Phillip James Brannon  (“Servant”) as Ross,  Grantham Coleman  (The Great Society) as MacDuff,  Asia Kate Dillon  (“Billions”) as Malcolm, Tony nominee  Maria Dizzia  (In the Next Room) as Lady Macduff, Tony nominee  Amber Gray  (Hadestown) as Banquo,  Emeka Guindo  (Camelot) as Fleance,  Paul Lazar  (Silence of the Lambs) as Duncan,  Bobbi MacKenzie  (School of Rock) as Macduff’s Child,  Michael Patrick Thornton  (“The Red Line”) as Lennox, and  Danny Wolohan (“Orange Is the New Black”) as Seyton. The ensemble will be completed by  Che Ayende  (King Lear),  Eboni Flowers  (Slave Play) and  Peter Smith  (“Shrill”).  Stevie Ray Dallimore  (Henry IV) joins as the standby for Daniel Craig. Asia Kate Dillon, Emeka Guindo, Paul Lazar, Peter Smith, and Michael Patrick Thornton will also make their Broadway debuts with this production.

MACBETH  is directed by Tony Award winner  SAM GOLD  (A Doll’s House, Part 2; Fun Home) and begins performances on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 and officially opens on Thursday, April 28, 2022 at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre  (220 West 48th  Street).

MACBETH  will feature scenic design by  Christine Jones, costume design by  Suttirat Larlarb, lighting design by  Jane Cox, sound design by  Mikaal Sulaiman, original music by  Gaelynn Lea, special effects design by  Jeremy Chernick, fight direction by  David Leong, casting by  David Caparelliotis;  Michael Sexton & Ayanna Thompson  will serve as dramaturgy & text consultants and  Dawn-Elin Fraser  will serve as vocal coach.  Kevin Bertolacci  will serve as production stage manager and  101 Productions, Ltd. will be the general manager.

A tale of malice, matrimony and murder,  MACBETH  tells the story of one couple’s obsession with power’”and their guilt after doing the unthinkable. For 15 weeks only, this thrilling new production will capture the passion and ferocity of Shakespeare’s most haunting text like never before.

For more information visit  www.macbethbroadway.com

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BIOGRAPHIES

DANIEL CRAIG  (Macbeth) is hailed as one of the finest actors of his generation on stage, screen, and television. Craig was most recently seen on screen in Rian Johnson’s  Knives Out, for which his standout performance earned him a Golden Globe nomination. He will reprise his role in the upcoming sequel. Other notable film credits include  Munich, Layer Cake, Road To Perdition, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo  amongst others, and he returns to the role of ’˜James Bond’ for the fifth and final time this fall in  No Time To Die, after previously starring as ’˜Bond’ in  Spectre, Quantum of Solace, Casino Royale  and the critically acclaimed box office smash  Skyfall.                   Craig is also an accomplished stage actor and in 2013 starred in the critically acclaimed Broadway show  Betrayal  opposite Rafe Spall and Rachel Weisz directed by Mike Nichols. Craig’s most recent theatre venture was the 2016 off-Broadway production of  Othello  alongside David Oyelowo and directed by Sam Gold. In 2009 Daniel starred in a twelve-week Broadway run of  A Steady Rain. Craig played opposite Hugh Jackman in this contemporary American play. Craig’s other theatre credits include leading roles in  Hurlyburly  with the Peter Hall Company at the Old Vic,  Angels in America  at The National Theatre and  A Number  at the Royal Court alongside Michael Gambon.

RUTH NEGGA  (Lady Macbeth) is a versatile actress with a body of work spanning award-winning theatre, big screen historical dramas, independent films and innovative television series. This fall, Ruth will star in Rebecca Hall’s  Passing, opposite Tessa Thompson on Netflix. Ruth will next lens the titular role of the drama series  Josephine,  which follows the remarkable story of Josephine Baker, one of the most legendary Jazz performers and civil rights activists of the twentieth century. Ruth will also executive produce the project. Ruth’s most notable film roles include ’˜Mildred Loving’ in Jeff Nichols’  Loving, for which she received Academy Award ®, Golden Globe ® and Critics Choice Award ® nominations,  Ad Astra, Warcraft, Una Vida, All Is By My Side, Noble, World War Z, The Samaritan  and  Breakfast on Pluto. Her television credits include ’˜Tulip O’Hare’ in AMC’s “Preacher,”   “Mother,” “The Money,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “Misfits,” “Love/Hate,” the BBC mini-series “Five Daughters,” and “Shirley.”

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