Photo Coverage: Macbeth After Party At Sardi's

Macbeth, starring Patrick Stewart and Kate Fleetwood officially opened on Tuesday April 8th 2008 at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre. The after party was held at Sardi's Restaurant, where Strewart was honored with the unveiling of his own caricature. Sardi's is located at 244 W 44th Street. Stewart joins the ranks of many other Broadway royalty who's portraits hang on the walls of the famous eatery.

"In one of Shakespeare's greatest dramas, Patrick Stewart plays Macbeth – a man utterly determined to obtain the royal crown. Aided by his even more ambitious and ruthless wife, Macbeth murders the king and a comrade only to lose everything by the play's end. In his New York debut, Rupert Goold takes inspiration from Stalin's Great Terror and directs this psychological and chilling tragedy in a stark, austere production that places Macbeth in a timeless, nameless, and lawless country," describe press notes.

Patrick Stewart received the Evening Standard Award for Best Actor and the Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Shakespearean Performance for this production. Rupert Goold received both the Evening Standard and Critics Circle Theatre awards for Best Director. The production also received the What's On Stage Award for Best Shakespearean Production. Macbeth has also been nominated for five Olivier Awards: Best Actor for Patrick Stewart, Best Director for Rupert Goold, Best Revival, Best Lighting Design for Howard Harrison, and Best Set Design for Anthony Ward and Lorna Heavey.

The cast features Michael Feast as Macduff, Kate Fleetwood as Lady Macbeth, and Martin Turner as Banquo, as well as Oliver Birch, Ben Carpenter, Polly Frame, Scott Handy, Sophie Hunter, Hywel John, Christopher Knott, Niamh McGrady, Bill Nash, Christopher Patrick Nolan, Mark Rawlings, and Tim Treloar.

For tickets please visit www.ticketmaster.com

Photos by Walter McBride/Retna

Henry Hodges

Gabrielle Piacentile and Henry Hodges

Emmett White, Jacob Rosenbaum, Henry Hodges, Gabrielle Piacentile and Phoebe Keeling VanDusen

Byron Jennings and Carolyn McCormack

Rachel Ticotin

Rachel Ticotin and Peter Strauss

Director Rupert Goold

Rupert Goold

Kate Fleetwood

Kate Fleetwood

Kate Fleetwood

Kate Fleetwood

Rupert Goold and Kate Fleetwood

Patrick Stewart and Kate Fleetwood

Patrick Stewart and Rupert Goold

Patrick Stewart

Patrick Stewart's Caricature given to him in 1993

Patrick Stewart

Patrick Stewart , Kate Fleetwood and Rupert Goold

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After his life as an ingenue in Brooklyn & Queens, Walter spent the next 25 Years in a leading role as a Photographer / Photo Researcher in Manhattan. He is currently headlining in New Jersey with his partner Richard and children Dali & Gala. As a 14 year old youth, Walter was transfixed by his first Broadway Show, the original production of "GREASE". His journey on the path to celebrity photojournalism began that fateful night. Meeting, photographing and getting to know the cast inspired him to spend his professional life doing what he loved. His photography is syndicated worldwide through Retna Ltd. and Corbis.

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