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Macbeth Revival 2008

Run Time:
3 hours, with one intermission
Opened: April 8, 2008
Closing: May 24, 2008

Macbeth - 2008 Broadway History , Info & More

Patrick Stewart reunites with rising star director Rupert Goold in the harrowing study of the seductive nature of power, which is moving to Broadway after an acclaimed run at BAM.


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LONDON ROAD US Premiere to Open at Shattered Globe in April
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 29, 2023


Shattered Globe Theatre will conclude its 2022-23 season with the U.S. premiere of London Road, an experimental and innovative new musical featuring book and lyrics by Alecky Blythe, music and lyrics by Adam Cork, direction and choreography by Elizabeth Margolius and music direction by Andra Velis Simon.

Cast Announced for LONDON ROAD US Premiere at Shattered Globe Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 6, 2023


 Shattered Globe Theatre will conclude its 2022-23 season with the U.S. premiere of London Road, an experimental and innovative new musical featuring book and lyrics by Alecky Blythe, music and lyrics by Adam Cork, direction and choreography by Elizabeth Margolius and music direction by Andra Velis Simon.

Shattered Globe Theatre Announces 2022-23 Season Featuring a World Premiere, US Premiere & Chicago Premiere
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 28, 2022


Shattered Globe Theatre has announced its 2022-23 Season, currently underway with the Chicago premiere of STEW, Zora Howard’s Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Drama, directed by Malkia Stampley, playing through October 22, 2022 at Theater Wit.

Russia's State Theatre Of Nations Production Of Chekhov's IVANOV Comes to New York City Center
by Julie Musbach - Apr 16, 2018


Maria Shclover and Irina Shabshis, Cherry Orchard Festival's co-founders and producers, today announced Russia's State Theatre of Nations will return to New York with Anton Chekhov's Ivanov, his timeless dramatic play about an antihero, a melancholic upper-class man struggling to regain his former glory, June 14 -17 2018, at New York City Center (131 W. 55th Street), as part of the VI Cherry Orchard Festival of the Arts.

Cherry Orchard Festival Presents Russia's State Theatre Of Nations Production of Chekhov's IVANOV
by Stephi Wild - Apr 12, 2018


Maria Shclover and Irina Shabshis, Cherry Orchard Festival's co-founders and producers, today announced Russia's State Theatre of Nations will return to New York with Anton Chekhov's Ivanov, his timeless dramatic play about an antihero, a melancholic upper-class man struggling to regain his former glory, June 14 -17 2018, at New York City Center (131 W. 55th Street), as part of the VI Cherry Orchard Festival of the Arts.

Photo Flash: Theresa Rebeck's THE WAY OF THE WORLD Comes to Folger Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 12, 2018


Writer/director Theresa Rebeck has tackled everything from movies to novels, and now brings her cunning adaptation of William Congreve's The Way of the World to Folger Theatre as part of the Women's Voices Theater Festival.

Tmu-na Theatre Presents CAIN
by Julie Musbach - Dec 10, 2017


A theatrical event for actor and audience about our complex Israelism, myths, friendships and an endless war

Photo Flash: First Look at Great Lakes Theater's AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, Now Playing!
by Louisa Brady - Feb 28, 2016


Great Lakes Theater (GLT), Cleveland's Classic Company, commences the second half its 2016-17 season with Agatha Christie's classic mystery thriller, And Then There Were None. The production will be performed in the company's intimate and audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square, February 26 - March 20, 2016. Charles Fee, GLT's Producing Artistic Director, directs the production. And Then There Were None is presented through special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

Great Lakes Theater Presents DIAL 'M' FOR MURDER, Now thru 3/22
by BWW News Desk - Feb 27, 2015


Great Lakes Theater (GLT), Cleveland's Classic Company, commences the second half its 2015-16 season with Frederick Knott's murder mystery masterpiece, Dial 'M' for Murder. The production will be performed in the company's intimate and audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, PlayhouseSquare, tonight, February 27 - March 22, 2015.

Great Lakes Theater to Present DIAL 'M' FOR MURDER, 2/27-3/22
by Tyler Peterson - Feb 16, 2015


Great Lakes Theater (GLT), Cleveland's Classic Company, commences the second half its 2015-16 season with Frederick Knott's murder mystery masterpiece, Dial "M" for Murder. The production will be performed in the company's intimate and audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, PlayhouseSquare, February 27 - March 22, 2015. Charles Fee, GLT's Producing Artistic Director, directs the production. Dial "M" for Murder is presented through special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

Hanna Theatre Presents DIAL 'M' FOR MURDER, 2/27-3/22
by Sally Henry Fuller - Feb 14, 2015


Great Lakes Theater (GLT), Cleveland's Classic Company, commences the second half its 2015-16 season with Frederick Knott's murder mystery masterpiece, Dial "M" for Murder. The production will be performed in the company's intimate and audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, PlayhouseSquare, February 27 - March 22, 2015. Charles Fee, GLT's Producing Artistic Director, directs the production. Dial "M" for Murder is presented through special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

Photo Flash: First Look at Great Lakes Theater's DEATHTRAP
by BWW News Desk - Feb 22, 2014


Great Lakes Theater (GLT), Cleveland's Classic Company, commences the second half its 2014-15 season with Ira Levin's murder mystery masterpiece, Deathtrap. The production will be performed in the company's intimate and audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, PlayhouseSquare, now through March 16, 2014. Charles Fee, GLT's Producing Artistic Director, directs the production. Scroll down for a first look at the cast in action!

Great Lakes Theater Stages a DEATHTRAP, Now thru 3/16
by BWW News Desk - Feb 21, 2014


Great Lakes Theater (GLT), Cleveland's Classic Company, commences the second half its 2014-15 season with Ira Levin's murder mystery masterpiece, Deathtrap. The production will be performed in the company's intimate and audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, PlayhouseSquare, today, February 21 - March 16, 2014. Charles Fee, GLT's Producing Artistic Director, directs the production.

Great Lakes Theater to Stage a DEATHTRAP, 2/21-3/16
by BWW News Desk - Feb 6, 2014


Great Lakes Theater (GLT), Cleveland's Classic Company, commences the second half its 2014-15 season with Ira Levin's murder mystery masterpiece, Deathtrap. The production will be performed in the company's intimate and audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, PlayhouseSquare, February 21 - March 16, 2014. Charles Fee, GLT's Producing Artistic Director, directs the production.

Royal Highland Centre Prepares for Edinburgh Festival's 2008: MACBETH and More, Today, July 26
by BWW News Desk - Jul 26, 2012


Three shows impossible to stage in conventional theatres are waiting in the wings as the 2012 Royal Highland Show draws to a close at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston.

Royal Highland Centre Prepares for Edinburgh Festival's 2008: MACBETH and More, Beg. July 26
by BWW News Desk - Jun 24, 2012


Three shows impossible to stage in conventional theatres are waiting in the wings as the 2012 Royal Highland Show draws to a close at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston.

FESTEN Closes at St. Ann's Warehouse Tonight, 4/29
by BWW News Desk - Apr 29, 2012


For its final international theater production at 38 Water, St. Ann's Warehouse will present the U.S. premiere of TR Warszawa's Festen (The Celebration), one of the most acclaimed works by perhaps Poland's foremost company. Festen is a stage adaptation of The Celebration, the beloved prize-winning Danish Dogma 95 film (1998) by Thomas Vinterberg and Mogens Rukov, about the 60th birthday party of a family patriarch, at which a dark family secret is revealed. Written for the stage by Vinterberg and translated into Polish by the director, TR Artistic Director Grzegorz Jarzyna, Festen exposes the depths of a family dynamic passed on from generation to generation, a rich metaphor for the slow, inexorable workings of power, history, guilt and responsibility.

FESTEN Set for St. Ann's Warehouse, April 20-29
by BWW News Desk - Apr 20, 2012


For its final international theater production at 38 Water, St. Ann's Warehouse will present the U.S. premiere of TR Warszawa's Festen (The Celebration), one of the most acclaimed works by perhaps Poland's foremost company. Festen is a stage adaptation of The Celebration, the beloved prize-winning Danish Dogma 95 film (1998) by Thomas Vinterberg and Mogens Rukov, about the 60th birthday party of a family patriarch, at which a dark family secret is revealed. Written for the stage by Vinterberg and translated into Polish by the director, TR Artistic Director Grzegorz Jarzyna, Festen exposes the depths of a family dynamic passed on from generation to generation, a rich metaphor for the slow, inexorable workings of power, history, guilt and responsibility.

STAGE TUBE: Preview of EIF's 2008: MACBETH
by James T Harding - Mar 27, 2012


2008: MACBETH, directed and adapted by Grzegorz Jarzyna, plays at the Edinburgh International Festival, August 11 to 18. In this scary trailer for the show, we get a preview of the pyrotechnics, immersive video effects and layered soundscape Jarzyna uses to transform Shakespeare's web of politics, ambition and the supernatural into a contemporary, and highly physical, theatrical film.

FESTEN Set for St. Ann's Warehouse, April 20-29
by James T Harding - Mar 21, 2012


For its final international theater production at 38 Water, St. Ann's Warehouse will present the U.S. premiere of TR Warszawa's Festen (The Celebration), one of the most acclaimed works by perhaps Poland's foremost company. Festen is a stage adaptation of The Celebration, the beloved prize-winning Danish Dogma 95 film (1998) by Thomas Vinterberg and Mogens Rukov, about the 60th birthday party of a family patriarch, at which a dark family secret is revealed. Written for the stage by Vinterberg and translated into Polish by the director, TR Artistic Director Grzegorz Jarzyna, Festen exposes the depths of a family dynamic passed on from generation to generation, a rich metaphor for the slow, inexorable workings of power, history, guilt and responsibility.

Bat Boy & Midsummer Night's Dream Run At Great Lakes Theater Festival Through 5/16
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2010


Great Lakes Theater Festival (GLTF) will conclude its 2009-10 season in the company's revolutionary home at the Hanna Theatre, PlayhouseSquare, with a Spring Repertory that features Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming and Laurence O'Keefe's outrageous Off-Broadway Musical of the Year, Bat Boy: The Musical and William Shakespeare's magical masterpiece, A Midsummer Night's Dream. The productions will be performed in rotating repertory April 8 - May 16, 2010. The Spring Repertory features GLTF's resident artistic company of actors performing two alternating plays on the same stage over six weeks. Veteran Festival artist Victoria Bussert will direct Bat Boy: The Musical and GLTF's Producing Artistic Director Charles Fee will direct A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Photo Flash: InterAct Presents A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 23, 2010


William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream completes the Festival's Spring Repertory pairing. An exhilarating night of midsummer madness, this magical comedy brims with mistaken identity, mismatched lovers and mischief-making fairies.

Bat Boy & Midsummer Night's Dream Come to Great Lakes Theater Festival Starting April 8
by BWW News Desk - Apr 8, 2010


Great Lakes Theater Festival (GLTF) will conclude its 2009-10 season in the company's revolutionary home at the Hanna Theatre, PlayhouseSquare, with a Spring Repertory that features Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming and Laurence O'Keefe's outrageous Off-Broadway Musical of the Year, Bat Boy: The Musical and William Shakespeare's magical masterpiece, A Midsummer Night's Dream. The productions will be performed in rotating repertory April 8 - May 16, 2010. The Spring Repertory features GLTF's resident artistic company of actors performing two alternating plays on the same stage over six weeks. Veteran Festival artist Victoria Bussert will direct Bat Boy: The Musical and GLTF's Producing Artistic Director Charles Fee will direct A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Bat Boy & Midsummer Night's Dream Come to Great Lakes Theater Festival Starting April 8
by Robert Diamond - Mar 2, 2010


Great Lakes Theater Festival (GLTF) will conclude its 2009-10 season in the company's revolutionary home at the Hanna Theatre, PlayhouseSquare, with a Spring Repertory that features Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming and Laurence O'Keefe's outrageous Off-Broadway Musical of the Year, Bat Boy: The Musical and William Shakespeare's magical masterpiece, A Midsummer Night's Dream. The productions will be performed in rotating repertory April 8 - May 16, 2010. The Spring Repertory features GLTF's resident artistic company of actors performing two alternating plays on the same stage over six weeks. Veteran Festival artist Victoria Bussert will direct Bat Boy: The Musical and GLTF's Producing Artistic Director Charles Fee will direct A Midsummer Night's Dream.

GLTF Fall Repertory Pairs THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD With TWELFTH NIGHT 9/24-11/1
by BWW News Desk - Nov 1, 2009


Great Lakes Theater Festival opens the season with Rupert Holmes' Tony Award-winning THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD and Shakespeare's enchanting TWELFTH NIGHT.

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Macbeth - 2008 Broadway Awards and Nominations

Note: Award winners will appear on a background
Year Ceremony Category Nominee
2008 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Projection and Video Design Lorna Heavey
2008 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Revival of a Play Macbeth
2008 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Sound Design Adam Cork
2008 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Actor in a Play Patrick Stewart
2008 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Director of a Play Rupert Goold
2008 Tony Awards Best Lighting Design of a Play Howard Harrison
2008 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play Patrick Stewart
2008 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Kate Fleetwood
2008 Tony Awards Best Revival of a Play Jeffrey Archer
2008 Tony Awards Best Revival of a Play Bill Ballard
2008 Tony Awards Best Revival of a Play Terri & Timothy Childs
2008 Tony Awards Best Revival of a Play Rodger Hess
2008 Tony Awards Best Revival of a Play David Mirvish
2008 Tony Awards Best Revival of a Play Adriana Mnuchin
2008 Tony Awards Best Revival of a Play Emanuel Azenberg
2008 Tony Awards Best Revival of a Play BAM
2008 Tony Awards Best Revival of a Play The Chichester Festival Theatre
2008 Tony Awards Best Revival of a Play Paul Elliott
2008 Tony Awards Best Revival of a Play Duncan C. Weldon
2008 Tony Awards Best Scenic Design of a Play Anthony Ward
2008 Tony Awards Best Sound Design of a Play Adam Cork

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