Sasha Urban editorDirector Sam Gold’s Broadway production of “Macbeth,” which stars Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga, was already a tall order for its cast, who had only four weeks of rehearsal before previews began.
It was made more difficult by multiple COVID cases, including Craig’s, that caused the production to close for 11 days earlier this month.
But on Thursday evening, the cast prevailed, celebrating the show’s opening at the Longacre Theatre on 48th street.“Like everybody else on Broadway, we’ve just had to sort of step up,” Craig told Variety. “What’s been amazing is that the audiences have been coming, and their confidence is really all that matters.
We want to try and give them confidence to come and see the show. Most of us have had COVID now, so we should be good to go.” On April 14, Gold made headlines when he stepped in for Chicago-based actor Michael Patrick Thornton in the role of Lennox, after Thornton also tested positive for the virus.
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