‘Macbeth’ Broadway Review: Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga Reinvent a Classic
This Scottish play is no “King Lear” as misdirected by Gold. Then again, the director doesn’t equal here his radical, insightful interpretations of Shakespeare as seen with his “Hamlet” at the Public Theater in 2017, starring Oscar Isaac, or his “Othello” at New York Theatre Workshop in 2017, starring David Oyelowo and Craig.
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A Sleek ‘Macbeth’ Sacrifices Clarity for Innovation
Witches be cooking. In the 1600s, King James I of England blamed everything, including his mother’s death, on witchcraft. So he commissioned Shakespeare and Co. to put up a smear campaign against witches, the Bard answered the call by premiering The Tragedie of Macbeth for their main benefactor, the King himself, in 1606. Theater was […]
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“Mr. Saturday Night” is Just Not Very Funny
In Mr. Saturday Night, the musical based on Billy Crystal’s eponymous film from 1992, we meet Buddy Young, Jr. (played by Crystal), an aging Jewish comic who looks back at his illustrious career and craves to return to the spotlight. Caught in this desire to make something of himself again, are his wife Elaine (Randy […]
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