Theater for a New Audience's MACBETH Celebrates Opening Night 3/20

Gallagher's Steak House, a long-standing supporter of Theater for A New Audience, will host the Opening Night Celebration of the company's production of MacBeth on Sunday night, March 20.

Starring John Douglas Thompson and directed by Arin Arbus, the opening curtain of MacBeth will be at 7:00 pm at The Duke on 42nd Street. The cast and crew will then head to Gallagher's famed Trophy Room to celebrate opening night. Theater for A New Audience's MacBeth received great acclaim last year, and following this New York City renewal is scheduled for a national tour.
Gallagher's has generously assisted Theater for A New Audience for many years.

Gallagher's, located at 228 West 52nd Street in the heart of the Theater District, has been a popular Broadway attraction since 1927 for theater-goers and productions alike, and in recent months has hosted events for such acclaimed productions as "How to Succeed in Business" and "Jersey Boys."

Macbeth is one of the spring season's most-anticipated shows, and outstanding classical actor John Douglas Thompson will make his Theatre for a New Audience return while reuniting with Arin Arbus. The two previously teamed on Othello.

Macbeth will also feature Annika Boras (Theatre for a New Audience's Chair) as Lady Macbeth, Albert Jones (Theatre for a New Audience's Pericles and Oroonoko) as Macduff and Graham Winton (Theatre for a New Audience's Don Juan, Julius Caesar, Pericles, Othello and Measure for Measure) as Banquo.

About Theater for A New Audience...
Founded in 1979 by Jeffrey Horowitz, the mission of Theatre for a New Audience is to develop and vitalize the performance and study of Shakespeare and classic drama. Theatre for a New Audience produces for audiences Off-Broadway and has also toured nationally, internationally and to Broadway. We are guided in our work by five core values: a reverence for language, a spirit of adventure, a commitment to diversity, a dedication to learning, and a spirit of service. These values inform what we do with artists, how we interact with audiences, and how we manage our organization.

Language is at the heart of all we do. We focus on the language and ideas of writers. We believe that hearing great language powerfully expressed improves our listening skills, opens our eyes, and deepens our perception and understanding of the world around us. We infuse our work with adventure-provocative ideas, visual boldness, and a sense that we are on a lifelong journey with Shakespeare and classic drama. We are committed to diversity-diverse approaches to dramatic material, diversity in casting and audiences, and multi-faceted relationships with uniquely different communities. Learning is a fundamental principle of the Theatre, and we value learning as a process that takes place over time-a process that depends on our ability to promote curiosity, reflection, study, research and dialogue in all our work. We are dedicated to service. Inspired by our civic role, we seek to create broad public access and to bond the diverse New York community through the language, pleasure and ideas of classical drama.

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