Ruth Negga News

2021 has come and gone, which means it's time to get excited for the new shows coming in 2022! This year will bring anticipated revivals of The Music Man and Funny Girl, the return of Beetlejuice, the arrival of new musicals A Strange Loop, Paradise Square, and many more.

Further shows cancelled performances this week due to COVID-19, including Tina, Hamilton, Moulin Rouge!, Mrs. Doubtfire, MJ, and more. In positive news, Moulin Rouge! is getting a new Harold Zidler beginning in January. The show will welcome Eric Anderson in the role of the club impresario beginning Tuesday, January 18, 2022

The upcoming production of MACBETH on Broadway, starring DANIEL CRAIG in his return to Broadway as Macbeth and RUTH NEGGA’s Broadway debut as Lady Macbeth will now play the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street) and not the Lyceum Theatre as previously announced. 

Films such as West Side Story, tick, tick...BOOM!, Cyrano, Encanto, and In the Heights were recognized this morning by the Hollywood Foreign Press. Nominees also included Peter Dinklage, Denzel Washington, Cynthia Erivo, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ewan McGregor, Uzo Aduba, Aaron Sorkin, Hannah Waddingham, Steve Martin, Martin Short, and more.

92y has announced their upcoming programming featuring Beanie Feldstein, Amy Schumer, Judy Gold and more! 

The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced today the nominations for the 31st Annual Gotham Awards, singling out 29 feature films, 16 series, and 32 performances for recognition in twelve award categories. 'Passing' and 'The Lost Daughter' led this year's nominations.

Through Netflix Book Club, readers will hear about their new favorite books, films and series adaptations first – and get exclusive access to the process behind bringing these books from page to screen. Watch Uzo Aduba's announcement now!

Tickets are now on sale for DANIEL CRAIG's return to Broadway as Macbeth and RUTH NEGGA's Broadway debut as Lady Macbeth in the all-new production of MACBETH on Broadway. Find out how to get tickets to this limited run.

The Virginia Film Festival announced today that several films have been added to its recently-revealed 2021 program – including two of the most talked-about titles on this year's festival circuit.

It was recently announced that Daniel Craig's next venture will be Broadway, coming to New York in a production of Macbeth next year. Craig, no stranger to the stage, recently shared the worst experience he's had while performing in theatre, in a new interview.

A new production of Macbeth is headed to Broadway next year, starring Daniel Craig in the title role, alongside Ruth Negga making her Broadway debut as Lady Macbeth. Find out more about the production and how to get tickets.

Written and directed by Rebecca Hall, the film follows the story of two Black women, Irene Redfield (Tessa Thompson) and Clare Kendry (Academy Award nominee Ruth Negga), who can “pass” as white but choose to live on opposite sides of the color line during the height of the Harlem Renaissance in late 1920s New York.

QCODE has partnered with New Regency as the studio, which will independently finance the project. This will be the second independent TV show New Regency is financing for QCODE, Automatik and Oddfellows. The first was The Edge Of Sleep, also based on a hit QCODE podcast series. 

Alexandra Eckhardt is an accomplished Music Supervisor and bassist, having worked with artists including Sara Bareilles, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Alex Lacamoire, and many more! Eckhardt most recently supervised the music for the film, Passing, which premiered on January 30th at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition.

The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the showcase of new independent work selected across the Feature Film, Short Film, Indie Series and New Frontier categories for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.

National Theatre in London has launched its own official streaming service, National Theatre at Home.

The Shows Must Go On! has announced their upcoming upcoming programming featuring Shakespeare! The Shows Must Go On! will stream a new title every Monday at 2 PM ET on YouTube, and be available to watch for seven days. Programming began November 2nd with Being Shakespeare starring Simon Callow.

New York, US, and international theatre artists, curators, researchers, and academics will talk daily during the week for one hour with Segal Center’s director, Frank Hentschker, about life and art in the Time of Corona and speak about challenges, sorrows, and hopes for the new Weltzustand— the State of the World.

Talent agency Markham Froggatt and Irwin has joined the Curtis Brown group of companies, Europe’s largest and oldest literary and talent agency,.

Premium television network EPIX® announced today that four-part docuseries By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem will premiere on November 8, 2020 at 10 PM ET/PT.