Alan Cumming's Macbeth - 2013 Broadway History , Info & More
Ethel Barrymore Theatre (Broadway)
243 West 47th St. New York, NY
Alan Cumming's one-man production of Macbeth lands on Broadway. The National Theatre of Scotland's production of MACBETH was performed last summer at the Lincoln Center Festival. Tony Award-winning actor Alan Cumming's virtuoso performance is a bold reimagining of Shakespeare's chilling tale of desire, ambition, and the supernatural.
The production is set in a psychiatric unit and centers on a patient who is reliving the story of Macbeth. CCTV cameras watch the patient's every move and the clinical walls of the unit come to life in a visually stunning multi-media theatrical experience.
Alan Cumming's Macbeth - 2013 - Broadway Cast
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‘Macbeth’ with Alan Cumming: Theater review
6 / 10
In a second viewing of this National Theatre of Scotland production, Cumming is even more verbally dexterous and dynamic...Directors John Tiffany and Andrew Goldberg layer the production with spooky sounds and moody music and keep Cumming on the move...Even with all that, this solo stab at the Bard proves to be a case of diminishing returns. The concept becomes less interesting as it goes on. Shakespeare completists will be intrigued. Audience members unfamiliar with the story and who's who will be lost. All will appreciate the stirring turn by Cumming packing theatrical thunder and lightning. Fitting for the asylum setting of this 'Macbeth,' Cumming is fully committed.
STAGE REVIEW Macbeth
7 / 10
...the Tony-winning Good Wife star acts out a streamlined version of the drama, playing nearly all of the characters himself...The result is mesmerizing theater, aided enormously by Natasha Chivers' lighting and Fergus O'Hare's creepy horror-movie sound design. But as conceived by Cumming with co-directors John Tiffany (Once) and Andrew Goldberg (The Bomb-itty of Errors), it's also less a true revival of Macbeth than a wickedly clever riff on themes from Macbeth...Indeed, the stunt-like nature of the production sometimes muffles the play's emotional impact-we wind up feeling more for Cumming as a performer than we do for the characters he portrays...But what a tour-de-force performance it is. B+
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Alan Cumming's Macbeth - 2013 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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| 2013 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Fergus O'Hare |
| 2013 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Alan Cumming |
| 2013 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | 0 |
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