I honestly can’t tell you how many productions of Shakespeare’s Macbeth I’ve seen. I was in one and I know I’ve seen more than four and probably less than fourteen other productions. I’ve never seen a more exciting or clearer version than the Red Bull Theater production of Mac Beth, stunningly adapted and directed by Erica Schmidt, currently playing at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.
Red Bull Theater presents Mac Beth - Erica Schmidt's new adaptation of the Shakespeare classic, which she also directs.
The world premiere of Mac Beth was previously staged at Seattle Repertory Theater in June 2018.
(Photos by Carol Rosegg)
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Running time:
1hr 30mins (no intermission)
Categories:
Mac Beth Image and Video Gallery
7 images About Mac Beth:
In this new production seven girls meet up to do a play in an empty lot outside the city on an autumn afternoon. School uniform tartan transforms in this American urban wasteland. The girls are witches, ghosts, and kings. They hurl headlong into the unchecked passions of Macbeth, as the line between real life and blood fantasy quickly blurs. Through prophecies and smartphones, unexpected resonances emerge from Shakespeare’s dark nightmare of ambition gone awry.
Mac Beth CAST AND CREATIVE
By:
William Shakespeare, adapted by Erica Schmidt
Producer:
Red Bull Theater
Director:
Erica Schmidt
Lighting:
Jeff Croiter
Sound:
Erin Bednarz
Design:
Catherine Cornell
Costume:
Jessica Pabst
Cast list:
Isabelle Fuhrman, Ismenia Mendes, and AnnaSophia Robb, alongside Sharlene Cruz, Sophie Kelly-Hedrick, Lily Santiago, and Ayana Workman
Lucille Lortel Theatre
Address:
121 Christopher Street (between Hudson and Bleecker Street), New York, NY 10014
Nearest subway station:
Christopher Street Station