Monthly Archives: April 2024
Macbeth (an undoing) Receives 4 Drama Desk Nominations
Written on April 29, 2024 at 12:52 pm, by Jennifer Lam
Macbeth (an undoing) has received four Drama Desk nominations: Outstanding Revival of a Play (Zinnie Harris), Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play (Nicole Cooper), Outstanding Costume Design of a Play (Alex Berry), and Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play (Lizzie Powell). The 68th Annual Drama Desk Awards, celebrating the best of Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off…Read More »
Macbeth (an undoing): The New Yorker Review
Written on April 26, 2024 at 4:54 pm, by Jennifer Lam
“Zinnie Harris’s highly cerebral and sometimes revelatory adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, follows Lady Macbeth (played here by the fascinating Nicole Cooper)…The new play is bracketed by meta-theatrical devices: Lady Macbeth has a chambermaid, Carlin (the very funny Liz Kettle), who also acts as a stagehand and an emissary to the audience, offering monologues that play…Read More »
Macbeth (an undoing): Amsterdam News Review
Written on April 26, 2024 at 12:15 pm, by Jennifer Lam
“A brilliant play…that leaves you stunned and amazed…The cast is superb! Nicole Cooper is an explosive, mesmerizing Lady Macbeth…She is sexy and charming, but also ruthless and deadly…Adam Best is magnificent as Macbeth. He plays the role with such intensity, you feel for this man who knows he’s done wrong and quickly turns to madness…Zinnie…Read More »