The National Theatre of Scotland‘s production of Macbeth opens at The Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway in April.
Starring Alan Cumming, the play is directed by John Tiffany and Andrew Goldberg and is presented on Broadway by independent producer Ken Davenport. It premièred at Tramway, Glasgow last year and had its US première at the Lincoln Center Festival in New York.
Cumming, Tiffany and Goldberg co-devised this new interpretation of Macbeth which is set in a psychiatric unit and has multi award-winning Cumming taking all the play's roles in a visually stunning multi-media production.
National Theatre of Scotland works have previously been seen in the US, including The Wolves in the Walls, Black Watch and The Bacchae. Of this production National Theatre of Scotland Executive Producer, Neil Murray, says:
“We are thrilled that a leading New York commercial producer is taking on our acclaimed production of Macbeth, featuring Alan Cumming’s stunning performance. We believe that this will be the first time that Shakespeare’s Scottish play will have been performed by a Scottish actor and a Scottish company on Broadway.”
Star of stage and screen Alan Cumming, now a naturalised American, has a successful career on both sides of the Atlantic as a writer, recording artist and performer. In 2012 alone Cumming won, amongst others, AudioFile's Best Voice of the Year award for his reading of Macbeth, the Golden Key Award at the Key West Film Festival and Best Actor Award at LA's Outfest and Seattle International Film Festivals for his performance in Any Day Now.
He is also a spokesperson for LGBT equality and civil rights and last year won The Making A Difference Award from the Matthew Shepard Foundation which recognises endeavours promoting a world free of hate. He received an OBE in 2009.
John Tiffany’s production of Tony Award–winning Once is currently on Broadway, and opens in London later this year. His other credits include Black Watch for which he won an Olivier Award and a Critics’ Circle Award for Best Director.
Andrew Goldberg's best known productions over here are The Bomb-itty of Errors, which came to London following an off-Broadway premier and the Edinburgh Fringe and Daddy Cool, The Boney M Musical which played London's Shaftesbury Theatre.
The National Theatre of Scotland will tour Black Watch again in the spring and present Let The Right One In in Dundee.
For more information visit www.nationaltheatrescotland.com and www.macbethonbroadway.com.