Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga to star in Macbeth in March 2022

When I read this article my emotions as I scrolled through it changed to:

Daniel Craig: Awesome

Ruth Negga: Wow!  I can't wait for this!

Sam Gold: UGHHHHHHHH

It's Ruth Negga for me. I got my ticket. 

I get all of the pushback against the property and the director but can we just pause for a moment and ponder the filling of the post-Rudin void that some were so worried about? A Rudin-less Broadway is not a rudderless Broadway, and we are better for his absence on so many levels. 

To be honest, I really like the poster included in the article

Jordan Catalano said: "Are there seriously NO other plays for the two of them? Hell, how about a revival of THE GOAT? "
 

Jordan, I desperately want a revival of The Goat….. With Idris Elba and Mary Louise Parker. 

 

Princeton2 said: "Unfortunately now isn't the time to be doing new plays etc. Theatre needs bums on seats, so known crowd pleasers and big names are what's needed to encourage people back into theatres."

This can absolutely be the time for new plays when you have Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga headlining it.

Princeton2 said: "Unfortunately now isn't the time to be doing new plays etc. Theatre needs bums on seats, so known crowd pleasers and big names are what's needed to encourage people back into theatres."

Daniel Craig is the name here, and people would see him in anything. So it's unfortunate that it had to be THIS play. This will be Broadway's 5th Macbeth since 2000, and it is coming right on the heels of the Joel Coen film version with Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand.

I'm glad he wants to do theatre. I am a big supporter of movie stars doing theatre and bringing in new audiences. And I understand that new plays can be scary. But like Denzel, Jackman, Viola Davis, Pacino, Streep, etc. audiences would flock to *any* play he decided to do.

(Ruth Negga is a wonderful talent but is less of an "event" than Craig when it comes to ticket sales.)

Updated On: 9/29/21 at 12:23 PM

SouthernCakes said: "How do we know Ruth Negga? Feel like I know her name but not sure why?"

There's this new-fangled thing on the interwebs called Google.  Maybe try that?