Macbeth, Shakespeare Theatre Company
With his new production of Macbeth and the recent 2024-2025 season announcement for the Shakespeare Theatre Company, Artistic Director Simon Godwin is putting his bets on Names. Macbeth, in a production that originally premiered in the UK, stars Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma as the titular power-hungry couple. Next season, Hugh Bonneville, Matthew Broderick, and Alex Brightman (well-known to musical theatre fans) have featured prominently in announcement and subscription materials. It's not an unusual approach these days, and certainly shares a lot in common with predecessor Michael Kahn's penchant for drawing on his Julliard connections. The hope is that by putting on a combination of familiar actors in plays you know, it's easier to bring people in; the trick, of course, is making them come back, which they'll only do if they feel it's worth their time and money. Photo of Indira Varma and Ralph Fiennes in Macbeth, by Marc Brenner Much talk, of course, has cente
