Daniel Craig, who’s starring within the title function of a brand new Broadway manufacturing of “Macbeth,” examined optimistic for the coronavirus on Saturday, forcing the present to cancel most of subsequent week’s performances.
The present, which simply started previews on Tuesday and is scheduled to open April 28, had already canceled Friday night time’s efficiency, citing one other optimistic coronavirus take a look at amongst solid members, when on Saturday it canceled each the matinee and a night efficiency, citing Mr. Craig’s optimistic take a look at. Then, late Saturday night time, the manufacturing stated that it was canceling all performances till April 8 “as a result of detection of a restricted variety of optimistic covid take a look at outcomes throughout the firm.”
Coronavirus instances have lately been rising in New York Metropolis, and several other Broadway performers have examined optimistic. In most situations, exhibits have been capable of flip to understudies to maintain going, however as a result of “Macbeth” had simply begun performances, it had not but totally rehearsed the understudies.
All Broadway actors — in truth, all staff in Broadway theaters — are required to be totally vaccinated. Broadway additionally at present requires that ticket holders be totally vaccinated and put on masks besides when consuming and consuming; on Friday, the theater house owners and operators stated that these guidelines would stay in place at the least by way of April 30, and that they’d determine by April 15 whether or not to retain, alter or drop the viewers protocols after the top of the month.
“Macbeth,” after all, is a widely known and much-loved tragedy by William Shakespeare, and this revival has been probably the most anticipated productions of the spring on Broadway. Mr. Craig, who’s contemporary off his long term enjoying James Bond on movie, had repeatedly stated he needed to be a part of Broadway’s efforts to rebound after the trade’s lengthy pandemic shutdown.
Mr. Craig is starring reverse Ruth Negga, as Woman Macbeth, within the manufacturing, which is directed by Sam Gold. The present doesn’t have a lot leeway — it’s already scheduled to be the final manufacturing to open this season, and its opening night time is on the ultimate day when exhibits can open to qualify for this 12 months’s Tony Awards.
