Back To The Board With The Bard
Filed under: Anglophilia > Broadway Babies
Patrick Stewart is returning to his one true love - the theater!
The X Men and Star Trek alum is coming to Broadway.
The British actor will star in the Shakespeare classic Macbeth at the Lyceum Theater in NYC beginning April 8th.
The show will run for a limited engagement.
Good luck! (Bwa Ha ha)
[Image via Mavrix Online.]
Posted: March 4, 2008 at 3:00 pm
First! I think and btw who cares?
meh
X17 practices C#ENSORSHIP
NO FREE SPEECH AT X17, but hey let that whore run pictures of Britney's bloody TWAT
X17 practices C#ENSORSHIP
NO FREE SPEECH AT X17, but hey let that whore run pictures of Britney's bloody TWAT
I LOVE THE JONAS BROTHERS
The show right now is playing at BAM to a SOLD OUT crowd. People are buying the tickets like crazy on EBAY. And ofcourse the psycho Trek fans are showing up in costume to the performances. This is just downright crazy
haha
Shakespeare… oh come on!!
The theater is GAY!!!!!!
I hate Shakespeare but I'd go for him.
MAKE IT SO!
FIRSTTT
FIRST!!!
he's still hot
Hey, what does "Bwa Ha Ha" mean???
He is actually a very good actor!
Hey, what does "Bwa Ha Ha" mean???
He is actually a very good actor!
Hey, what does "Bwa Ha Ha" mean???
He is actually a very good actor!
FIRST!!!!! I want to lick his bald nub.
1st
NO FREE SPEECH At X17
X17 practices censorship…while runnung pictures of Britney's bloody twat…KLASSY.
Omg! Patrick Stewart is an amazing stage actor! I saw him 2 years ago in London for a one man production of A Christmas Carol. I went into it not expecting much, but he blew me away. He was able to play dozens of characters, all with different voices and body language! And, I got to meet him after the show. He was such a sweet man. I think he'll be fab in Macbeth. Don't talk shit about him, Perez!
Yesssss I love him! Funny how Star Trek and X-Men managed to entice such a talented actor… that only makes me like him more!
firsttttttt
I love the bow-tie! No cocks for Picard!
I love him!
I LOVE HIM! I had a HUUUGE crush on him and Jonathan Frakes when I was younger.
something hairless this way comes
LOOK AT THAT FACE!!!!!!!!!!! HE IS JUST LOVELY LOVELY LOVELY LOVELY LOVELY
LOVELY LOVELY LOVELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
who would he play in macbeth?!
um, he actually studied shakespeare and has been in tons of shakespearean works throughout his life
Perez - it's better to say, "Break a leg!" in the theatre…..
Break a leg Picard!!!
LOVE PATRICK STEWART!!!! SHOW SHOULD BE AMAZING!!!
I've seen Patrick Stewart in West End (London) productions of both A christmas Carol and Macbeth, he's an incredible actor and a presence to behold on stage. If you get the opportunity you should definately see this.
Just let us have him back sometime soon thanks.
To be or not to be
To boldly go where no one has gone before
the classics!
I don't get the bwahaha either. He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. No small feat.
Hey, P, don't you mean "Back to the BORED???"
bwaaaaaaaaaaaahaaa!
(ps ur a douche!)
Saw Patrick Stewart in Macbeth last week! A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!!!!!!! The man is a stone genius actor, born to play this role. Amazing. I wish everyone could see this - you, too, Perez. I am HOPING they will make a film of it. And lemme tell ya, Mr. Stewart is a handsome devil - those eyes are unbelievable!
I saw this in Brooklyn. Wish I would have waited because the cheap seats were barstools.
I was so excited to see PS in The Roundabout Theatre's production of The Caretaker on Broadway. After the show a very, very elderly man hobbled to the stage to ask for Mr. Stewart;s autograph. PS sneered at him and rudely blew him off. I've not been a fan ever since. So sad.
Good for Patrick. He is an amazing actor and though I have not had the pleasure of seeing him on stage, I can tell from movies and TV appearences he has a very strong stage pressence. And RK and CoClo, Shakespere and theater are wondeful and only oh I don't wnat to say uneducated twerps, but it is the only thing I can think of, would say that about the two greatest things on earth.
Patrick is a great Shakeperean actor, it is his true love.
Make it so.
Re: kristiee – MMMMMMM How about MACBETH!!!!!!!
Yo Perez, look beyond the USA for a bit. Patrick is not "returning" to the theatre, in Britain he's been doing nothing else for at least a year! He's enjoyed wide acclaim for his Macbeth in 2007 and has obviously now decided to let the USA enjoy the same show. Nice one Patrick!
This is OLLLLDDDD news.
He's already in that show at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).
Brooklyn represent!
Mario …. I am embarassed for gay men everywhere
Wow. This was posted on playbill.com three or four days ago that he was coming to NYC - maybe even more. Plus he's been in London on stage for the past year or more. Someone is SERIOUSLY slacking on these…
umm, he is saying bwahaha because
1) you are not supposed to say "macbeth" before a show… it is bad luck
2) you are not supposed to say "good luck", you are supposed to say break a leg
he was making a pun about acting superstitions, not being a dick (for once)
did someone actually wonder what role he would be playing? Jeeesus! Duh! Macbeth!
I definitely read that as "X Men and Star Trek are coming to broadway". I don't know if I was excited or appalled….
OH SHIT! It is my main ho! I love me some fucking Captain Picard. What a sexy scoundrel. Hahaha! I need those tickets! Aack! I used to go see Broadway plays so often, growing up an hour away from NYC. Damn! My man has a Shakespearean quote tattooed down his side. He'd love that shit. I must get on this! Cap PicardXShakespeare=HOTNESS.
Perez, you are obviously unaware so please permit me to educate you (and I thought gay people were supposed to be smart). Patrick Stewart is a trained Shakespearian actor. This is why he was so good in Star Trek. The Dude has some serious skills.
he is already doing this performance in New York and the Brooklyn Museme of Arts, it is quite good, I saw it on Wed. If your in NY you should go check it out. It is a modern version of the play, well worth seeing.
patrick stewart is sexy!
the production is actually coming from london, where i saw it, and it was really good!
stewart didn't impress me as much as i thought he would, but if the rest of the cast comes to new york as well, it's definitely worth it.
OMG he looks amazing! He hasn't aged in 10 years. He is a classically trained actor who has a long history in the theater, so I'm not sure what point Perezel is trying to make…
This was MY idea. For like 3 years I've wanted to produce a Macbeth on Broadway. Assholes.
Tickets needed
Make it so
have you ever SEEN this guy do shakespeare? he is AMAZING. and i'm a total theatre snob. your snarky little "good luck" was sorely misplaced. patrick stewart is seriously like one of the best shakespeare actors in the world right now, and that's common knowledge to most theatre folks.
I love Patrick Stewart!
I wish I could go see one of these performances.
He played this role in London a couple of months ago and was fantastic. Hopefully they'll keep the same production (it was set in the WWII era with the witches as nurses and all in 40s military garb) as it was really engaging and definately creepy. He's a fab actor, definately a play to go see!!
Dude has the BEST voice ever!
Re: emily – oh no someone "stole" your idea to do Shakespeare in the theater district! SHOCKING! get a lawyer!!!
Saw the show in London! It was AMAZING!
He;'s actually already in a production of Macbeth in BAM, which is Brooklyn's big theater where Sir Ian Mckellen was in Kind Leir earlier this year. He and th aplay have beeen getting great critical reviews, it was mentioned in the New York Times
just saw it already in brooklyn… he's amazing. the production is so dark and gory, it was the most intense thing I'd seen in years. seriously, even if you don't like the bard, this is worth seeing!
Oh! I really, really want to go see this or any other Shakespearian play PS is in… I know I can't but that's on my bucket list (i'm 25) so I want to see him live once at least before he kicks the bucket! Plus, we have the same birthday - how cool is that?
I went to see Patrick Stewart in Macbeth recently in London at the Duke of York's theatre and it was AMAZING! I am a great fan of Shakespeare but it was a much scarier, darker and more modern interpritation of the play and I recommend that if you get the chance you go and see it!! xxxxxxx
Just saw this at BAM as well. They took a new approach to the setting and everything…takes place in roughly, '40s Stalinist Russia…they have moved the action of the play to the kitchen of Macbeth Castle as well as a morgue, and then other locations, care of innovative video and sound techniques. When a production of Macbeth actually imbues it with the dread, foreboding and overall creepiness that the Bard I'm sure intended…I'd say, it's a success. And PS kicked ass, but the rest of the cast was top notch and filled with Royal Shakespearean Company actors as well.
… and even more brilliant when he does Shakespeare. Can't wait to see it! Perhaps you should check it out, Perez. The education of seeing a play by Shakespeare, not to mention a real actor act, might do you some good.
He's laughing because he said "good luck" and that's bad luck in theatre. Also, no one has done Macbeth in AGES, you're not even supposed to say the name in the theatre. There's a huuuuuge supersition within the drama community, DUH! It's called "the Scottish play".
I just saw this production at BAM in Brooklyn last weekend- AMAZING! Hands down the best play I've ever seen.
just saw it at BAM - worth the price of a bway tix! GO GO GO
the female lead looks like nelly furtado a bit haha
Aha! I noticed you didn't draw a male member inches away from his mouth. What gives? He's not in the closet, after all.
honey he is already in previews. you're usually up on that of that shiz. helloooooo
I saw Patrick Stewart at the University of Michigan in Fall 06 with the Royal Shakespeare Company and he was amazing!!! He performed in The Tempest and Antony and Cleopatra and was fantastic in both plays. I even spent extra cash to see him in The Tempest twice. Seriously, if you can get tickets, go!!!
he's been in macbeth in brooklyn for quite some time now…
If its anything like the one he did in London it was fantastic. Paid a ton of money to see it but it was worth it!
Patrick Stewart is actually very good in the theater so I don't get the whole Bwa ha ha remark. Have you ever actually seen him live? He's amazing.
Re: Alana – actually you are second DUMB CUNT
and I CARE, Patrick Stewart is an awesome actor. what a talented men and he is HOT !!
I saw Patrick Stewart play Prospero in The Tempest, performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at their theater in Stratford-upon-Avon, in the summer of 2006. I was quite impressed at the job Stewart did. I completely forgot about his movie roles!
I really hope he appears in one more Trek film. I am not a huge Trekkie or anything, but he was amazing as Captain Picard. JJ Abramms should at least give him a cameo in the next film, since the movie starts with an old Spock living in Captain Picard's time!
He played MacBeth in London…he's actually really good. And Shakespeare is not lame…some people who read this are actually cultured.
Star Trek Macbeth? Hot God! I'd love to go see it. If only…
cool, i may actually go see him as macbeth. back about 10 or 12 years ago, i saw him in the tempest and he was most excellent. if there are any really old people or culture hacks here, you may remember stewart's fine performance in the epic television miniseries adaptation: i, claudius. that was one of the best things on tv ever, especially sir derek jacobi and brian blessed. however, they should keep all the assy trek-dressed people out, i'm a fan but god, don't wear a lousy starfleet uniform to a shakespeare play. people might think you're weird or something!
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Someone must've pissed in your cereal this morning. Patrick Stewart is a classically trained Shakespearean actor and a damn good one at that. Plus he's better looking than you'll ever be, skinny, and not gay. Which drugs are making you jealous today Mario?
The RSC came before Star Trek for Patrick Stewart, in fact it's part of why he got the gig as Captain Picard.
Patrick Stewart will be appearing in an RSC production of Hamlet alongside David "Doctor Who" Tennant this year in Stratford Upon Avon.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article2379603.ece
What's with your "Bwa ha ha" jackass? You suddenly know something about Shakespearean theatre?
I hate Star Trek, but this dude is an AMAZING Shakespearean actor! He was a member of the hugely prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company for something like 20 years before he ever did Star Trek.
Fuck you, bitch. He's a fantastic actor and has plenty of years experience onstage and in Shakespearean plays.
Mario, you're just a jealous bitch.
How is it that "Captain Picard" is about 100 years old and still hot?
Returning to the theater? He's been doing Shakespeare plays for a long time.
He's **already** starring in the play at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. .they're moving it to B'way. Lets be a bit accurate in our reporting shall we?
i actually just saw him in Macbeth at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) and he was quite good.
Dude I saw his show this past weekend and it rocked. The guy started as a Shakespearian actor and he definitely knows what he is doing.
! that man is sucha QT !
!!
with his little bald head
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
i love this man hahahhahahahaha
Re: G –
don't be an ignorant slut- good acting is good acting
Is coming??? How about RETURNING, you 'tard! Stewart made his Broadway debut in 1971. He received the Evening Standard Award for Best Actor, the Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Shakespearean Performance, and a Theatrical Management Association award for his portrayal of Macbeth. Way to go, Perez - make it sound like breaking friggin' news that Stewart is "coming" to Broadway. Why don't you get a job you're qualified for - reporting accurate news isn't something you do very well.
I saw him in the Tempest, just last year..