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Tony Award–winning alum: new version of Macbeth “a production for its time”

Macbeth is having a moment. In December, Joel Coen released The Tragedy of Macbeth, a film based on the play about the dark side of ambition and power, starring Denzel Washington (nominated for a 2022 Academy Award) as Lord Macbeth and Frances McDormand as Lady Macbeth. Last fall, the Almeida Theatre in London staged a revival of the play with Saoirse Ronan. And on March 29, 2022, a new production of Macbeth,directed by Sam Gold and starring James Bond’s Daniel Craig as Macbeth and Loving’sRuth Negga as Lady Macbeth, will premiere at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway.

The newest staging is coproduced by Fred Zollo (CAS’75), a seven-time Tony winner, and Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson, heads of Eon Productions, the company that produces the James Bond films. The play will run through July 10, 2022. 

Zollo has produced more than 100 plays, as well as the Oscar-nominated films Mississippi Burning and Quiz Show. He spoke with Bostonia about why the timing is right for the new production, how to make theater more progressive and accessible, and the perspective he’s gained over his more than 40-year career.

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I owe much to James Bond. Or to be more accurate, 007’s inventor, author Ian Fleming. I was twelve years old and not much of a reader when I discovered my father’s collection of Fleming paperbacks on a shelf in our converted garage. After the first fifty pages I found myself treble-hooked by the heady mix of cold war espionage and sex. What followed was a teenage obsession with the film series. Both Sean Connery and Roger Moore as James Bond in one epic international adventure after another, always with the promise after the last credit rolled, “James Bond Will Return.”

I thought I was destined to pen one of the flicks. And for a while, I was.

Fast forward a number of years. My feature career had taken flight. I eventually found myself in business with Fred Zollo, a theater and film producer who had just married James Bond heir, Barbara Broccoli. Barbara, daughter of the late great “Cubby” Broccoli, is the keeper of the 007 flame along with her half brother, Michael Wilson. Some think Barbara merely inherited the franchise. To describe her relationship to James Bond in such simple terms is a grave mistake. She was born practically the same year 007 made his Hollywood debut. Which means she was raised on all those amazing movie sets and plowed her way up through the productio

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