Insight Pt. 1: Philadelphia Theater Company’s Macbeth in Stride

Philadelphia Community Podcast

English - November 10, 2023 15:27 - 10 minutes - 4.16 MB
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Philadelphia Theatre Company presents the Philadelphia debut of Obie Award-winning artist/director/actor and playwright Whitney White’s spellbinding take on a Shakespearean standard, Macbeth in Stride performed now through November 19th. I interviewed the dynamic Whitney White about the musical which examines what it means to be an ambitious Black woman through the lens of one of Shakespeare’s most iconic characters. This 90-minute rock musical uses pop, gospel, and R&B to trace the fatalistic arc of Lady Macbeth while lifting contemporary Black female power, femininity, and desire.
Philadelphia Theater Company’s MacBeth in Stride