Well before Citizen Kane and War of the Worlds, director and acclaimed Broadway actress Rose McClendon, with the help of a young John Houseman, convinces 20-year old Orson Welles to direct Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” for the Harlem community with an all-Black cast. It came to be known as “Voodoo Macbeth.” However, it quickly becomes clear... Read more »
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