Shakespeare’s plays rarely come to Broadway, and when they do, it tends to be in the form of star-driven productions imported from England. Of these, the one that has lodged itself most firmly in my ...

Macbeth is tense and anxious as he enters the banquet. It's important to think about this point because it will help you to understand how his mind could conjure up the terrible image of the ghost.

In The Tragedy of Macbeth, director Joel Coen slashes away at Shakespeare's text, distilling every scene to its furious essence. At 105 minutes, this is a shorter Macbeth movie than most. The ...

While the restrained staging invited intimacy and allowed the supporting cast’s arias to shine, the production often faltered under its own minimalism.

Macbeth:If it were done, when 'tis done then 'twere well it were done quickly. Macbeth:Assassination could tramel up the consequence and catch with his surcease success. That but this blow might be ...

There are only three actual witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. That’s the story of the “Scottish Play” as we know it: foul, foggy, and — if karma is real — damningly fair to its titular king-to-be, who ...