Macbeth is a spooky horror story set in Scotland. There are gory bits. There are witches and spooky visions. Macbeth and his wife commit so many horrible crimes that towards the end even Lady Macbeth ...

Pretty much everyone knows the plot of Shakespeare's Macbeth. (If you don't, I'm not going to explain it to you — that's what Sparknotes are for.) Not only did we all read it for school at some point, ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by One of the most performed and reimagined works of English literature becomes a fourth-wall-breaking musical revue. By Maya Phillips “You gon’ rework a ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga star in Sam Gold’s oddly uneasy take on the Scottish play. By Jesse Green Macbeth, the character, is full of compunction, ...

A first-rate cast and stunning craftsmanship bring surging vitality to Shakespeare’s political thriller about an ambitious couple whose murderous power grab sends them spiraling into madness. By David ...