| 单词 | Macbeth |
| 例句 | And there was a flash of inspiration and ambition—which was, according to Shakespeare, what Macbeth was feeling a day or so before he murdered Duncan. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Because I’ve heard about what you did with the lights last year for Macbeth.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I bet if you were watching it, you sure would have seen that architecture is a blood sport, and Macbeth couldn’t have played it any bloodier than my father. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z But Lady Macbeth, who seemed so strong at the beginning of the play, had a rather rapid mental deterioration—remember she was walking and talking in her sleep and washing her hands uncontrollably? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The white socks, the Mary Janes, the always-inadequate birthday present swathed in tissue paper, and the little girls with their assessing eyes, their slippery deceitful smiles, tartaned up like Lady Macbeth. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m reading Macbeth for AP English—a class I am no longer taking. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Nora is tucked into her corner of the couch reading Macbeth. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z It didn’t take too much effort to concentrate on my task for the day, a paper on Macbeth that was due Wednesday. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Angela asked a few quiet questions about the Macbeth paper, which I answered as naturally as I could while spiraling downward in misery. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Not sure, love,” Naomi said without looking up from her book, though she’d been reading the same few lines of Macbeth for the past ten minutes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears ...” I always recited speeches from Macbeth and Julius Caesar, as those were the adults’ favorites. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z A worksheet was due that day deciphering the meaning of some lines from Macbeth, and Don was handed a copy of the homework by someone else so he could copy down the answers. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The perplexity of it all gnawed at him a great deal more than the meaning of Macbeth. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Macbeth and Malcolm are not the same person, though their names share an initial consonant,” she said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z She takes the coward’s way out by committing suicide and leaves Macbeth to face the end alone. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If it hadn’t been for her, Macbeth never would have killed the king in the first place. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When he finally stood in front of me, he held my hand tight and said, “Macbeth shall never vanquished be until great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane hill shall come against him.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She says real actors will never say the name Macbeth out loud, because it’s bad luck. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z As the hot magenta jam went round, Estha became a Stirring Wizard with a spoiled puff and uneven teeth, and then the Witches of Macbeth. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z One night I’m sitting under Mrs. Purcell’s window listening to Macbeth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They had been at this reading for six years and were halfway through the Bible and up to Macbeth in Shakespeare’s Complete Works. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z One student read Lady Macbeth’s soliloquies as raps. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “Go sit down and fix the errors on your Macbeth exam,” she said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Mr. Hoodhood,” it said, “read The Tragedy of Macbeth for the first Wednesday of January.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He takes his turn at the podium and recites the “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow” speech from Macbeth, the only lines of poetry he will know by heart for the rest of his life. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And for a small while, those dreams seemed as palpable as that dagger Macbeth tried to grab. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z And to top it off, Mrs. Baker gave me a 150-question test on The Tragedy of Macbeth. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z As I sat in my room, trying to concentrate on the third act of Macbeth, I was really listening for my truck. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I also find a spot for my paperbacks Great American Poetry and Macbeth. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “That doesn’t sound like it’s from Macbeth? “It’s not. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z She stood and held them up, like Macduff holding Macbeth’s head. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “So in Macbeth, when he wasn’t trying to find names that sound alike, what did he want to express in words more beautiful than had ever yet been written?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Which makes architecture sound like a profession that Macbeth could have done pretty well in. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Macbeth is totally delusional and has hallucinations of ghosts and a pesky floating dagger. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Then he types in the number next to Macbeth and says, “There it is. You got it?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Over the next week Maddie pieced together the pilot’s story in a storm of newspaper clippings with the mental wolfishness of Lady Macbeth. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z "Everything. Maybe you'll remember that Beowulf fought a monster. Maybe you'll remember that 'To be or not to be' is Hamlet, not Macbeth. . . . "But everything else? Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z We’ve watched Macbeth change from a noble, trusted, dedicated soldier, willing to sacrifice his life for king and country, to a wretched, depraved, corrupt murderer who no longer has feelings of guilt or morality. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of weeks ago, he ran out of the room in tears in the middle of a discussion about the suicide of Lady Macbeth. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This is a performance that shows us the scorpions inside Macbeth's mind and that should appear to great advantage when the production is broadcast live to UK cinemas on 20 July. Macbeth – review 2013-07-06T00:16:17Z First there are the Shakespearean tragedies and histories, especially Macbeth and Richard III, which Pushkin himself invokes. Boris Godunov – review 2012-11-29T12:07:28Z It might be brilliant theater, but the only thing Cumming and Macbeth have in common is unchecked ambition. Review: Alan Cumming's 1-man 'Macbeth' stunning 2013-04-22T00:16:04Z Shakespeare by the Sea Locally touring productions of the Bard’s “The Taming of the Shrew” and “Macbeth.” L.A. theater openings and critics’ choices, June 11-18: 'King Richard II' and more 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z One night we were performing “Macbeth,” and with the fog rolling in, it looked like the smoke from a battle. Surprises at the Delacorte Theater and Other Outdoor Spaces 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z If it weren’t for the First Folio, there would be no extant copies of “The Tempest,” “Julius Caesar,” “Macbeth,” “Twelfth Night” “As You Like It” or “The Winter’s Tale.” Exhibition Review: Shakespeare Folios as Venerated Relics 2011-07-07T12:01:10Z In “Macbeth,” high medieval fashion gets a makeover befitting the rugged landscape of 11th-century Scotland. Michael Fassbender and the Robes of Royalty 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z At a microphone, Ronan’s Lady Macbeth tries desperately to salvage the evening — “The fit is momentary; regard him not” — as Macbeth falls apart. Perspective | In London, the shows go on — but apathy is unmasked 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z “Macbeth” is scheduled to run for 15 weeks, beginning previews March 29 and opening April 28 at Broadway’s Lyceum Theater. Done With Bond, Daniel Craig Will Play Macbeth on Broadway 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Blood and betrayal, toil and trouble — filmmakers from Akira Kurosawa to Roman Polanski have taken on “Macbeth.” The New York Film Festival Is Back, and Our Critics Have Favorites 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z She is set to perform a recital at La Scala, in Milan, on Sunday, and will return there this summer for a production of “Macbeth.” Met Opera Ordered to Pay Anna Netrebko $200,000 for Canceled Performances 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z He’s not presenting a Lady Macbeth we can hate; he’s presenting a woman that we can see ourselves in, and a woman overwhelmed by grief. Ruth Negga Thinks Lady Macbeth Is Misunderstood 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Schrott sounded good in Banquo's aria from Verdi's Macbeth and was fabulous in the handful of South American numbers dotted throughout the programme. Netrebko/Vargas/Schrott – review 2012-06-07T11:33:40Z There's dark power in the seductive words of the Macbeths, whose loathsome deeds are conveyed in irresistible rhetoric. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Otherwise the stage for Barrie Kosky’s new production of Verdi’s “Macbeth,” which runs through May 7 at the Zurich Opera House, is shrouded in darkness. Operas in Contrast: ‘Macbeth’ and ‘La Donna Serpente’ 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z You don’t have to be a Scottish murderer to act Macbeth, as Mikkelsen has done on the Copenhagen stage. Lars Mikkelsen: I found God after playing a boozy, lusty priest 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Films as varied as “The French Dispatch” and “Being the Ricardos” employ several black-and-white sequences, while “Passing,” “Belfast” and “The Tragedy of Macbeth” are shot almost entirely without color. This Movie Season, It’s a Black-and-White Boom 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z The Alan Cumming Macbeth continues at Tramway and events in Refugee Week Scotland at the Tron include Homeward Bound, inspired by a Dutch TV show in which refused asylum seekers compete for prizes. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-06-22T15:56:03Z Maxwell, whose highly-rated show "Hubble Bubble" is a reference to "the Scottish play", Macbeth, offers a distinctive view on the referendum question, not least because he is Irish. In Edinburgh, Fringe performers weigh in on Scotland's independence choice 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z Macbeth sees a ghost in a pool of water that he holds in his hands; the apparition dissolves as he comes back to his senses. Denzel Washington is commanding in Joel Coen's bloody, bold and resolute "Tragedy of Macbeth" 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z I feel like I’m in Act II of “Macbeth,” when everything goes haywire and the horses start eating one another. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘The Night Of’ and ‘The Circus’ 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Hille is an equally good, edgy Lady Macbeth, taunting and teasing her husband into action, and later becoming the physical embodiment of his guilt. Macbeth | Theatre review 2010-03-25T21:30:00Z Macbeth is being mooted, in cahoots with his Othello collaborators, Northern Broadsides. Critic's comedy choice 2011: Lenny Henry on tour 2011-01-03T07:59:01Z Now the rock ’n’ roll musical loosely based on Shakespeare’s Macbeth is getting a second wind in Asia with a new touring production directed by Matt Devitt. Theater That Shakes, Rattles and Rolls On 2010-04-28T17:00:00Z Sleep No More" forum: "I followed Macbeth around pretty much all night. "Sleep No More": Shakespeare meets Internet games 2011-08-16T18:01:00Z "Macbeth," "The Merchant of Venice" and "Much Ado About Nothing" will play in repertory on the outdoor stage while three more productions take turns indoors. Summer Stages: Theater 2010-05-09T03:12:00Z Some acts of violence that Shakespeare left off-stage were made explicit in the movie -- most notably the death of King Duncan at the hand of Macbeth, who stabs the monarch in the chest. Roman Polanski's 'Macbeth' revisited by Criterion Collection 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z In Belfast, there is still time for Macbeth at the Lyric and for Bruiser's take on Lady Windermere's Fan at the Mac. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-11-09T16:10:44Z “Macbeth,” by Mother Goose Lady Macbeth cried out for death, Her husband murdered Duncan, Planning to pin the bloody sin Upon his servants drunken. Style Invitational Week 1332: Call them Spellimericks 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Even early on, her teacher must have recognized a budding gift for oracular authority, giving her diva titans like Norma, Medea and Lady Macbeth to work on. Diamanda Galás Gives Voice to Unbearable Pain, Once More 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Both works ritualize "Macbeth" into a stylized allegory without sacrificing any of the visceral horror. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Of the three, Keach has appeared on the most Washington stages, portraying such Shakespearean monarchs as Lear, Macbeth and Richard III. Hurt, a septuagenarian Brit, is probably the best known. Backstage: Michele Shay takes up familiar ‘Seven Guitars’ "Macbeth" is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy, and the filmmaker makes it a fleet experience that pulls viewers along as the drama increases and the body count piles up. Denzel Washington is commanding in Joel Coen's bloody, bold and resolute "Tragedy of Macbeth" 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z But Greenblatt astutely points out that the Macbeths are the Bard’s most convincing portrait of a devoted couple, and Nesbo takes care to explain why they delight in each other. Review | Jo Nesbo puts a Nordic chill on ‘Macbeth’ 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z "It's like saying you never heard of Macbeth or King Lear," he said. Husband and wife behind 'The Bible' miniseries 2013-03-01T16:17:08Z This production is part of director Jamie Lloyd's Trafalgar Transformed season, which kicked off with James McAvoy in Macbeth, and boasts a fine cast. Brighton festival, Public Enemy, A Doll's House: what to see at the theatre this week 2013-05-04T05:00:19Z He returned for a revival in 2014, in which Anna Netrebko sang her first Lady Macbeth at the house, a thrilling performance and another milestone in her career. Review: Plácido Domingo Is Gone, but He Still Haunted ‘Macbeth’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z One winner will receive one pair of tickets to Macbeth at Manchester International Festival on Saturday 6 July. Win tickets to Manchester International Festival 2013-05-24T23:05:01Z In the play, Cumming appears as a patient in a white-tiled mental hospital for whom the plot of "Macbeth" is sort of a schizophrenic nightmare. Alan Cumming takes on 'Macbeth' _ all of it 2012-07-06T17:08:08Z No matter how many Lady Macbeths I see go mad, no matter how many Hamlets I watch have existential crises, I am always game for new productions of Shakespeare. A Smorgasbord of Shakespeare, With Some New Trimmings 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Hawkins, 33, has been featured in a string of films, including “In the Heights,” “The Tragedy of Macbeth” and “Straight Outta Compton.” ‘Topdog/Underdog’ to Star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Corey Hawkins 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z So, for example, we think of Macbeth a lot differently once we imagine that he spent part of his childhood in an orphanage. Jo Nesbo Sculpts ‘Macbeth’ Into Shadowy Crime Noir 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z As previously announced, “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” Joel Coen’s solo directing debut, will play opening night, Sept. 24. In-Person New York Film Festival Unveils Lineup 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z Two Shakespeares follow: the mistaken identity farce The Comedy Of Errors and this year's most popular choice from the Bard, Macbeth "re-imagined for those aged six and over". Theatre picks of the week 2010-05-21T23:06:00Z In fact, like great Lady Macbeths before her, Ms. Netrebko used elements of rich, beautifully seductive singing to manipulate her husband, not to mention the Met audience. In the Met’s ‘Macbeth,’ Anna Netrebko as the Scheming Wife 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z I remember the incredible actress who played Lady Macbeth—her name was Georgina Roberts—and the uncanny way that the weather seemed to respond to the play, like a mood ring. Encounters with Shakespeare 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z Anyone who has seen Macbeth or Julius Caesar played straight through will know how much the performances benefit from the momentum. Are theatre intervals really necessary? – open thread 2013-02-14T13:35:00Z It’s the one time in the play that Macbeth allows himself to see clearly, and because he now has, we know he’s a goner. A Fast and Furious ‘Macbeth’ at Park Avenue Armory 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z The celebrated tenor — who in the past few years has switched to baritone roles — is taking on the role of Macbeth in a production set to kick off at the Los Angeles Opera this month. Essential Arts & Culture: Controversy over Carpenter Center show, underwater sculpture, fall preview everything 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Hearts beat fast in the thrilling new “Macbeth” that has transformed the Park Avenue Armory into a war zone, and every breath starts to feel like a gasp. A Fast and Furious ‘Macbeth’ at Park Avenue Armory 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z The performance has a smooth virtuosity that plays down the gimmickry and illuminates how Macbeth’s mind is a tangled nest of both noble and evil impulses. Theater Review: Alan Cumming in ‘Macbeth’ at Lincoln Center Festival 2012-07-08T20:59:33Z Get your daggers ready, friends: The homicidally ambitious Macbeth and his wife, plus the frightening trio of witches who steer their fates, are headed back to movie screens. Double, double, toil and trouble: 'Macbeth' comes to screens 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z “We nearly burst out laughing when he said Florence, because we were huge fans of ‘Lady Macbeth’ and of her, and she was at the top of our list,” Cornwell said. Park Chan-wook Brings His Art-House Eye to ‘The Little Drummer Girl’ 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Think of Macbeth: his hallucinations, the “terrible dreams” he reports, all the play’s tortured sleep. In the space of dreams: Wendy Ortiz's 'Bruja' is vivid and dark 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z “Macbeth” is playing the Lyceum Theatre, with an opening set for April 28. COVID-19 temporarily stops Daniel Craig’s return to Broadway 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z At 20, the precocious Andrew was received in the art world as the new Winslow Homer after a solo show of watercolors at the prestigious Macbeth Gallery in New York. All the Andrew Wyeth No One Has Seen 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z I didn't get the chance to play Macbeth but I don't half envy his lines. Shakespeare and me: Dame Judi Dench 2012-06-30T23:07:04Z There before me was Lady Macbeth in the glorious robe of green beetle wings … Her face was wreathed in smiles, and almost the first words she said were 'Is not this a lovely robe? Ellen Terry's beetlewing gown back in limelight after ?110,000 restoration 2011-03-11T18:32:01Z The musical “A Strange Loop” canceled its first preview performance and Daniel Craig has been sidelined from his revival of “Macbeth.” Broadway theaters extend mask mandate through May 31 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Nonsense: she'd be a terrific Lady Macbeth, ideally channelling the borderline deranged Sally Owen. Olivia Colman: 'It's slightly scary … it could all go wrong' 2013-07-07T17:30:00Z Like Macbeth, he kept them on his mind throughout his calamitous reign. Review | The story of Europe’s infamous witch trials gets the Monty Python treatment 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z Netflix drops an entire season of its acclaimed political drama on Feb. 14, another 13 hours of “Mr. Macbeth Goes to Washington.” ‘House of Cards’ Season 2: More delicious ruthlessness 2014-02-11T21:21:09Z In Britain, meanwhile, “Macbeth” is one of the most commonly read Shakespeares by young students, said Timothy Sheader, artistic director of the 78-year-old Open Air Theater. In London, a Bloody ?Macbeth,? for Children 2010-07-16T22:40:00Z Unaware of the theatrical superstition that Macbeth should not be mentioned by name, Homer says the title of the play and McKellen is promptly struck by lightning. Should Alan Cumming beware the curse of Macbeth? 2013-04-16T15:03:45Z Macbeth has sometimes been described as Shakespeare's most misogynist play, on the basis that, arguably, so much of its malevolence originates from the female characters, not least the witches. Alex Kingston: 'Lady Macbeth freaked me out' 2013-06-19T18:30:05Z Another thing that differentiates this “Macbeth” from others is the ages of its lead performers. Coen premieres a stark ‘Macbeth,’ with Denzel and McDormand 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Macbeth's official opening night on Friday will follow several preview performances. Manchester arts festival kicks off 2013-07-04T11:04:09Z McIntosh, who served as dramaturge for a college production of “Macbeth,” said she wanted to highlight how ambition in the entertainment industry can be used to excuse all kinds of misbehavior. How Female Playwrights Are Adapting, and Revamping, ‘Macbeth’ 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z It also appears frankly insane for Macbeth to produce Duncan's bloodied corpse for the thanes to inspect. Macbeth 2010-04-30T20:35:00Z Its pages are open to the beginning of “Macbeth,” Abraham Lincoln’s all-time favorite Shakespeare work. L.A. exhibition probes Shakespeare-California connections, including a rare Edwin Booth recording 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z You get the sense that after Lady Macbeth she is growing a little weary of tragic antiheroines. Marion Cotillard: ‘Before my family, everything was dedicated to the character’ 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z Scots actor James McAvoy was recently nominated for an Olivier award for his role as Macbeth in a West End revival of the play. Fassbender 'attached' to Macbeth 2013-04-30T11:42:18Z This season offers quite the rematch, as Washington’s expert work in “The Tragedy of Macbeth” may be the only real threat to Smith winning his first Academy Award, for “King Richard.” The 2022 Oscar Race Has Begun. Here’s Who Is Already Ahead. 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z As much as the film is a departure for Coen, “The Tragedy of Macbeth” isn’t really a solo act. Joel Coen distills ‘Macbeth’ down to the bone 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z How did playing Hamlet prepare you for Lady Macbeth? Ruth Negga Thinks Lady Macbeth Is Misunderstood 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z “Tech was chaos,” said Talley Murphy, director of “Macbeth in the Basement.” Some Fringe troupes say performing at Gallaudet posed an unfair burden 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Some of Griffin’s risks turned out to be of more academic than dramatic interest, as was the case with the staging of a Restoration-era “Macbeth” in 2018. Folger Theatre’s Janet Griffin announces her retirement after decades of devotion to Shakespeare 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z In “Macbeth,” Shakespeare made the owl a harbinger of evil and doom. Tony Angell: A grateful guest in ‘The House of Owls’ 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z After I finish here, I do Verdi’s “Macbeth.” A Word With: Robert Wilson and Sheryl Sutton: Robert Wilson’s ‘Zinnias: The Life of Clementine Hunter’ 2013-01-22T23:00:01Z On the evening of January 26, 1936, Joseph Stalin and several other Soviet leaders went to the Bolshoi Theatre, in Moscow, to see a performance of Dmitri Shostakovich’s opera “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.” Julian Barnes and the Shostakovich Wars 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Hawke is first, with “Macbeth,” going for a tone of reverence mixed with a seeker’s curiosity. | ‘Shakespeare Uncovered’: ‘Shakespeare Uncovered,’ on PBS 2013-01-24T23:43:07Z He infamously walked out of a 1973 stage production of "Macbeth" in mid-run, and has not performed for the theater in almost 30 years. Anthony Hopkins overcomes his stage fright in 'The Dresser' 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z He’s been previously compared to a Kennedy, but as the scene develops, he and his wife look more and more like Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. ‘Designated Survivor’ Season 1, Episode 10: Fireworks 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z The archways of its stone tiers fill with soldiers bearing bits of Burnham Wood, in fulfillment of a prophecy of Macbeth’s doom. Opera Review: Provocations at the Salzburg Festival 2011-08-16T11:30:19Z Macbeth Ensemble Theatre Company opens its season with Shakespeare’s dark fable about an ambitious Scottish warlord. L.A. theater openings, Sept. 25-Oct. 2: 'Phoebe Zeitgeist Returns to Earth' and more 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Usually people say an actor's career is marked by playing Shakespeare's great tragic heroes Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear. A Minute With: Ethan Hawke on acting, Selena Gomez and Shakespeare 2013-08-28T12:05:18Z “He did not delude himself to believe he was going to be the next Macbeth,” says Tia Powell Harris, who taught in the theater department at the time and now is chief executive of Ellington. The education of Dave Chappelle: How a D.C. arts school prepared him for stardom 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z She was in acting school, watching another student working on Lady Macbeth’s soliloquy when it struck her. How Marion Cotillard Tackled One of the Most Coveted Roles of All Time 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Give the advantage to Wright for her modern Lady Macbeth, though Emmy favorite Margulies has a powerful, emotional episode with "Last Call." The top Emmy races: Likely winners and possible upsets 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z A. I was playing Murderer No. 2 in “Macbeth” in Montreal in 1994, and I had a little too much time on my hands backstage. Rick Miller Talks About His ?MacHomer? 2012-03-25T01:30:03Z Coen’s “Macbeth” comes from a more mature perspective than is typical to the Scottish play. Joel Coen distills ‘Macbeth’ down to the bone 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z They drank wine and ate candy while a 32-piece orchestra sounded the opening notes of Verdi’s “Macbeth,” presented by the three-year-old LoftOpera. In unusual New York City venues — such as restaurants — the taste for classical music expands 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z But when he’s not in martial mode, this Macbeth is almost an ordinary guy, no better or worse than the rest of us. | 'Macbeth': The Deed Is Done, the Doers Undone 2011-03-25T23:54:57Z The absence of props, especially, becames counter-productive: if the real daggers Macbeth brings from the murder chamber are as invisible as the hallucinatory one that draws him to it, it cancels the effect. Macbeth | Theatre review 2010-03-25T21:30:00Z “I saw Shakespeare when I was very little, my brothers at school. It was Macbeth. When my eldest brother came on and said, ‘What bloody man is that?’ Judi Dench, Ciarán Hinds savor their moments in ‘Belfast’ 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z The opportunity for power animates her, though Salter, who was in Tommy’s 2009 “Eclipsed” at Woolly Mammoth, hardly throws herself into overdrive as Lady Macbeth goads the couple toward their first murder. Review | The king feels more like a pawn in updated, political ‘Macbeth’ 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z The reign of Macbeth, set in the context of the time, was successful and outward looking. Scottish campaign aims to reveal the real Macbeth 2013-02-14T17:06:38Z The park service and conservancy have collaborated for years on a number of smaller-scale art projects, recently bringing "Hamlet" and "Macbeth" to Alcatraz along with other site-specific installations. In Ai Weiwei show at Alcatraz, tourism and human rights go hand in hand 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z The company is also committed to performing operas in English, and here the translation of “Macbeth,” by Jeremy Sams, did much to advance its immediacy. Review: 2 Murderous Men in 2 Operas About Killing for Politics 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z In one of the most powerful duets of the show, Lady Macbeth persuades her husband to murder the king. ?Sleep No More? Is Theater Embedded With Dancers 2011-09-06T21:55:06Z Even death cannot part them: after Lady Macbeth's demise, Hille remains on stage with Keen placing a protective hand on her head as he tells us that life's but a walking shadow. Macbeth | Theatre review 2010-03-25T21:30:00Z Lady Macbeth — yes, reports of her death were premature — is attended to by women wearing head-scarves. 'Dunsinane' at the Wallis held back trying to land big message 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z At school I did a mock court room trial to see who was most guilty: Macbeth or Lady Macbeth? My top five worst witches 2012-07-20T11:00:00Z Saturday brings Verdi’s “Macbeth,” featuring Eric Owens in the title role for the first time and Melody Moore as his Lady, with Joseph Colaneri conducting and Anne Bogart directing. Classical & Opera Listings for July 10-16 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Scotland is also home, at least in lore, to Macbeth, the grasping noble who murdered his king while the latter slept in Macbeth’s castle. Last Supper: The Real-Life Massacre that Inspired the Game of Thrones ‘Red Wedding’ 2013-06-04T15:24:37Z “Macbeth,” which opened Sunday, is an anatomy of corruption, inscribing the path from power foretold to power seized to power clung to at all costs. ‘Macbeth’ Review: A Decent Man Turns Murderous Tyrant 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Nor is it the sort of familiar fare that commercial producers usually pick to reflect on wartime, like “South Pacific,” “All My Sons” or “Macbeth.” Star Power Meets War?s Firepower 2011-03-23T22:13:44Z But it's Shakespeare's Macbeth which is most shrouded in superstition – perhaps because of its supernatural element or perhaps merely because of the large number of fights. Should Alan Cumming beware the curse of Macbeth? 2013-04-16T15:03:45Z I regret not going to see today's act, Foe, last Friday at the Macbeth in London. Foe (No 1,003) 2011-04-12T16:23:41Z Conlon, who led the CSO in a pungent and powerful account of the suite here on Thursday night, compiled it at a time, 1991, when stage performances of "Lady Macbeth" were relatively few. Conlon serves Shostakovich suite to the max with CSO 2011-04-22T17:40:00Z The new “Macbeth” takes place circa 1970, not in a kingdom but in a nominal democracy with a tendency to elect strongmen. Review | Jo Nesbo puts a Nordic chill on ‘Macbeth’ 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z These stones antedate even the long-ago, medieval world in which this “Macbeth” is set. A Fast and Furious ‘Macbeth’ at Park Avenue Armory 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Lucic, who sang Macbeth when this production was introduced in 2007, is an elegant baritone with a distinctive voice, burnished, mellow, a little earthy. A Met ‘Macbeth’ worth a trip to the movie theater 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z “Macbeth” is probably Shakespeare’s evilest play — actors famously refuse to say its name inside a theater — and adolescence is probably the most haunted period of human life. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for June 2018 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Daniel Craig, who is starring in the title role of a new Broadway production of “Macbeth,” tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday, forcing the show to cancel most of next week’s performances. ‘Macbeth’ performances on Broadway pause after Daniel Craig tests positive for the coronavirus. 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z Studying new roles, he went religiously to primary sources, even beyond the score: Shakespeare for Verdi’s “Macbeth,” Goethe for “Faust,” Schiller for “Don Carlo.” Music: Standing Small, Singing Big, All Sulfur and Zest 2011-02-20T02:01:27Z Realism has never been the Coens’ style — Joel quotes Hitchcock: “My movies aren’t a slice of life. They’re a slice of cake” — but in “Macbeth,” he pushed further into a more heightened, theatrical movie realm. Joel Coen distills ‘Macbeth’ down to the bone 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z In drama school I was Lady Macbeth but in the industry I was Lotus the Massage Therapist. Representation heals: How watching K-dramas lifted the weight of white supremacy and freed my tongue 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Meanwhile the company reprise their visceral take on Macbeth, Who is That Bloodied Man? every night until 13 August at 10.30pm. Edinburgh festival: day one at the fringe 2012-08-06T15:42:24Z Mr. Keen’s Macbeth is almost pitifully human in the weakness he keeps revealing even at his most resolute. | 'Macbeth': Ambition Doth Curse All Makes of Men 2011-04-06T21:38:26Z Then Mr. Tang led a lively account of the ballet music that Verdi wrote for the 1865 Paris production of “Macbeth.” Belgrade Philharmonic Performs at Carnegie Hall 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z The Chicago Tribune said his Macbeth in 2013 was a “tragic hero without drive.” Ethan Hawke Is Still Taking Ethan Hawke Extremely Seriously 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z The 53-year-old actor plans to star in the title role of “Macbeth” in his return to Broadway next spring. Ladies and Gentlemen, Daniel Craig 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z As Macbeth’s fate begins to catch up with him, the king in Los Angeles Opera’s 31st season opener cannot look forward to having earned honor, love or compassion. Plácido Domingo's sound and fury in L.A. Opera's 'Macbeth' 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z “I kept thinking, I memorized the whole of ‘Macbeth,’ I can do this!” he said. Alan Cumming Uses Dance to Get at the Truth of Robert Burns 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Photograph: Tristram Kenton Her Macbeth is not one of smash and wallop. The Old Woman; Macbeth; Bank on It – review 2013-07-06T23:07:05Z And I’m about to reread “Macbeth,” to be in fighting trim for the movie and the play. Even Margo Jefferson Sometimes Gets Sucked Into a Bad Thriller 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z That’s particularly true of “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk,” Shostakovich’s ferocious depiction of Russian society out of joint, with crime and corruption rampant. A Trio of Dangerous Women in a Met Opera Week to Remember 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z In an early play called “Bright Lucifer,” he called for an ostinato of “devil drums”—a flourish that would resurface in the Voodoo “Macbeth.” Orson Welles, Musician 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Laura Rogers starts well as a fierce, feisty Lady Macbeth but rattles through the sleepwalking scene as if she had a train to catch. Macbeth 2010-04-30T20:35:00Z "Fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty," prays Lady Macbeth, and she means business. Grisly shows stalk Seattle stages: 'The Lieutenant of Inishmore,' 'Macbeth,' 'Evil Dead: The Musical' 2010-10-14T23:51:00Z "But I think the audience will be more scared of Macbeth." 2008 Macbeth: Is this a gun I see before me? 2012-08-12T17:30:01Z By the end, the fire had turned to something dead and ashen, and Macbeth had shrunk into an easily vanquished foe. No Matter the Role, Antony Sher Made Soaring Seem Possible 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z While with plays such as Hamlet, Othello and King Lear we can compare the Folio against the quarto, for other plays – such as Antony and Cleopatra, The Tempest and Macbeth – we cannot. Who edited Shakespeare? 2013-07-12T13:00:01Z Even if he over-illustrates Macbeth's images, pointing his hands skywards as he talks of "heaven's cherubim" and misses the character's savage irony, he has the right haunted look to him. Macbeth | Theatre review 2010-03-25T21:30:00Z Before we succumb to moral outrage we should recall how a "howlet's wing" is added to the witches' broth in act four of Macbeth. Wings of desire: why birds captivate us 2013-07-27T07:00:07Z His website says he also has a November engagement leading New York’s Metropolitan Opera in Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.” James Conlon to quit post with Chicago Symphony's Ravinia Festival 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Not that this “Macbeth” inspires hoots like the unwittingly campy “White Queen.” Critic’s Notebook: Something Wicked This Way Runs 2013-07-08T21:17:36Z The first production in the new Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 2011 – the company's 50th birthday year– will be Macbeth, directed by Boyd and starring Jonathan Slinger. RSC shows off ?112m revamp 2010-11-23T20:04:00Z Laurence Olivier and his then wife, Vivien Leigh, as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in a 1955 production of the play at Stratford-upon-Avon. Laurence Olivier's Macbeth film project rises from the dead 50 years on 2013-01-25T18:40:18Z For all its brilliance, “The Nose” is hard to warm up to and will probably never rival “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk,” Shostakovich’s only other opera, in popular appeal. Opera Review: 'The Nose' Pared Down to Its Essentials 2011-09-27T10:47:47Z That happened at a performance of “Macbeth” at New York University. Spectators Walk Out of a Show for Many Reasons 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Of all Shakespeare’s plays, Macbeth seems to lend itself most readily to this kind of deconstruction. Macbeth, Mary and Midler: Solo Turns on Broadway 2013-04-25T09:45:35Z Ms. Arbus, whose earlier work for Theater for a New Audience includes “Othello” and “Macbeth” with Mr. Thompson, is a refreshingly levelheaded director. Review: Domestic Doom, Fiercely Conveyed, in Ibsen and Strindberg Plays 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Nikkole Salter has a slightly better time of it as a Lady Macbeth who first appears in a Harvard T-shirt, reclining in a chair and looking lost. Review | The king feels more like a pawn in updated, political ‘Macbeth’ 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z That she was terrific — more Lady Macbeth than Ethel Merman — is hardly surprising. The Time I Saw Angela Lansbury Instead of the Horse Show 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z He was considering a touring theatre job – Macbeth – when he got a part in The Pillars of the Earth as a swashbuckling knight. Jim Broadbent, Matthew Macfadyen and Sam Claflin: three actors, one man 2010-11-21T06:00:00Z If you’ve endured many classic retreads — “Macbeth” set in Nazi Germany; “The Great Gatsby” spiked with hip-hop — you may be skeptical. Colm Tóibín’s ‘House of Names’ gives voice to a furious mother 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z “His music after ‘Lady Macbeth’ is different because it has so many layers,” he added. Stalin Didn’t Like This Opera, but Audiences Still Do 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Witches, gore and garden gnomes ... a child-friendly take on Macbeth Over the past few years, as the fringe has expanded, the number and variety of family-friendly entertainments has grown with it. Edinburgh fringe: the 10 best shows for children 2010-08-24T10:00:00Z Then Hunter, an Olivier Award winner who played the witches in Joel Coen’s film “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” set off across London for Shakespeare’s Globe. ‘He Presented Another Path’: Actors and Directors on Peter Brook 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z If you get tired of running after Macbeth, the Bald Witch or Banquo, there’s a lively bar scene. ?Sleep No More? Is Theater Embedded With Dancers 2011-09-06T21:55:06Z It all starts Friday with Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” and runs through Oct. The New York Film Festival Is Back, and Our Critics Have Favorites 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z One scene, in particular, neatly sums up the lack of subtlety: that in which Macbeth engages two murderers to bump off Banquo. Macbeth – review 2013-02-24T16:01:01Z However, the three films – Creed, Macbeth and Steve Jobs – function as a sort of cross-section of where Fassbender, now 38, finds himself, as if extracted by some sort of career-borehole drill. Michael Fassbender: fearless performer with a craftsman's approach to the art of acting 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z FRI-SUN Key City Public Theatre presents "Macbeth," bring blankets or lawn chairs, 6 p.m. Community calendar 2011-08-11T00:56:04Z And Helen Matthews: "Macbeth divorced her for wasting soap". Fiction in a flash 2012-10-08T15:17:42Z Jarry almost certainly had the Macbeths in mind, but his creations are even more monstrous. This week's new theatre 2013-01-26T06:00:15Z She will play the role of Lady Macbeth at the Lincoln Centre Theatre in New York from October. Anne-Marie Duff heads to Broadway 2013-07-18T09:59:24Z In a marvellous conclusion to the banquet scene, where she and Macbeth are stranded at either end of a hugely long table, she is left alone, stricken. The Old Woman; Macbeth; Bank on It – review 2013-07-06T23:07:05Z Shakespeare is also transposed to the present – in this case a modern Arab state – in Macbeth: Ben and Leila at in Newcastle from Thursday. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-07-06T14:44:00Z Neither does Perez’s earnest Macbeth, whose soliloquies are often spotlighted as action freezes around him. Review | The king feels more like a pawn in updated, political ‘Macbeth’ 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Even the challenge of playing Macbeth on Broadway sounds a little mad for this Academy Award-nominated, handsome movie star. Ethan Hawke Dives into ‘Macbeth’ With Zeal 2013-11-25T13:11:02Z Mr. Mocatta may have been a bold grandfather, but he was hardly alone in bringing a youngster to the show: This “Macbeth” was intended for ages 6 and older. In London, a Bloody ?Macbeth,? for Children 2010-07-16T22:40:00Z But the opera is dominated by Katerina, its scheming Lady Macbeth. A Trio of Dangerous Women in a Met Opera Week to Remember 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z But it is necessary to follow the unspooling thread of Macbeth's humanity. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Scholars have argued that Macbeth and his lady have one of the better marriages in Shakespeare’s canon, for a while anyway. 13 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Dr. Glatter said that he recently treated a fashion publicist whose hands were cracked and red from slathering Purell every 10 minutes, like Lady Macbeth with a BlackBerry. Illness Walks the Runway 2013-01-30T23:31:57Z Watching “Umbatha: The Zulu Macbeth” at the Lincoln Center Festival in 1997, I found myself suppressing giggles as I read the words, “Is it my eyes that shape this assegai in the air?” ArtsBeat Blog: Theater Talkback: The Writing's on the Wall 2011-11-10T17:00:41Z For McDormand, 64, the connection in particular to “Macbeth” goes back even further. Coen premieres a stark ‘Macbeth,’ with Denzel and McDormand 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Macbeth is distinguished by his bravery, not his intellect. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Lady Macbeth is such a larger-than-life theatrical figure that it's only natural that audiences would like more information about her than Shakespeare is willing to provide. Toil and trouble, and missed connections, in 'Macbeth' at Berkeley Repertory Theatre 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z “Macbeth” is scheduled to begin preview performances at The Duke on 42nd Street on March 12, with an opening night of March 20 and a closing date of April 22. Theater for a New Audience to Stage 'Merchant' 2010-07-21T20:53:00Z She will next perform in “Macbeth” on Wednesday, and the production will be beamed live to movie theaters around the world on Saturday as part of the Met’s Live in HD series. After Anna Netrebko’s ‘Macbeth’ Triumph, ‘Norma’ is Next 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Other baritones have sung Macbeth with more power than Zeljko Lucic summons, but he brought telling vocal inflections to the music, including sotto voce singing to suggest Macbeth’s terror. Opera Review: Provocations at the Salzburg Festival 2011-08-16T11:30:19Z Four shows — “Paradise Square,” “Macbeth,” “Plaza Suite” and “A Strange Loop” — canceled multiple performances because of coronavirus cases. Tony Award Nominations Postponed Because of Coronavirus Delays 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z I don't think I'll be doing `Macbeth' again in my life. Alan Cumming takes on 'Macbeth' _ all of it 2012-07-06T17:08:08Z Nesbo’s “Macbeth” is the latest entry in a project in which top-flight novelists are asked to reinterpret Shakespeare. Review | Jo Nesbo puts a Nordic chill on ‘Macbeth’ 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z That master class consisted of starring in a movie directed by Joel Coen, “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” which opens the same day. Denzel Washington on directing: ‘I’m still learning’ 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z A black comedy riff on “Macbeth,” with a side of fries, it tells the story of Mac, a 1970s fast-food worker, and his ruthless wife, Pat. Ten Years Later, Adam Gwon Is Looking to Kill 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z A new production of Verdi's "Macbeth" starring Plácido Domingo and the company premiere of Philip Glass' "Akhnaten" will kick off the 2016-17 season at Los Angeles Opera, leaders are expected to announce on Tuesday. L.A. Opera to present 'Macbeth,' 'Akhnaten' and Leonard Bernstein tribute in 2016-17 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z As the fiendish and cunning Lady Macbeth, Frances McDormand is revelatory. Denzel Washington is commanding in Joel Coen's bloody, bold and resolute "Tragedy of Macbeth" 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z Shakespeare's masterpieces Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 will also be staged, while Lucy Bailey's production of Macbeth will star Elliot Cowan, who recently appeared in the Donmar's award-winning A Streetcar Named Desire. 2010-02-15T17:28:00Z A: There's a few things I want to play, but I want to do Lady Macbeth at some point, probably on stage, although a film version of Lady Macbeth would be interesting too. A Minute With: Laverne Cox on 'Orange' and transgender activism 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Olivier's screenplay concludes with a spectacular fight between Macbeth and the man who vanquishes him, Macduff. Laurence Olivier's Macbeth film project rises from the dead 50 years on 2013-01-25T18:40:18Z Turning again to Shakespeare, Mr. Branagh said that the mystical elements of “Thor” — enchanted hammers, frost giants — were no more preposterous than the supernatural tropes in plays like “Macbeth” or “The Tempest.” Summer Movies: Creating a God, With Links to Olivier 2011-04-28T13:49:44Z Even so, as “Macbeth” productions go, this is not unusually violent or especially bloody. Review | The king feels more like a pawn in updated, political ‘Macbeth’ 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Their son Nicholas Lionti was an onstage extra in the Met productions of “Nixon in China” and “Macbeth”. Luminaries Lost: A look at some of the artists lost to virus 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie states that is “debatable whether” Lady Macbeth is a villain. Dictionary.com’s general definition of a villain is “a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime.” A Question of Theme 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z “They’re very much more white witches than the three witches in ‘Macbeth.’ ” Spare Times for Children for Aug. 1-7 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z A Mediterranean Lady Macbeth, she stabs with a knife and flirts with her eyes. Colm Tóibín’s ‘House of Names’ gives voice to a furious mother 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z The miners recite “Macbeth,” as they really did. Where to look for treasure in California's new gold rush? Try John Adams' new opera 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z And the novel is brightly studded with allusions not just to “Hamlet” but also to “Macbeth,” “Lolita,” “A Tale of Two Cities,” Montaigne’s essays, Dante, Nietzsche and Kafka. Review: ‘Nutshell,’ a Tale Told by a Baby-to-Be (or Not-to-Be) 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z "Lady Macbeth" opens in the UK on Friday and in U.S. cinemas in July. 'Lady Macbeth' star talks murder, sex and playing her scary part in new film 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z An eerie soundtrack fills the air as costumed performers move about all six floors re-enacting pivotal scenes from “Macbeth.” Stage Is Set. Ready for Your Part? 2011-03-18T19:00:51Z “The Tragedy of Macbeth”: Several upcoming movies are in black and white, including Joel Coen’s new spin on Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” ‘Spencer’ Review: Prisoner of the House of Windsor 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z “It looks like a rave, but it’s ‘Macbeth,’” says Ciglar, who is tall and thin and — with his jeans, tennis shoes and glasses hooked over the top button of his crisp-blue shirt — very Hollywood. 'From the man who gave you "Hamlet" and "Lear"': Why live theater needs movie-style trailers 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z The performance is inspired by the themes of Shakespeare's Macbeth -- "guilt, betrayal, murder, ambition, suspense," according to Doyle. Haunting New York show draws crowds, masked stars 2011-08-16T16:52:32Z He's a born movie actor, not a master thespian; I have no desire to see him in "Macbeth" or "Uncle Vanya." Ashton Kutcher: Tomorrow's Clark Gable? 2010-06-05T18:01:00Z The good guys in “Macbeth” are generally bores and stiffs. A Fast and Furious ‘Macbeth’ at Park Avenue Armory 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z ‘Macbeth,’ in turn, offers great opportunities to grip them with an exciting story.” In London, a Bloody ?Macbeth,? for Children 2010-07-16T22:40:00Z Macbeth is no ordinary man, nor Lady Macbeth an ordinary woman. Review: In a New ‘Macbeth,’ Something Wonky This Way Comes 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z He uses his power to help Coralie secure a part in a revival of "Macbeth," but as they become destitute, her performance and the play must be a success. "Lost Illusions" is a sumptuous period piece on the allure of fame, followers and fake news 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z "That's just who happens to be playing Hamlet or Macbeth or Henry V - the right person for the role. " Peake: Actresses can play male roles 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z “He told me a very important thing about ‘Macbeth’: The rhythm and the words are almost more important than the notes,” she recalled. After Anna Netrebko’s ‘Macbeth’ Triumph, ‘Norma’ is Next 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z “The Death of Stalin,” was nominated for Outstanding British Film, on a list that included “Lady Macbeth,” “God’s Own Country,” and “Three Billboards,” which was directed by Briton Martin McDonagh. 'The Shape of Water' leads nominations for Britain's BAFTA awards 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z LBJ, I suggest, is the most Shakespearean of American presidents, a figure worthy of Lear and Falstaff, Caesar and Macbeth. ‘Every country has its fearmongers’ – Bryan Cranston on Trumbo and Hollywood’s blacklist 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z There’s no doubt that if he chose, he could play Macbeth as a sustained juggernaut of fissured Olympian grandeur. | 'Macbeth': The Deed Is Done, the Doers Undone 2011-03-25T23:54:57Z Macbeth is one of those characters who’s reported on, at first, as being this warrior who can slice a person from their nut sack to their throat. Ladies and Gentlemen, Daniel Craig 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z After the dance, Lady Macbeth takes Duncan away to another room. "Sleep No More": Shakespeare meets Internet games 2011-08-16T18:01:00Z I could picture this character sitting across a table from Macbeth or Shylock and having plenty to talk about. Tony Soprano, Al Swearengen, Vic Mackey, Gus Fring 2011-09-19T14:20:00Z The proposal is to form an authoritative trail of important places connected with Macbeth for visitors and enthusiasts alike. Scottish campaign aims to reveal the real Macbeth 2013-02-14T17:06:38Z And I haven’t even gotten to “The Tragedy of Macbeth” and “The Lost Daughter,” arty adaptations that might play better with academy members than guild voters. Who Will Be Nominated for the Oscars? Here Are Our Projections. 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z After all, Lady Macbeth is arguably the more ruthless of the pair: she encourages Macbeth to murder the king. How Female Playwrights Are Adapting, and Revamping, ‘Macbeth’ 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z In keeping with the vision of a “postmenopausal” Macbeth, they did change a line Macbeth speaks to his wife: “Bring forth men-children only/For thy undaunted mettle should compose/Nothing but male.” Denzel Washington, Man on Fire 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z For “Macbeth,” Noseda reverted to the original ending, a solo aria for Macbeth that Verdi later replaced with an oddly bouncy chorus — and that, in this production, made a powerfully effective close. Perspective | After a conductor’s injury, an opera in Scotland became a test run for the NSO’s future 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Song of the Goat's Macbeth is at the Pit in London before moving to the Corn Exchange in Brighton. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-11-19T16:12:00Z “The fantastic imagination of the hero” is what reveals the profound desolation of “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” but also what redeems the play from absolute bleakness. ‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ Review: The Thane, Insane, Slays Mainly in Dunsinane 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z And her Lady Macbeth sounds as though she needs a spell on the couch. Samantha Spiro: 'I have friends in therapy and I am jealous' 2013-06-08T23:05:17Z James Franco, who came up with the film’s story line, plays a college theater director who finds his production of “Macbeth” taking an erotic turn he hadn’t anticipated. What’s on TV Saturday 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z Once the King is dispatched, Macbeth tries to contain the situation, killing the two guards he has framed for the murder. Denzel Washington is commanding in Joel Coen's bloody, bold and resolute "Tragedy of Macbeth" 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z “Lady Macbeth” had indeed been conceived as the first of four operas about heroic Russian women. The Fact and Fiction Behind Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth’ 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The cast, which includes some welcome new additions, is even stronger than it was when I saw “Macbeth” in Manchester. A Fast and Furious ‘Macbeth’ at Park Avenue Armory 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z During curtain calls, it was startling to see the fearless Lady Macbeth vanish, and Ms. Netrebko, all smiles, look girlishly happy as she waved to her fans. In the Met’s ‘Macbeth,’ Anna Netrebko as the Scheming Wife 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z One concerned “Lady Macbeth,” the other “The Bright Stream,” a ballet that Stalin had seen just before the opera. The Fact and Fiction Behind Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth’ 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Trump’s own long-running American drama managed to remain as tragic as it was comic, inspiring comparisons to “Macbeth,” “Richard III” and even “Titus Andronicus.” Review | Shakespeare still matters. A new book reminds us why. 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z It is possible that while there he wrote King Lear and Macbeth. What happened to Shakespeare's theatres? 2014-04-23T06:29:19Z A fan approached Mr. Hawkins to tell him how amazing it was to see two Black actors, representing good and evil — Macduff and Macbeth — in the final, searing sword battle on a bridge. Denzel Washington, Man on Fire 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z But instead of making the Macbeths’ relationship about domination and submission—which it is, with a woman calling the shots—Ashford and Branagh make it about obvious stuff, like sex. Getting 'Macbeth' Right 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Not just because, as Lady Macbeth, she briefly wears a gold metallic gown in Sam Gold’s otherwise fairly casual staging of “Macbeth” at the Longacre Theater. Ruth Negga Thinks Lady Macbeth Is Misunderstood 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Like Macbeth, the murderous Todd is defeated by the same compulsion that brought him greatness in the first place. Sweeney Todd 2010-05-26T20:45:00Z The Berlin State Opera’s production of Verdi’s “Macbeth” begins with the madly ambitious Lady Macbeth slowly walking over a burning battlefield, carrying a sword as she negotiates a stage littered with corpses. Anna Netrebko Returns to Berlin, Amid Protests and Some Boos 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Macbeth will hit select U.S. theaters on Dec. 4. Watch Michael Fassbender Rise to Power in New 'Macbeth' Trailer 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Lucic, who sang Macbeth when this production was introduced in 2007, is an elegant baritone with a distinctive voice, burnished, mellow, a little earthy. In the Met’s ‘Macbeth,’ Anna Netrebko as the Scheming Wife 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Shakespeare, too, was a tireless reviser, Mr. Shapiro pointed out, even adding some songs to a later production of “Macbeth,” of all plays, just to perk it up. In ‘Something Rotten!,’ if Music Be the Food of Farce, Play On 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z “Macbeth” is a play of second thoughts, the conscience that increasingly dogs Macbeth and his equally ambitious wife. Review | The king feels more like a pawn in updated, political ‘Macbeth’ 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z “This is one of the only good marriages in Shakespeare,” said Joel Coen, who adapted and directed “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” opening widely on Christmas Day. Denzel Washington, Man on Fire 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z But Mr. Keen’s delivery of Macbeth’s signal speeches is almost choked with uncertainty. | 'Macbeth': Ambition Doth Curse All Makes of Men 2011-04-06T21:38:26Z Like “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” “Passing” is filmed not just in black and white but also in a boxy aspect ratio that recalls some of Hollywood’s earliest feature films. This Movie Season, It’s a Black-and-White Boom 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z He wrote in a way that pulled you into Hamlet, and pulled you into Macbeth. Killer Mike on America: "We've failed, but we can change it" 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z Yet, during much of the evening, especially in Macbeth’s brooding moments, he sang with grave beauty and affecting emotional vulnerability. Review: Plácido Domingo Is Gone, but He Still Haunted ‘Macbeth’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Lady Macbeth’s problem, which emerges gradually and precisely here, is that she isn’t nearly as strong as she thinks she is. | 'Macbeth': The Deed Is Done, the Doers Undone 2011-03-25T23:54:57Z Verdi composed “Macbeth” in 1847, a tumultuous time in Europe, and included a scene in which Scottish refugees sing of their oppressed homeland. Music Review: Verdi?s ?Macbeth? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-16T22:47:17Z Verdi wanted to avoid making his “Macbeth” too pretty, and broke with bel canto convention when writing the music for the . Music Review: Verdi?s ?Macbeth? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-16T22:47:17Z For example, Olivier and his then wife Vivien Leigh were to play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, but also two of the three witches. Laurence Olivier's Macbeth film project rises from the dead 50 years on 2013-01-25T18:40:18Z Opera lovers planning to see the Met’s production of Verdi’s “Macbeth” in 2,000 movie theaters around the world beginning Oct. A 36-Hour Jeff Koons Marathon at the Whitney 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z There is no assured path, but an actor must somehow clarify Macbeth's slippery interior journey. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z The play will be directed by Jamie Lloyd, director of the theatre's production last year of Macbeth that starred James McAvoy. Shakespeare role for Martin Freeman 2014-04-04T12:42:13Z This is dialogue on a level with amateur pantomime, yet Blanchett delivers it like Lady Macbeth on steroids. Will 'Goddess of Death' Cate Blanchett solve Marvel's female supervillain problem? 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z “The show happens around you,” said Tori Sparks, who plays Lady Macbeth. ?Sleep No More? Is Theater Embedded With Dancers 2011-09-06T21:55:06Z At the same time, another production of “Lady Macbeth” had long been running up the street from the Bolshoi at the Nemirovich-Danchenko Theater. The Fact and Fiction Behind Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth’ 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Governor Hathaway’s wife, upon hearing that he’s been passed over, berates him in a way that makes Lady Macbeth look like Tami Taylor. ‘The Contender’ Lit Me on Fire. Now It’s a Cringe Factory. 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Photograph: Douglas Mcbride Seymour the florist has a lot in common with Macbeth. Little Shop of Horrors – review 2012-06-07T17:15:01Z "Macbeth": Adrian Noble sets Verdi’s interpretation of Shakespeare in the 20th century, with Thomas Hampson, left, in the title role and Nadja Michael as Lady Macbeth at the Metropolitan Opera House. Music Review: Verdi?s ?Macbeth? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-16T22:47:17Z She took another step into legend with her 2014 Met appearance as a platinum-blonde Lady Macbeth. Anna Netrebko May Be Extra, but That’s Why We Love Her 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Macbeth himself evinces a mordant sense of humor now and then. Theater Review: ‘Macbeth,’ With Alan Cumming at the Barrymore Theater 2013-04-22T02:00:49Z Eventually, Macbeth is also killed and Lady Macbeth commits suicide. How Female Playwrights Are Adapting, and Revamping, ‘Macbeth’ 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Drinking is a pastime for everyone from kings to the Porter in Macbeth. Shakespeare on drugs: The secret narcotic history of the world’s greatest playwright 2014-04-23T15:15:00Z He and the other producers won’t reveal exactly where their modern-day “Macbeth” ends up, though a shot at the presidency isn’t a bad guess. ‘House of Cards’ Arrives as a Netflix Series 2013-01-18T15:00:00Z Surprisingly, the “Macbeth” fashioned by artistic director Jordan Friend fits smoothly in the room where the audience sits in a single row on either side of the narrow stage. Review | Susan Derry brings polish to Keegan’s ‘Bridges of Madison County’ 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z "The Tragedy of Macbeth" opens in theaters on Dec. 25 and streams on Apple TV+ on Jan. 14. Denzel Washington is commanding in Joel Coen's bloody, bold and resolute "Tragedy of Macbeth" 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z The work continued overnight, when a night crew arrived to strike the “Figaro” set to make room for the “Macbeth” set, which had the stage Tuesday. The Met Prepares for Opening Night 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z The effect of a great actor using all her experience to turn from Viola to Volumnia, from Juliet to Lady Macbeth, was breathtaking. Lynne Truss: rereading Four Lectures on Shakespeare by Ellen Terry 2012-07-27T21:55:01Z Alan Cumming’s solo version of Macbeth — produced by the National Theater of Scotland and first staged last year at New York’s Lincoln Center— is just as impressive. Macbeth, Mary and Midler: Solo Turns on Broadway 2013-04-25T09:45:35Z These visions that Macbeth sees, the apparitions, two of them are children or babies. They Played With Dolls. Did That Make Them Playwrights? 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Not only did the First Folio give us more accurate texts, but without it the plays left unprinted during Shakespeare’s lifetime might have been lost — no “Tempest” or “Julius Caesar” or “Macbeth,” for example. ‘The Millionaire and the Bard,’ by Andrea Mays 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Domingo will play the title role in "Macbeth" -- a baritone part that he recently added to his repertoire -- and company Music Director James Conlon will conduct. L.A. Opera to present 'Macbeth,' 'Akhnaten' and Leonard Bernstein tribute in 2016-17 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Those who have followed Mr. Branagh’s career in theater and film may wonder if he’s looking over his shoulder partly to see if the ghosts of Macbeths past, present and future are gaining on him. Critic’s Notebook: Something Wicked This Way Runs 2013-07-08T21:17:36Z And though Claire is a bit much of a Lady Macbeth, the Underwoods’ symbiotic relationship is believable and in its own way loving: “my husband doesn’t apologize,” she tells him after a setback. Review: House of Cards Sinks Its Sharp Teeth into Washington 2013-01-31T15:00:10Z He created the archetypal antihero in “Macbeth” and “Richard III.” Too Much Shakespeare? Be Not Cowed 2013-09-12T18:18:17Z I've been doing baritone roles for five or six years, and Macbeth was one of the parts that I really wished I could sing. Plácido Domingo on playing Macbeth in L.A. Opera's season opener 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Characters don't readily disclose their deepest secrets in "Macbeth" — they are strangers to themselves — but the problem is that the language doesn't seem natural in the actors' mouths. Toil and trouble, and missed connections, in 'Macbeth' at Berkeley Repertory Theatre 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Her lover is not her intellectual equal, and Macbeth knows it. Getting 'Macbeth' Right 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z But that investigation wasn’t going to wrap up before Domingo’s three scheduled performances of “Macbeth” this fall, and rehearsals for the opera proceeded. Plácido Domingo withdraws from ‘Macbeth,’ ends Met Opera career 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z "Macbeth," so it says, "was a king of the Scots whose rule was marked by efficient government and the promotion of Christianity." Rehabilitate Macbeth for Scotland? If you want history, go to the library 2013-02-15T18:58:09Z And how does Leah playing Macbeth in a school production of The Scottish Play fit into it all? Mother May I Sleep with Danger?: James Franco's lesbian vampire flick lacks bite 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z Nesbo sets his “Macbeth” in the early 1970s, in an unnamed city that strongly resembles Glasgow. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z “I’m not going to sing Lady Macbeth one after another.” After Anna Netrebko’s ‘Macbeth’ Triumph, ‘Norma’ is Next 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z His strangely alluring chamber opera “Macbeth” was a highlight of the 2003 Lincoln Center Festival. | July 11-17 : July 18 ? 24 2010-07-16T15:05:00Z As with the other new productions, “Macbeth” boasts a conductor of the highest caliber, although Riccardo Muti, who turned 70 last month, dampened enthusiasm by announcing that this would be his last Salzburg opera. Opera Review: Provocations at the Salzburg Festival 2011-08-16T11:30:19Z I played Macbeth and lost my dagger during the “Is this a dagger which I see before me” scene. Experience: I went blind for a year 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z Though he sang a little cautiously, Mr. Peake has the tenor goods, and he brought a warm, ringing and expressive voice to arias from Verdi’s “Macbeth” and Meyerbeer’s “Africaine.” Music Review | Grand Finals Concert of the Metropolitan Opera?s National Council Auditions: A Chance to Listen to the Future at the Met 2010-03-15T21:54:00Z Take, for example, the empty gore of Sam Gold’s “Macbeth” on Broadway last season, with its severed limbs and gushing blood, which did nothing to elevate or elucidate the production. The Theater at War 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z There’s no doubled trouble in the slickly handsome new version of “Macbeth” with Michael Fassbender. Review: ‘Macbeth,’ Starring Michael Fassbender, Awash in Gorgeous Carnage 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z I am going to say Macbeth everywhere, even in the theatre. Should Alan Cumming beware the curse of Macbeth? 2013-04-16T15:03:45Z Shcherbakov had praised the original Leningrad production of “Lady Macbeth” in a letter to Stalin. The Fact and Fiction Behind Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth’ 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z In the “Macbeth in the Suburbs” adaptation, what does Macbeth see instead of a forest walking? Style Invitational: Hyphen the Terrible — a neologism contest 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z But from her first scene, in which she reads aloud Macbeth’s letter explaining the mysterious prophesies of the witches, Ms. Netrebko sang with a mesmerizing blend of steely resolve and seductive allure. Review: Plácido Domingo Is Gone, but He Still Haunted ‘Macbeth’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z There was no announcement from the stage, only the blunt white slip indicating the role of Macbeth would be sung by Zeljko Lucic, “replacing Plácido Domingo.” Review: Plácido Domingo Is Gone, but He Still Haunted ‘Macbeth’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z One of his students thought it evoked Hamlet’s meeting with the ghost of his father; it was actually part of the sketch for a Macbeth opera that Beethoven considered. Music Review: Piano Trios From a Pair of Kindred Masters 2011-02-08T22:23:04Z This “Macbeth” banks the sound and fury that lies within the play and its title character. | 'Macbeth': The Deed Is Done, the Doers Undone 2011-03-25T23:54:57Z Fast, furious and unstoppable, time keeps rushing forward in this “Macbeth,” knocking the breath out of everyone, audience included. Critic’s Notebook: Something Wicked This Way Runs 2013-07-08T21:17:36Z In a drug lord’s words, Lady, as she is simply called, is Macbeth’s “beloved dominatrix.” Review | Jo Nesbo puts a Nordic chill on ‘Macbeth’ 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z You will get more actual Shakespeare from “Drunk Shakespeare” than you will from this long-running, “Macbeth”-tinged design extravaganza — but this is the granddaddy that inspired the current immersive vogue. Eat, Drink, Dance and Be Part of the Play 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z I did “Macbeth” one summer, wrote my memoir, did movies. Alan Cumming explains why he loves singing sappy songs, from Sondheim to Miley Cyrus 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z His latest baritone excursion is another Verdi epic, "Macbeth," which the singer first performed in Berlin last year. Plácido Domingo on playing Macbeth in L.A. Opera's season opener 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Sound and Fury, Set in the 20th Century Even the bleakest of Shakespeare’s tragedies, like “Macbeth,” are punctuated by an occasional moment of comic relief. Music Review: Verdi?s ?Macbeth? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-16T22:47:17Z As Macbeth wades deeper into blood, with murder succeeding murder, you can feel his warrior’s adrenaline taking over, making him both majestic and monstrous. | 'Macbeth': The Deed Is Done, the Doers Undone 2011-03-25T23:54:57Z Those prophecies famously lead Macbeth, under the sway of his opportunistic wife, to kill the king and Banquo and assume rule. Plácido Domingo's sound and fury in L.A. Opera's 'Macbeth' 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z What drew you to the role of Macbeth? Plácido Domingo on playing Macbeth in L.A. Opera's season opener 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Death haunts this place, and soon Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, is leading his troops to victory on the battlefield, the arena that Mr. Kurzel loves best here. Review: ‘Macbeth,’ Starring Michael Fassbender, Awash in Gorgeous Carnage 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Goldberg says watching a modern man suffer what Macbeth goes through is a way to make the savagery in the play, which often feels mythologized and removed, more urgent. Alan Cumming takes on 'Macbeth' _ all of it 2012-07-06T17:08:08Z Last year, I had the pleasure and privilege to see Frances McDormand in Berkeley in a live performance of "Macbeth" in which she played both Lady Macbeth and the witch Hecate. Review: On Violence and the Pain of Others in ‘Three Billboards’ 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Mikhail Baryshnikov will star in a new play, “In Paris,” and Alan Cumming will appear in a one-man production of “Macbeth” by the National Theater of Scotland. ArtsBeat: Lincoln Center Festival's Menu 2012-03-21T21:20:23Z At first glance, Shostakovich’s opera “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” might seem easy to sell. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z The "good doctor", as he is called, tells Macbeth he has no cure to offer. Ten of the best good doctors in literature 2010-06-18T23:15:00Z Verdi's "Macbeth" is one of the composer's most thrilling youthful accomplishments, brimming with a dark vitality perfectly suited to the tale of the murderous Scottish king and his bloodthirsty wife. Vocal toil and trouble beset Lyric's 'Macbeth' 2010-10-02T18:53:00Z Distance can be difficult when you are one of dozens of attendees chasing Lady Macbeth down a dim hallway. ‘Sleep No More’ Awakens After a Long Hibernation 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Hillary was a scheming Lady Macbeth who was actually running the country. Clinton marriage mystique: How their partnership went from liability to asset — especially for younger voters 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Henry Irving's Macbeth ran for more than six months to packed houses, and the costume was reused on many later tours, crossing the Atlantic at least twice. Ellen Terry's beetlewing gown back in limelight after ?110,000 restoration 2011-03-11T18:32:01Z When the last act began with the hushed chorus “Patria oppressa” — a grim reaction to Macbeth’s oppressive rule — it was hard not to think of the tragedies of the past two years. Verdi’s Shakespeare Resonates Across Italian Opera Houses 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z That was followed by a production of “Macbeth,” which he took to the Edinburgh Festival in 1985 and to Central Park in the summer of 1986 as part of Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival. Yukio Ninagawa, 80, Who Directed Avant-Garde Productions of Classics, Dies 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z I have never seen a “Macbeth” in which “light thickens” so obscuringly and illuminatingly. Critic’s Notebook: Something Wicked This Way Runs 2013-07-08T21:17:36Z But “Macbeth” is the most instantly accessible of Shakespeare’s tragedies: violent, elemental, familiar, short. Review: In a New ‘Macbeth,’ Something Wonky This Way Comes 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z He played Brutus, Hamlet, Henry V and Macbeth at the Birmingham Rep, and in 1956 made his London debut in the Old Vic’s production of Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra. Albert Finney obituary 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Salter’s human-scaled Lady Macbeth never quite finds a commanding, revealing moment. Review | The king feels more like a pawn in updated, political ‘Macbeth’ 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z But a theater critic can tell you the real reason "Macbeth" is cursed. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z “Lady Macbeth” survived a period in which culture became the very thing that its heroine so shockingly resisted: mind-numbing, repressive parochialism. The Fact and Fiction Behind Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth’ 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The plan is for a return in May or June, the company said, with “Macbeth” and “Henry V,” and, soon after, “All’s Well That Ends Well.” Ethan McSweeny resigns as head of American Shakespeare Center amid financial peril and staff complaints 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z For Documenta 13 last summer the Polish artist Maria Loboda created a “moving forest” with references to military strategy and “Macbeth.” Art In Review: Maria Loboda: ‘General Electric’ 2013-01-24T23:49:29Z And as Mr. Thompson plays him, Macbeth becomes so vulnerably, embarrassingly human that it’s almost impossible not to identify with — and yes, even pity — him. | 'Macbeth': The Deed Is Done, the Doers Undone 2011-03-25T23:54:57Z A week earlier he was singing in a different new production of “Macbeth” in Beijing, which meant he was in L.A. for minimal rehearsal. Plácido Domingo's sound and fury in L.A. Opera's 'Macbeth' 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Small wonder that Verdi — who also adapted “Macbeth” and fashioned “Falstaff” out of “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and “Henry IV” — contemplated taking on “Hamlet” but ultimately changed his mind. ‘To Be or Not to Be’: Is It the Question or the Point? 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z And yet for all the sometimes grotesque imagery, and Mr. Cumming’s visceral performance, on an emotional level this “Macbeth” never truly draws blood. Theater Review: Alan Cumming in ‘Macbeth’ at Lincoln Center Festival 2012-07-08T20:59:33Z As an antidote to the sugar, what we need now is a grumpy film called Letters to Lady Macbeth, in which malcontents leave rage-filled missives in the battlements of Glamis Castle. Film review: Letters to Juliet 2010-06-10T21:46:00Z All came together in his Macbeth, which combined inward reflectiveness, lethal irony, a brutal danger and an overwhelming sadness. Is Judi Dench the best ever? 2010-12-16T13:54:02Z But time does not, as Macbeth would have it, creep in a “petty pace.” Critic’s Notebook: Something Wicked This Way Runs 2013-07-08T21:17:36Z But pretty soon that’s dropped, and we’re in the same old “Macbeth” territory of war and conquest and all those crimes against God eventually smiting the hubris of man. Getting 'Macbeth' Right 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z He maligned Macbeth in order to butter up his patron King James. Rehabilitate Macbeth for Scotland? If you want history, go to the library 2013-02-15T18:58:09Z In a release from the publisher, Mr. Nesbo said, “ ‘Macbeth’ is a story that is close to my heart because it tackles topics I’ve been dealing with since I started writing. ArtsBeat: Jo Nesbo to Write Updated ‘Macbeth’ 2014-01-15T18:13:47Z The fate of “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” at the hands of Stalin and the obsequious officials in his circle is well known. Met’s ‘Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk’ Stars Eva-Maria Westbroek 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z His Lady Macbeth wife, Loretta, befriends an authoritarian Catholic priest to help keep Michael in line, and later arranges an abortion despite her avowed opposition. ‘Golden Age’ review: Jane Smiley brings America into the age of terror 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Here, the Macbeths’ machinations were placed in context: No longer is their ascension just about the inevitability of fate, but how the greed of a privileged few can destroy the lives of a marginalized many. The Theater at War 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Best also introduces the sound of a shrieking owl that chills our blood even more than Lady Macbeth says it does hers. Macbeth – review 2013-07-04T22:00:00Z Anna Netrebko got a staircase on which to enact a chilling moment for Lady Macbeth, planning the murder of King Duncan, in Verdi’s “Macbeth.” The Metropolitan Opera Celebrates Itself 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z When Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand began rehearsing to play the Macbeths, he asked her how she thought the couple had met. Denzel Washington, Man on Fire 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Much like what Joel Coen did for his stylistically and narratively brilliant film “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” and what Sam Gold will surely do in a highly anticipated “Macbeth” coming to Broadway. A Smorgasbord of Shakespeare, With Some New Trimmings 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Can he become the first performer to be nominated against himself in the best actor category: Macbeth v Jobs? Michael Fassbender: fearless performer with a craftsman's approach to the art of acting 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Hunter said they are like the Witches in “Macbeth.” “Power can be a dangerous thing when it falls into the wrong hands”: Troy Ruptash is the dapper villain of “Dig Two Graves” 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z Two of the recent productions for which I struggled to find company were The Doctor's Dilemma at the National and Macbeth at the Sheffield Crucible. Why star casting in theatre isn't the answer 2012-10-03T15:36:06Z The ruthless Godunov may recall Macbeth, but it may be Shakespeare's history plays that spring to mind in a tale of political machinations and revenge. This week's new theatre 2012-11-10T00:06:26Z Her next show was Hamish Macbeth, and I was promoted to script editor and writer on that series. Entering the Intergenerational Foundation film competition? Read on 2013-02-13T09:00:03Z It was also said to be dismayed by the lack of awards for hopefuls such as Carol, Southpaw and Macbeth. Playmobil film producers hit back at Weinstein Company 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z The idea of the Macbeths as a single, indissoluble psychic entity is well executed by the two leading players. Macbeth | Theatre review 2010-03-25T21:30:00Z Maqbool is based on Shakespeare's Macbeth Early in the new millennium, just as Bollywood seemed to become all gloss and syrup, there was another development. Amit Chaudhuri: 'How I learned to love Bollywood' 2013-07-25T19:00:01Z Down in the Village, Film Forum was showing “Macbeth” as part of an Orson Welles festival. From ‘American Sniper’ to ‘Macbeth,’ a Reporter’s Moviegoing Spree 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Lady Macbeth goes insane and then commits suicide. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 9 Recap: Bye Bye Love 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Macbeth Southern California Shakespeare Festival presents the Bard's dark drama about the power-hungry Scottish warlord. L.A. theater openings, Sept. 6-13: 'American Falls' and more 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Perez is most assertive with Macbeth’s pride, symbolized by the upward twisting thrust of Macbeth’s trademark power salute. Review | The king feels more like a pawn in updated, political ‘Macbeth’ 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z It is not the speaking but the staging that takes you into the heart of Macbeth. Macbeth; Circle Mirror Transformation; The Paper Architect – review 2013-07-13T23:05:59Z For “Macbeth,” this is both a strength and a snag. Review: ‘Macbeth,’ Accelerated, at Public Theater 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Opera’s new season is scheduled to kick off in September with a new production of Verdi’s “Macbeth” starring Placido Domingo, who is the company's general director. Los Angeles Opera says ticket sales jump in its anniversary season 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Mixing shades of “Macbeth” and “King Lear,” the director Dileesh Pothan enlivens universal themes of greed, ambition and familial conflict by firmly rooting his film in its time and place. Five International Movies to Stream Right Now 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Wegner was already making a name for herself with work on films like “Lady Macbeth” and “Zola.” Ari Wegner: The other woman behind ‘The Power of the Dog’ 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z ‘Sleep No More’ offers little insight into ‘Macbeth.’ ArtsBeat: 'Sleep No More' Finds Room in Chelsea 2011-01-12T17:30:10Z There we were, doing Macbeth on Friday the 13th in a haunted prison. Prison drama 2011-06-23T07:38:19Z In “Macbeth,” the other characters are casually dressed, but at one point, Lady is wearing a gold gown. Ruth Negga Thinks Lady Macbeth Is Misunderstood 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Macbeth's challenging character trajectory, moving from a decorated war hero to a spiritually deadened killing machine, would have been frowned upon by Aristotle, who had fixed views on this sort of thing. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Later, one would play Lady Macbeth in middle school, and the other one was a stage manager and director in high school. The Half-Empty Nest 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Macbeth could bring out a guy’s paranoid streak, even without that fabled curse said to attend productions. | 'Passion Play': Sarah Ruhl?s Play Within a Play at Irondale Center 2010-05-13T03:53:00Z Standing on the stones—they seem to float out of them, like fog—we listen as they tell us that in this “foul and filthy air” they will meet again with Macbeth. Getting 'Macbeth' Right 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z The process of shooting “Macbeth,” which was shut down two-thirds of the way through due to the pandemic, is also not something he cares to repeat. Joel Coen distills ‘Macbeth’ down to the bone 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z We've also, over the years, seen Hanson in a vast range of roles — whether Medea, Lady Macbeth or Pat Nixon — in stagings traditional and unconventional. Suzan Hanson brings immediacy, authenticity to Long Beach Opera's 'La Voix Humaine' 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z He recently spoke by phone about "Macbeth" and the perennial question of how much longer he plans to keep singing. Plácido Domingo on playing Macbeth in L.A. Opera's season opener 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z “Macbeth,” of course, is a well-known and much-loved tragedy by William Shakespeare, and this revival has been one of the most anticipated productions of the spring on Broadway. ‘Macbeth’ performances on Broadway pause after Daniel Craig tests positive for the coronavirus. 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z Here, portrayed with electrifying duplicity by Mr. Suchet and Ms. Wanamaker, they’re more like the Mr. and Mrs. Macbeth of Middle America – guarded, watchful and consciously poisoned by their own corruption. London Theater Journal: Arthur Miller, Pinteresquely 2010-07-20T17:25:00Z We had to do a Shakespeare, and we did Macbeth. Britain's cultural debutantes 2011-01-16T00:04:11Z Single state of man … Alan Cumming will be hoping to burnish his reputation on Broadway with his solo version of Macbeth. Alan Cumming Broadway-bound in solo Macbeth 2013-02-01T12:17:34Z Other characters include a reporter, a real estate agent, a male stripper and a librarian, along with three witches from “Macbeth.” Review: ‘NewYorknewyork @Astor Place,’ a Multilayered Production 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Anger is a theme that runs throughout “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.” Stalin Didn’t Like This Opera, but Audiences Still Do 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Between the vignettes, the “double, double, toil and trouble” witches from Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” appear. ‘Witches Vanish’ is an uneven brew about an important topic 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z Still, don’t get the wrong impression: Though this “Macbeth” was made in the spirit of minimalism, Delbonnel often brought in the boldest lights he could muster. This Movie Season, It’s a Black-and-White Boom 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Craig is at his best in physicalizing Macbeth’s transitions; you can see in his bearing the effects of flattery and finery on his balloon personality. Review: In a New ‘Macbeth,’ Something Wonky This Way Comes 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z While she draws no straight line from Lady Macbeth to herself, Cotillard still finds relevance in the four-centuries-old tale of her character’s swift rise and steady demise. How Marion Cotillard Tackled One of the Most Coveted Roles of All Time 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Imagine “Macbeth,” but with a five-person cast that includes an inebriated actor in the title role. How ‘Drunk Shakespeare’ Became a Stage Franchise 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z It was signalled to me by the release of a reworking of Macbeth, called Maqbool, starring Irrfan Khan, which set the Shakespeare play in the Mumbai underworld. Amit Chaudhuri: 'How I learned to love Bollywood' 2013-07-25T19:00:01Z Simonson views this as a great tragedy and wants the audience to come away with the same feeling they might when leaving Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” ”King Lear” or “Macbeth.” Black Sox opera ‘The Fix’ premieres Saturday in Minnesota 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z “Macbeth,” she said, is “so satisfying, and it has so much dark comedy in it that people keep coming back to it.” How Female Playwrights Are Adapting, and Revamping, ‘Macbeth’ 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z The seeds of mental fragility can be seen in Ms. Hille’s emotionally febrile Lady Macbeth from her first moments onstage. | 'Macbeth': Ambition Doth Curse All Makes of Men 2011-04-06T21:38:26Z On the opening night of the “Macbeth” that insulted her, Margot settles into the audience and summons her dark powers. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z If I read him correctly, Mr Johnstone goes so far as to fantasise a Macbeth theme park where the maligned monarch fell in battle. Rehabilitate Macbeth for Scotland? If you want history, go to the library 2013-02-15T18:58:09Z “Darkest Hour” received nine nominations as well, including for outstanding British film, where it will compete with “The Death of Stalin,” “God’s Own Country,” “Lady Macbeth,” “Paddington 2” and “Three Billboards.” ‘The Shape of Water’ by Guillermo del Toro Gets 12 Bafta Nominations 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z I could go on — every scene is a mini-master class in the craft of acting — but “The Tragedy of Macbeth” is effectively the portrait of a power-mad power couple. ‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ Review: The Thane, Insane, Slays Mainly in Dunsinane 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Frances McDormand’s Lady Macbeth is sometimes reduced to a caricature of female villainy: ambitious, conniving, skilled at the manipulation of her hesitating husband. ‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ Review: The Thane, Insane, Slays Mainly in Dunsinane 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z He commented to the singer of Lady Macbeth that one plaintive woodwind note in her sleepwalking scene held the whole key to her twisted psychology. ?Attila? and Muti in Debuts at the Met 2010-02-19T18:03:00Z It is Lady Macbeth who wears the pants in the family, just like Marge. Rick Miller Talks About His ?MacHomer? 2012-03-25T01:30:03Z In Shakespeare’s tragedy, the murder-bound Macbeth does not ask himself, “Is this an aerial silk which I see before me/The dangle toward my hand?” Review | Fringe Festival’s early returns: Politics in the lead 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Hawkins said that he sometimes prayed with Mr. Washington on the “Macbeth” set in Burbank. Denzel Washington, Man on Fire 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Blood will have blood, as Macbeth says, and in “Bridges,” sap will have sap. Review | Susan Derry brings polish to Keegan’s ‘Bridges of Madison County’ 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z The troupe also is planning in indoor staging of "Macbeth" in October, with details pending. Arts news: Jazz winners, Sondheim honor and summer Shakespeare 2010-03-23T23:15:00Z Say, for instance, that you wanted to figure out how to follow the character of Macbeth without losing him in the crowd. "Sleep No More": Shakespeare meets Internet games 2011-08-16T18:01:00Z Mr. Goold’s earlier experiments have also been attention grabbing: turning “American Psycho” into a musical, for example, and directing Patrick Stewart in a bloody, Stalinist-era “Macbeth.” A British Play Imagines Charles (Finally) in Charge 2014-04-14T17:30:49Z In the “Macbeth” monologue, the strongest and most deftly woven of the four, Mr. Daisey contrasts the scheming, belittling Lady Macbeth with Jean-Michele Gregory, his wife and longtime director, who also directs this production. Mike Daisey on Shakespeare and His Own Failings 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z TIME: I’ve heard Steve Jobs, the film, described as Shakespearean, which is a bit of a coincidence given that you recently played Macbeth. Oscar Nominee Michael Fassbender on the Problem With Picking Winners in the Arts 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z At first, when the witches tell Macbeth he will one day rule Scotland, he is horrified by the thought of what that means for the people in his way. Review: In a New ‘Macbeth,’ Something Wonky This Way Comes 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z At “Thoughts of a Colored Man,” the playwright performed to save a night; at “Macbeth,” the director did the same. The Twisting Trail to the Tonys: ‘Can You Believe That We’re Here?’ 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z A poorly reviewed production of “Macbeth” has been playing to packed houses, presumably thanks to the curb appeal of the movie star playing the title character, Daniel Craig. The Twisting Trail to the Tonys: ‘Can You Believe That We’re Here?’ 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z In school productions, I played Anita in “West Side Story,” Abigail in “The Crucible,” one of the witches in “Macbeth,” Viola in “Twelfth Night.” Emilia Clarke, of “Game of Thrones,” on Surviving Two Life-Threatening Aneurysms 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z A mere professional, like Shakespeare or his colleague and sometime rival Ben Jonson, could never dream of committing masterpieces like “King Lear” or “Macbeth.” Movie Review: ?Anonymous,? by Roland Emmerich - Review 2011-10-27T15:47:42Z Alex Kingston, instantly recognisable to TV viewers from ER and Doctor Who, is once again playing the ruthless Lady Macbeth. Branagh takes Macbeth to New York 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z We do know music will be on the menu; “Macbeth” will feature an original score by the singer-songwriter and violinist Gaelynn Lea. A Smorgasbord of Shakespeare, With Some New Trimmings 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z But her Lady Macbeth is also passionate, not only about the crown of Scotland, but about the man who will wear it. ‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ Review: The Thane, Insane, Slays Mainly in Dunsinane 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Macbeth has attracted superstition in theatrical circles and it's deemed bad luck to name the play in a theatre. Curse of Macbeth? Actor taken to hospital after Branagh battle 2013-07-15T12:29:23Z I say almost, because when Macbeth isn’t a fighter, he’s a brooder of deep, self-flagellating ambivalence. | 'Macbeth': The Deed Is Done, the Doers Undone 2011-03-25T23:54:57Z By contrast, "Macbeth," with its ruthless velocity and diabolical intrigue, seems like a theatrical slam-dunk. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z There will also be fresh takes on enduring classics of the stage: Steven Spielberg does “West Side Story,” while Joel Coen adapts Shakespeare in “The Tragedy of Macbeth.” Winter Movies 2021: Here’s What’s Coming Soon to Streaming and Theaters 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z When my night ends well after midnight, after a performance of Macbeth at the Metropolitan Opera and a raucous trip to a burlesque-themed nightclub called the Box, something funny happens. DealBook: Living Like a Billionaire, if Only for a Day 2012-04-04T22:26:55Z But things at the Met came to a head on Saturday afternoon, after Mr. Domingo appeared at the final dress rehearsal of “Macbeth.” Plácido Domingo Leaves Met Opera Amid Sexual Harassment Inquiry 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z At one point, Macbeth speaks, almost disparagingly, of his “vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself and falls on the other …” No Matter the Role, Antony Sher Made Soaring Seem Possible 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z “And the story that was most convincing was that she was a Lady Macbeth.” “Captivated” director: Pamela Smart is not the demonic ice princess that the media created 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Little remains of Shakespeare’s script, but in Akira Kurosawa’s masterly interpretation of Macbeth the poetry is all visual: brooding castle gates, misty battlefields, empty rooms where only the worst will happen. The best Shakespeare films – ranked! 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z So many scenes depend upon it – from Henry V touring the troops incognito, to the Porter in Macbeth unwittingly realising his role in murkier deeds, to the "darkness" of the Dark Lady. Darkness in literature: from the Bible to Joyce 2012-12-31T09:14:54Z In two years I'd already done Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear in five different languages . Shakespeare inspires forest drama 2012-09-05T07:31:23Z The star won her first Olivier award in 1977 for Macbeth, going on to win a further six . Dame Judi Dench named best stage actor of all time 2010-12-16T09:28:32Z There are Hamlets without Fortinbras; Macbeths in which the Porter has gone missing; Romeos and Juliets with no apothecary bemoaning his poverty. Should a playwright have the final say over a production? 2013-07-25T11:43:37Z While she’s played Lady Macbeth at Folger twice, her performance as Philip has a reviewer wondering whether she might not also at some point be a remarkable Macbeth, or perhaps even Richard II? Review | You won’t find Westeros on Folger’s stage. But you will find a game of thrones. 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z “I want Lady Macbeth ugly and bad,” Verdi once said, adding that even her voice should be not altogether beautiful, but “harsh, stifled and dark.” Verdi’s Shakespeare Resonates Across Italian Opera Houses 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z But David Kneuss, the Met’s executive stage director, who is leading the “Lady Macbeth” revival, recalled that during that period, “everything was loud and louder and louder.” Donald Palumbo, a Met Star in the Wings 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Clearly the production is based on Freud's insight that Macbeth and his Lady are part of a single consciousness, and that, after the murder, his fears are fulfilled through her. Macbeth | Theatre review 2010-03-25T21:30:00Z The performance, which included scenes from Romeo and Juliet, Titus Andronicus, Othello, Macbeth, Julius Caesar and Hamlet, lasted for almost an hour. 'Bard-breaking record' at 37,000ft 2014-04-23T18:04:14Z Randolph is initially both dignified and hilarious, especially when "OVERpreparing" for a big audition by rehearsing a dramatic Lady Macbeth speech. Review: 'What Rhymes With America' is quirky fun 2012-12-13T01:43:08Z Macbeth, though, is part of Fassbender’s third string, the series of edgy, putatively dangerous films that, presumably, he would suppose is his “real” work. Michael Fassbender: fearless performer with a craftsman's approach to the art of acting 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z He is still on the bill for “Macbeth.” Accusations Against Plácido Domingo Divide the Opera World 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z In creating Macbeth, “Shakespeare embodied a single character with a full and often contradictory range of human traits – ambition, weakness, gullibility, bravery, fearfulness, tyranny, kindness.” Why I loved Charlie Brown and the Peanuts cartoons 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z “Some of it is isolated opportunities, and some of it is a desire to open it up,” Kahn says of choices that stretch well beyond a parade of “Macbeths” and “Midsummer Night’s Dreams.” Michael Kahn plots his Shakespeare Theatre exit for 2019 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z I was going through the catalogues and I pulled up a script and found it was Macbeth. Laurence Olivier's Macbeth film project rises from the dead 50 years on 2013-01-25T18:40:18Z Laura Rogers makes a convincing wife for him – bringing out Lady Macbeth's ready-made ambition. Before I Sleep; Eurydice; Macbeth 2010-05-08T23:07:00Z Midgette: Well, I may have a higher tolerance for "Macbeth" adaptations, since at this point in my life, I've been to Verdi's operatic version more than Shakespeare's original drama. Review | Two critics debate a rare rehashing of a revised ‘Macbeth,’ singing witches and all 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z At the time, Ms. Bass described herself as cross between Marie Antoinette and Lady Macbeth. Serena Bass’s Life Spent in the Main Course 2013-04-17T23:03:58Z McKellen’s mesmerizingly idiosyncratic recitations from “Hamlet,” “Macbeth” and “The Tempest” — which located a brooding acknowledgment of existential nothingness in three very different works — had me shivering. When Home Is a Big Broadway Stage 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z “Macbeth,” directed by Mr. Cimolino, was, along with “All My Sons,” the finest production I saw. In Praise of Repertory Theater: Macbeth at the Matinee, Miller at Night 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z It is following it up by screening Patrick Stewart in a film version of Macbeth on BBC4 next year. BBC to screen first TV adaptation of Henry V for more than 30 years 2010-09-29T19:00:00Z Mr. Branagh delivers the early monologues of vacillation, as Macbeth contemplates regicide, with the briskness of a military mind that must clear itself of obstacles. A Fast and Furious ‘Macbeth’ at Park Avenue Armory 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z It’s the macho Lady Macbeth who eventually quails and collapses; sucking renewed manliness from her death, Macbeth all but dares the world to incite his own. Review: In a New ‘Macbeth,’ Something Wonky This Way Comes 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Ms. Moore, dispatching early fears that she might use her strong voice as merely a blunt instrument in portraying Lady Macbeth, settled into a variety of modes of expression, and even showed vulnerability at times. At Glimmerglass Festival, ‘The Magic Flute’ Is Among the Reimagined 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Double, Double Toil and Trouble Fundraiser features readings from Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” a haunted maze and more; with Harry Hamlin. The week ahead in L.A. theater, Oct. 29-Nov. 5: 'Yohen,' 'King John' and more 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z Like Lady Macbeth, she carries the night light from her bedroom. She Rotates, She Floats, She Glides on Her Toes 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z For House of Cards’ version of Macbeth to reclaim its status as tragedy, Macbeth has to die. How the reality of Trump's America outpaced House of Cards 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Scholars of Shakespeare have often been a bit perplexed by this late tragedy, written after the concentrated period of creativity that produced “King Lear,” “Macbeth” and “Antony and Cleopatra.” Review: An Electrifying ‘Coriolanus,’ Addicted to War 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z The very heightened reality around her, her evil nature, was rooted in a kind of Macbeth approach. ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: Nicolas Winding Refn on Being One With Ryan Gosling 2013-05-16T15:01:10Z Exotic appeal … Kochanowski Theatre's Polish version of Macbeth, part of the World Shakespeare festival. X is for xenophobia 2012-05-22T12:27:52Z The most famous Scotland-set play of all, however, remains “Macbeth,” which gets a virtual immersive treatment from the Big Telly Theater Company. Theater to Stream: Scotland Speaks and Nurses Get Their Say 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z He runs to the bedroom with the bathtub, Lady Macbeth undresses him and bathes him, etc. "Sleep No More": Shakespeare meets Internet games 2011-08-16T18:01:00Z Ms. McDormand told me that she was not interested in modern interpretations of Macbeth as an emblem of toxic masculinity, or in correcting the stereotype of Lady Macbeth as a harridan. Denzel Washington, Man on Fire 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z The centre, which is close to Edinburgh Airport and about eight miles from the city centre, will be transformed to stage a powerful new Polish production of Macbeth set in the Middle East. Festival begins at Speed of Light 2012-08-09T08:44:08Z Near the end of the novel, Macbeth raises his hand to give a certain door a momentous knock. Review | Jo Nesbo puts a Nordic chill on ‘Macbeth’ 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z That is certainly the life Macbeth has known. A Fast and Furious ‘Macbeth’ at Park Avenue Armory 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Gasping for breath and stumbling as fast as he can, this Macbeth is trying to outrace the night. Critic’s Notebook: Something Wicked This Way Runs 2013-07-08T21:17:36Z Photograph: Johan Persson Macbeth's reputation as a cursed play was bolstered last week when one of 's co-stars was injured onstage in Manchester. Curse of Macbeth? Actor taken to hospital after Branagh battle 2013-07-15T12:29:23Z And for extra clammy creepiness, there are those witches spurring Macbeth on to ruthless ambition. Grisly shows stalk Seattle stages: 'The Lieutenant of Inishmore,' 'Macbeth,' 'Evil Dead: The Musical' 2010-10-14T23:51:00Z There’s plenty of real Shakespeare, too, as Mr. Neale’s winningly wild-eyed Tamberlaine borrows freely from the characters of Macbeth, Richard III, Titus Andronicus and, above all, one wacky Prince of Denmark. Review: Charles Ludlam in the Cosmos Where ‘Queens Collide’ 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Quotations of Shostakovich’s own previous music abound—including, in the final movement with the name motif, a counterpoint from the last scene of “Lady Macbeth,” in which prisoners are transported to Siberia. Julian Barnes and the Shostakovich Wars 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Shakespeare draws associations between the language, imagery and special effects of the play and the secret goings-on in Macbeth's mind. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z But “The Drowned Man” bears as much relation to its 19th-century source as “Sleep No More” did to “Macbeth,” which is to say very little. Critic’s Notebook: ‘The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable’ in London 2013-07-23T21:05:32Z The revival has been elegantly put together with stylish costumes, and visually arresting touches, as in the casting of all men to play the Three Witches who tempt Macbeth. Ethan Hawke Dives into ‘Macbeth’ With Zeal 2013-11-25T13:11:02Z One actually murmurs “When shall we three meet again?” thus calling to mind the Weird Sisters from “Macbeth.” Perspective | ‘A Wrinkle in Time’: Let’s hope the movie is better than the book 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z If the prospect of this latest "Macbeth" doesn't fill me with dread, it's not because I've finally gotten over the memory of Ethan Hawke mumbling his way through "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow" on Broadway. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z “Macbeth” will be directed by the Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien and is scheduled to begin performances on Oct. ArtsBeat: Broadway ‘Macbeth’ Hires a Lady to Star With Hawke 2013-07-17T18:36:30Z I only took my clothes off in one film – Macbeth, directed by Roman Polanski. Francesca Annis, actor – portrait of the artist 2013-06-18T17:36:02Z Shakespeare himself knew of the island, making reference to it in Macbeth as "Saint Colme's Inch". Edinburgh festival: day nine at the fringe 2012-08-14T15:35:20Z And Lady Macbeth has seriously strong scheming chops, just like Kim. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 9 Recap: Bye Bye Love 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Much later: Broadway roles in “Macbeth” and “The King and I.” Meet the Kids Who’ll Make ‘Sing Street’ Rock 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z As it happens, its American “Macbeth” will overlap the run of a British “Macbeth” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, by the celebrated troupe Cheek by Jowl. All of New York Is Shakespeare?s Stage 2011-02-17T23:26:20Z In Sam Gold’s take on “Macbeth,” I loved the lustful love story between Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga, but is it weird to say that I also really dug the stew? 11 Ways I Escaped Reality This Year 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z And for all its churchly imagery, this is a very earthy “Macbeth.” A Fast and Furious ‘Macbeth’ at Park Avenue Armory 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Macbeth was going to be Olivier's fourth cinematic adaptation of Shakespeare following successful versions of Hamlet, Henry V and Richard III. Laurence Olivier's Macbeth film project rises from the dead 50 years on 2013-01-25T18:40:18Z We were studying Macbeth; I was finding it hard. Shakespeare and me: Thea Sharrock 2012-06-30T23:05:28Z In fact, the script for "Dunsinane" never mentions the word "Macbeth," surely a nod to the theatrical tradition of never uttering such a bad-luck word inside a theater — at least without elaborate expunging rituals. In 'Dunsinane,' David Greig offers a timely play -- set in 11th century 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Even Kate Middleton, it turns out, has shades of Lady Macbeth—who knew? Theatre’s Superpower 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Audience members watch as Macbeth conspires with Lady Macbeth in Sleep No More, and sip tea with Alice and the Mad Hatter in Then She Fell. Batman in 4DX with fake rain and added smells? Bring it on 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Verdi took some liberties when adapting Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” into an opera, making changes like expanding Shakespeare’s three witches into a full chorus of background singers. Performance Guide for Autumn 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z Two of this year’s productions, “Le Trouvère” and the original version of “Macbeth,” are rarely performed incarnations of well-known works. An Italian Festival Presents Verdi on His Own Turf 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z “If you want to know what Lady Macbeth is all about, just find that,” he said of her performance. Ian McKellen: 'X-Men was a gay man’s delight, because it was full of the most amazing divas' 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z "Macbeth" has always struck me as Shakespeare's most psychological tragedy. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z “Mack, Beth” is a skeevy update of “Macbeth,” with slimy corporate climbers drinking hard and executing a lurid blackmail with cellphone photos. Bites from Shakespeare’s banquet 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z “The story line is a parody of Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth,’ but I have misquoted from many of his plays. Theater That Shakes, Rattles and Rolls On 2010-04-28T17:00:00Z I'm sitting on the floor, with my back against her legs, jiggling up and down while attempting to perform the "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow" soliloquy from Macbeth. Cicely Berry, voice coach to the stars 2011-07-24T21:15:01Z It is not, as Macbeth understood life, “a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” Barack Obama, invisible president: To truly see him requires white Americans to see themselves 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z I was seven and I was taken to see Macbeth at my brother's school; he played Duncan. Shakespeare and me: Dame Judi Dench 2012-06-30T23:07:04Z But the work’s ambition is par for the course for the young Opera Philadelphia, whose season also includes a setting of Verdi’s “Macbeth” in war-torn Africa and Rossini’s “Tancredi,” starring the redoubtable Stephanie Blythe. Classical Music to Come: A Finnish Star, Minimalism and Wagner 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z These are the broad outlines of “Peerless,” the playwright Jiehae Park’s sly and polished adaptation of “Macbeth.” Review: In ‘Peerless,’ Elite College Admissions Are Something Wicked 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Macbeth realises he's sold his soul to the Devil, and he can't bear it.' 'The day I shared a pint or five with Pete Postlethwaite' 2011-01-06T15:48:31Z Robin Wright plays Claire, Francis’s wife, a Lady Macbeth in jogging outfits who coolly stokes her husband’s ambitions while misusing her charitable foundation to fulfill her own. | 'House of Cards': ‘House of Cards’ on Netflix Stars Kevin Spacey 2013-01-31T23:08:08Z The real Macbeth, by contrast, was a cut above the typical 11th-century Scottish king. In praise of … the real Macbeth 2013-02-19T21:35:09Z Such stagecraft gives a frightful echo to Macbeth’s “tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow” soliloquy toward the end. Critic’s Notebook: Something Wicked This Way Runs 2013-07-08T21:17:36Z There are six shows scheduled to open next week, including “Funny Girl,” “The Skin of Our Teeth,” “A Strange Loop,” “POTUS,” “Mr. Saturday Night” and “Macbeth.” Tony Award Nominations Postponed Because of Coronavirus Delays 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Barbara Broccoli, who produces the James Bond films with her brother, is a producer of “Macbeth.” From 007 to Macbeth: Daniel Craig plots return to Broadway 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Its big pitch is that Macbeth is suffering post-traumatic stress disorder after fighting so many wars in medieval Scotland. Michael Fassbender: fearless performer with a craftsman's approach to the art of acting 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z And, since we are in a theatre dressing room, "The Scottish Play" is an acceptable alternative to saying Macbeth. Brush up your Shakespeare (in Love) 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z “There is a theater legend about Macbeth being a jinxed play,” Mr. Allen once told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Peter Allen, stalwart host of the Metropolitan Opera’s radio broadcasts, dies at 96 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z For at least the first half-hour of “Macbeth” I thought he was trying to demystify the play by placing it in more familiar contexts. Review: In a New ‘Macbeth,’ Something Wonky This Way Comes 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z To understand this, one must consider why "Macbeth" so often proves dissatisfying onstage. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z It became the perfect hook for ninth graders in a study of Shakespeare that would conclude in 12th grade with "Macbeth." Will high school "classics" be replaced? 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z In folklore and ghost stories, and in plays and films from Shakespeare's Macbeth through to Hitchcock's Psycho, murder sites are spooky places, the haunt of poltergeists and ghosts. London's crime scenes: murder in the city 2013-04-19T15:30:00Z The other is that, comedy or not, Seymour is on a tragic trajectory and, with co-worker Audrey, his Lady Macbeth, he must get his comeuppance. Little Shop of Horrors – review 2012-06-07T17:15:01Z It helps, too, to have a Macbeth in the ever-incisive Will Keen. Review: Howard Davies Play Explores Ukraine's Troubles in Wake of 1917 Revolution 2010-04-13T11:49:00Z Broccoli said she had been talking with Craig about Macbeth for several years, ever since he expressed an interest in playing the role. Done With Bond, Daniel Craig Will Play Macbeth on Broadway 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Lucy Bailey's production of Macbeth is the bloodiest imaginable – a pit-pleaser if ever there was one. Before I Sleep; Eurydice; Macbeth 2010-05-08T23:07:00Z The title — “Out, Out, Brief Candle” — recalls both Shakespeare’s Macbeth and a video by the artist himself, in which he crushes a candle with his foot. More Art to See in Paris This Fall 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z One of these spectacular Shakespearean words, “incarnadine,” which has the meaning already when he uses it in “Macbeth” as “red,” he uses it as a verb. The director of Folger Shakespeare Library on inventing words, abusing language 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z A gang of weird sisters still roams the foggy Scottish moors, periodically speaking in riddles and giving Macbeth the evil eye. Review: ‘Macbeth,’ Starring Michael Fassbender, Awash in Gorgeous Carnage 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The image of the tall and skinny teen donning tights to play a prancing horse in a daring production of “Macbeth” set in Haiti remains vivid. The education of Dave Chappelle: How a D.C. arts school prepared him for stardom 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Of the mystery plays that crowd anthologies, many – like The Spanish Tragedy, Macbeth, The Adding Machine, Desire Under the Elms, or Rope – aren't mysteries at all. The mystery of theatre's missing detective plays 2011-07-28T13:34:14Z ‘Macbeth’ Individual motivation doesn’t count for much in Jack O’Brien’s dark and dreary account of Shakespeare’s study in vaulting ambition, with character taking a back seat to mystical symmetry. Theater Listings for Dec. 13-19 2013-12-13T18:23:32Z The theme of theater continues with multiple allusions to William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” — a drama that America’s 16th president could recite from memory, his widow remembers. ‘The Widow Lincoln’ at Ford’s Theatre shows a first lady in mourning 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z "O, full of scorpions is my mind," Macbeth tells his wife at one point. Alan Cumming takes on 'Macbeth' _ all of it 2012-07-06T17:08:08Z There was an insert for the performance of Verdi’s “Macbeth” on Wednesday. Review: Plácido Domingo Is Gone, but He Still Haunted ‘Macbeth’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z "Macbeth is a story that is close to my heart because it tackles topics I've been dealing with since I started writing," Nesbo said. Crime writer Nesbo to retell Macbeth 2014-01-14T01:26:25Z A recurring, queasy slow-motion trill recalls the technique Verdi used to convey the creepy reveries of “Macbeth.” Review: ‘Angels in America,’ Carved to the Bone and Into an Opera 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z Mostly, though, ‘Attila’ is a wonderful consolidation of what Verdi had accomplished up to that time, written just before ‘Macbeth,’ which would explore so many new directions.” ?Attila? and Muti in Debuts at the Met 2010-02-19T18:03:00Z We’ll discuss the human performers anon, but let’s begin our look at Classical Theater of Harlem’s outdoor “Macbeth” with a nod to the uncredited stars: nature and New York City. Review: A ‘Macbeth’ at Ease in the Dark and Noisy City 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z The impeccably drilled ensemble members — who include Ray Fearon and Alexander Vlahos in impassioned performances as Macbeth’s most worthy adversaries — sustain a headlong pace without sacrificing clarity. Critic’s Notebook: Something Wicked This Way Runs 2013-07-08T21:17:36Z The plot of "Macbeth" is sort of a schizophrenic nightmare. Review: Alan Cumming's 1-man 'Macbeth' stunning 2013-04-22T00:16:04Z Macbeth, on the other hand, has strength to spare, at least as a man of action. | 'Macbeth': The Deed Is Done, the Doers Undone 2011-03-25T23:54:57Z He needs to make every performance not just impressive but, as this new “Macbeth” is not, special, all sound and and all fury all the time. Plácido Domingo's sound and fury in L.A. Opera's 'Macbeth' 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Our final show of “Macbeth” in 2016, there’s probably only 15 minutes left and the sky opened up. Missing Theater Under the Stars (Even the Bugs and the Rain) 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z But so too does Lady Macbeth back in Inverness when she receives her husband's report of the witches' predictions. Toil and trouble, and missed connections, in 'Macbeth' at Berkeley Repertory Theatre 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z In between “Macbeth” and “Assassins,” Classic Stage will round out its new season with a pair of major works of gothic horror: “Dracula” and “Frankenstein.” John Doyle to Direct ‘Assassins’ at Classic Stage Company 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Remy Auberjonois rounds out the cast as the actor Armin, who as Lady Macbeth becomes the unwitting object of the king’s lust. Theater Review | 'Equivocation': If He Can, Above All, to His Own Self Be True 2010-03-03T03:00:00Z Macbeth is a beast, but a reflective one. 2008 Macbeth: Is this a gun I see before me? 2012-08-12T17:30:01Z "Macbeth" on-screen doesn't have the same jinxed reputation, thanks to Orson Welles, Akira Kurosawa and Roman Polanski, all of whom successfully put their auteur stamps on the play. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Denzel Washington, star of “Macbeth,” is in line for his ninth acting Oscar nomination. ‘Dune,’ ‘Power of the Dog’ poised for Oscar nomination hauls 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z She performed in “The Crucible” and “Macbeth” at night; by day she protested the Vietnam War at the Pentagon. The lasting testament of Jane Alexander 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The majority of more than 25 shows playing increased their box-office takings, with the exception of Ann, Macbeth, Once, The Book of Mormon and Jersey Boys, though their losses were relatively small. Broadway buoyed by Tony success 2013-06-18T12:17:29Z These movies look like throwbacks — “Macbeth” to the black-and-white Shakespeare of Orson Welles and Laurence Olivier; “Power” to sprawling Technicolor epics like “Giant” — but they are also signs of life. The Future of Movies Collides With the Past at the New York Film Festival 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The chemistry between Macbeth and Lady is so palpable onstage. Ruth Negga Thinks Lady Macbeth Is Misunderstood 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Many were used in Mr. Ninagawa’s “Macbeth” as props to capture real and virtual images that recall the duality of everyday life as the plot of destruction and death unfolds. Yukio Ninagawa, 80, Who Directed Avant-Garde Productions of Classics, Dies 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Where Macbeth wins favour by his bravery on the battlefield, Seymour puts Mushnik's flower shop on the map with his cultivation of a previously unseen variety of plant. Little Shop of Horrors – review 2012-06-07T17:15:01Z He's careful each night after playing Macbeth - actually ALL of "Macbeth" - to bounce back as best he can. Alan Cumming takes on 'Macbeth' _ all of it 2012-07-06T17:08:08Z But it is the truly great tyrants of Shakespeare’s work, Macbeth and Richard III, who are most in the spotlight. Review | What can ‘Macbeth’ teach us about President Trump’s next move? 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z As the equivocal Macbeth of the early scenes, still susceptible to the dictates of honor, he is perfectly convincing. Theater Review: Alan Cumming in ‘Macbeth’ at Lincoln Center Festival 2012-07-08T20:59:33Z Zaslavsky’s takedown of “Lady Macbeth” is vulgarly imaginative, centering on Shostakovich’s desire to “tickle the perverted tastes of bourgeois audiences with its twitching, screeching, neurasthenic music.” The Fact and Fiction Behind Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth’ 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Much of the film was shot on Cornwall's wild coastline Smith directed the aspiring young actor in several school productions - Stevens auditioned for Macbeth aged 13 - and later encouraged him to read English at Cambridge. Downton star Stevens returns to 1913 2013-06-13T07:30:24Z It is war that provides Macbeth with the opportunity to seize power, and war that will also destroy him: a case of kill or be killed. 2008: Macbeth – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-12T14:10:00Z And then, yes, there I am, bouncing up and down on the floor trying to do justice to Macbeth. Cicely Berry, voice coach to the stars 2011-07-24T21:15:01Z They remind me of the three witches in “Macbeth”: seeming to hail from the spirit world but showing up in our own to deliver a message. Four Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Eight years earlier, I'd played Macbeth in a production that toured India. Brian Cox on his first RSC performance, Titus Andronicus 2013-01-01T17:00:12Z For example, he built on a moment in Shakespeare’s play when Macbeth is told by the three witches—recast as manufacturers of a mind-numbing illegal drug called Brew—that he is destined to become king. In a New ‘Macbeth,’ Crime Novelist Jo Nesbo Sets the Tragedy in 1970s U.K. 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z What a team player Macbeth is at the start. ‘Macbeth’ Review: A Decent Man Turns Murderous Tyrant 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Ms. Netrebko, by contrast, was afire with intensity as the calculating Lady Macbeth. Review: Plácido Domingo Is Gone, but He Still Haunted ‘Macbeth’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z By writing some of the most famous plays ever, including “Macbeth.” Stretch your creative muscles with playwriting or improv games 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z Despite Lady Macbeth’s three wonderful arias, the plot is here more about Macbeth, present in both the first and final scenes. Operas in Contrast: ‘Macbeth’ and ‘La Donna Serpente’ 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z There are long, idiosyncratic digressions in which he views his situation through various literary lenses – readings of Tintin, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Macbeth and the poetry of Plath. Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked by James Lasdun – review 2013-02-16T14:00:01Z Arguably his most politicized composition is his alluring, macabre opera “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.” The Fact and Fiction Behind Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth’ 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Macbeth's twitchy reaction is often eclipsed onstage by the spectacle of the ghastly witches. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Wailing about her daughter: "All she wants to do is study biology and Macbeth – and she came from my womb!" Hail the beeb 2010-08-07T23:02:00Z The 38-year-old actor has previously appeared in Twelfth Night and Macbeth for New York's annual Shakespeare in the Park season and starred in an off-Broadway production of Paul Weitz's S&M-themed play Trust. Zach Braff to star in Bullets over Broadway musical 2013-07-01T14:50:58Z Like “Macbeth” and “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” “From Here to Eternity” is scheduled one day to play across the pond on Broadway. Event cinema at a theater near you 2014-04-24T21:02:25Z Unlike more classic high-anxiety plays — say, “Oedipus Rex” or “Macbeth” — this production isn’t about to offer you the cleansing release of catharsis. ‘Is This a Room’ Review: Why’d She Blow the Whistle? 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z An intoxicatingly expressionist Shakespeare adaptation dense in fog and shadow, Coen’s “Macbeth” is a solo debut from a filmmaker whose visual virtuosity has never been so starkly drawn in sound and fury. Joel Coen distills ‘Macbeth’ down to the bone 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z During curtain calls, it was startling to see the fearless Lady Macbeth vanish, and Netrebko, all smiles, look girlishly happy as she waved to her fans. A Met ‘Macbeth’ worth a trip to the movie theater 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z When Anna Netrebko first took on Verdi’s murderously ambitious Lady Macbeth a few years ago, critics declared it one of her greatest roles. The Met Opera’s New Season: What Our Critics Want to See 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Verdi’s “Macbeth,” directed by Anne Bogart, has the great bass-baritone Eric Owens in the title role and Melody Moore as Lady Macbeth. Classical Music Listings for July 17-23 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z By the time she was 18, she had already played both Electra and Lady Macbeth. Irene Papas, Actress in ‘Zorba the Greek’ and Greek Tragedies, Dies at 96 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z "Macbeth/Medea/Cinderella": This ambitious merging of three classic myths into one theatrical opus is rather like a triple-decker sandwich of tuna fish, peanut butter and Velveeta cheese. Myth and mirth take the stage at Oregon Shakespeare fest 2012-07-19T21:29:02Z He loved Shakespeare, of course, but the roles that excited him were Coriolanus, Macbeth, Henry V. Not the Moor. For David Oyelowo, the Time Has Come to Play Othello 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Shakespeare's ultimate femme fatale, Lady Macbeth, is one of his suggestions. Johnny Depp driven "nuts" by French language 2010-12-01T20:23:00Z The 60-something Smurf is a magnetic, seductive hybrid of Lady Macbeth and Ma Barker in the camouflage of a cheery suburban grandmother. | 'Animal Kingdom': Gangsters, All in the Family, in Melbourne 2010-08-12T22:24:00Z Michael Corleone and Macbeth are both flawed, but their faults are not what are traditionally described as tragic flaws or blind spots. John Yorke on why the best screenwriting works 2013-03-15T16:00:03Z Intended for children 8 and older, it features Mr. Cannon, dressed in a kilt and brandishing a few props, incarnating all the roles, including a falsetto-voiced Lady Macbeth. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z WILL: "Dad, I think you're becoming a bit too much like Macbeth." 'The day I shared a pint or five with Pete Postlethwaite' 2011-01-06T15:48:31Z To be fair, he does so over the course of three plays, while top competitors like Macbeth and Titus Andronicus have just one. Review: Danai Gurira Makes a Sleek Supervillain of Richard III 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z Macbeth is a co-production between the Manchester International Festival, where the play opened last year, and the Armory. Branagh takes Macbeth to New York 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z "The Tragedy of Macbeth" may not have the wit of a typical Coen Brothers film, but it is still quite wondrous. Denzel Washington is commanding in Joel Coen's bloody, bold and resolute "Tragedy of Macbeth" 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z In Davide Livermore’s production, the Macbeths live in a rotating penthouse that looks out on a skyscraper city projected as if in an urban fantasy video game. Verdi’s Shakespeare Resonates Across Italian Opera Houses 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Daniel Craig has also been sidelined from his revival of “Macbeth.” Sarah Jessica Parker sidelined as Broadway fights virus 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z And some onstage violence is not averted: One character audibly snaps the neck of another in combat, and the climax includes Macduff holding the severed head of Macbeth for all to see. In London, a Bloody ?Macbeth,? for Children 2010-07-16T22:40:00Z Head over to Empire see the other images from the film before Macbeth debuts at Cannes in May. See New Photos of Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard in 'Macbeth' 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Our reviewer, James Shapiro, praised the adaptation, calling the book “a dark but ultimately hopeful ‘Macbeth,’ one suited to our own troubled times, in which ‘the slowness of democracy’ is no match for power-hungry strongmen.” New in Paperback: ‘Elastic,’ ‘Brass’ 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z But it’s a lesser “Macbeth” that so dramatically shrinks its king and queen to pawns. Review | The king feels more like a pawn in updated, political ‘Macbeth’ 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z It allowed Tiffany to cast him at various times as both Macbeth and Dionysus, the god of wine and ecstasy. Alan Cumming's Life Was No Cabaret 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z But then the day came when it was either a month in Scunthorpe doing Macbeth and Blithe Spirit, or would I do this picture, Miracle on 34th Street? David Thomson on Santa Claus 2010-12-23T22:29:01Z The witches from Macbeth by William Shakespeare.From my point of view the witches are the cause of all the drama in Macbeth. My top five worst witches 2012-07-20T11:00:00Z “By making addiction so central to his plot,” our reviewer, James Shapiro, writes, “Nesbo also makes Macbeth’s paranoia and hallucinatory visions, so crucial to Shakespeare’s play, not just believable but meaningful in a contemporary way.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z She's got a dirty sense of humor, you know, randomly breaking into lines from "Macbeth." "AKA Jane Roe" filmmaker on Norma McCorvey's authenticity and getting to that "deathbed confession" 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z He rejoices in the first name of Macbeth. World Cup; The Biology of Dads; Budget coverage 2010-06-26T23:05:00Z He took his production of “Macbeth” to the Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1990. Yukio Ninagawa, 80, Who Directed Avant-Garde Productions of Classics, Dies 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z The single role she regretted never trying was Lady Macbeth, and a Covent Garden “Norma” in 1987 was a rare misstep. Margaret Price Dies at 69, Soprano With Rich Voice 2011-02-01T06:51:50Z The lyrics “Stars hide your fires, these here are my desires” in “Roll Away Your Stone” allude to Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” Mumford & Sons to open for U2 at CenturyLink Field 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z He went on about Lady Macbeth, Desdemona, and so on, noting that he wasn’t like “Lear with blinded eyes.” “The Bells”: Lou Reed Out of Doors 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z It’s not like I’m Lady Macbeth and I’m stabbing the competition. Kerry Condon: ‘I Don’t Think Anything Has Ever Come Easy to Me’ 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z His extended immersion in film — his appearance in “Macbeth” in 2013 was his first stage outing in 10 years — “just happened,” he said. Kenneth Branagh Returns to the Stage, With More Roles 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Ripley proves fatal to almost everyone he meets, but, like Macbeth, he is primarily interesting for the way that he murders the self. The Talented Mr Ripley 2010-09-22T20:30:00Z The Macbeths may be ruthless political schemers, but there is a tenderness between them that is disarming, and that makes them more vivid, more interesting, than the more cautious and diligent politicians who surround them. ‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ Review: The Thane, Insane, Slays Mainly in Dunsinane 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z After a lightweight Macbeth at Shakespeare's Globe, we now get a production that gets closer to the heart of the play's mystery. Macbeth – review 2013-07-06T00:16:17Z At least one of the four ballerinas who tested positive for COVID-19 also appeared in the Dec. 7 premiere of the opera “Macbeth.” La Scala delays ballet season opener due to virus outbreak 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z There are exceptions, and last spring I visited a late rehearsal for Lucy Bailey's Macbeth at Shakespeare's Globe. What really goes on in the rehearsal room? 2011-01-14T14:58:38Z It was composed in 1937 after an official Soviet condemnation of Shostakovich over the modernist decadence of his shocking opera “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.” Music Review: A Visitor Arrives, Armed With a Sprawling Score 2011-02-11T22:52:48Z There will be thunder and lightning before the play ends, during a dark and stormy day in which someone goes missing and light thickens, as surely as it does in “Macbeth.” Review: A Criminally Enjoyable ‘Hangmen’ from Martin McDonagh 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z And I'm not sure it's a good idea to show us Macbeth actually stabbing the sleeping Duncan: the horror of the deed is all the more potent if we see it refracted through Macbeth's guilt. Macbeth – review 2013-07-06T00:16:17Z But this relentlessly analytical production, directed by Sam Gold, takes even that last quality apart, offering not so much “Macbeth” as a private inquest into it. Review: In a New ‘Macbeth,’ Something Wonky This Way Comes 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Macbeth x 5 Five actors play all the parts in a stripped-down, 90-minute take on Shakespeare’s tragedy. The week ahead in L.A. theater, Oct. 15-22: 'Bright Star,' 'In the Heights' and more 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z "The Two Gentlemen of Verona": Nope, it's not up there with Shakespeare's masterpieces like "Hamlet" and "Macbeth." Coming up on Seattle stages: Fun-loving gents, a military widow, an aggravating sister and more 2010-03-18T21:22:00Z And he remained prolific to the end, publishing two books in 2017, two in 2018 and two this year: “Macbeth: A Dagger of the Mind” and “Possessed by Memory: The Inward Light of Criticism.” Harold Bloom, Critic Who Championed Western Canon, Dies at 89 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z It houses the show "Sleep No More," a kind of art installation-meets-theater-and-dance piece with elements of both Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and Alfred Hitchcock. NYC's 'Sleep No More' shows off its musical side 2013-02-18T22:46:04Z Macbeth Southern California Shakespeare Festival stages the Bard's dark drama about the power-hungry Scottish warlord. L.A. theater openings, Aug. 30-Sept. 6: 'Romeo & Juliet' and more 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z In the play, "The Good Wife" actor appears as a patient in a white-tiled mental hospital for whom the plot of "Macbeth" is sort of a schizophrenic nightmare. Alan Cumming's 1-man 'Macbeth' heads to Broadway 2013-02-01T18:16:04Z Opera’s general director, and on this “Macbeth,” the company’s first production of Verdi’s first Shakespeare opera. Plácido Domingo's sound and fury in L.A. Opera's 'Macbeth' 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z But suffused with occult mischief and murderous mayhem, Macbeth demands to be read with histrionic relish. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Frances McDormand, starring opposite Conleth Hill in Daniel Sullivan's Berkeley Repertory Theatre production of Shakespeare's cursed classic, uses these clues into the character to fashion a more recognizable Lady Macbeth. Toil and trouble, and missed connections, in 'Macbeth' at Berkeley Repertory Theatre 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z I mean, I might do this again, but I doubt I'll do another production of `Macbeth' again. Alan Cumming takes on 'Macbeth' _ all of it 2012-07-06T17:08:08Z At the back of the set is a primeval forest that could serve double duty for the witches from "Macbeth" and where Medea howls her curses and will later kill her sons. Modern 'Medea' in London stars Potter film's Helen McCrory 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z “Saint George” will open in October, and “Macbeth” in the spring of 2018. National Theater in London to Stage the Dark Comedy ‘Network’ as a Play 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z In his way, this British villain is as coldblooded as Richard III or Macbeth. A Comedy of Manners, and Multiple Homicide 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z The three witches are making illegal drugs rather than a witches’ brew, and promise Macbeth that he will ascend through police ranks – but only if he kills Duncan. Novelists Reimagine and Update Shakespeare’s Plays 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z He studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theater School in England, where in 1993 he played the title role in a production of “Macbeth.” Ray Stevenson, Actor in ‘Thor’ and Other Films, Dies at 58 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z The witches play a big part in Macbeth just by being witches. My top five worst witches 2012-07-20T11:00:00Z A game of thrones begins when Macbeth plans to unseat the King and fulfill the witches' prophecy. Denzel Washington is commanding in Joel Coen's bloody, bold and resolute "Tragedy of Macbeth" 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z “Shakespeare is the best definition of sculpture,” he might say, quoting the “sleep no more” soliloquy from Macbeth. Monuments: The Poetry of Dreams 2011-05-06T22:09:27Z Verdi’s chorus of witches does, indeed, gaudily set the scene by opening the drama with cackling weirdness, forecasting the futures of Macbeth and his fellow general, Banquo. Plácido Domingo's sound and fury in L.A. Opera's 'Macbeth' 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z The difference, of course, as Knight recognizes, is that Macbeth has tethered himself. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z The Scot is currently starring as Macbeth - also nominated in the best revival category - at the Trafalgar studios in London. McAvoy shares Olivier award doubts 2013-04-22T10:41:11Z McCrory is an accomplished classical actress whose stage roles have included a chilling Lady Macbeth. Malfoy actors talk good, evil as Potter saga ends 2011-07-07T11:55:08Z Domingo is scheduled to appear in three performances of “Macbeth,” opposite the soprano Anna Netrebko, and then return to the Met for four performances of “Madame Butterfly” in November. Opera’s Domingo starts US performances amid allegations 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z He is a character like Icarus, or Macbeth. Secrets of the TV writers’ room: inside Narcos, Transparent and Silicon Valley 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z Profoundly pessimistic, Polanski's version of "Macbeth" is a movie enshrouded in rain and fog. Roman Polanski's 'Macbeth' revisited by Criterion Collection 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z Not everybody wants the kind of updating Anne Bogart offered in her 1930s version of Verdi’s “Macbeth.” Glimmerglass season shines with vibrant vocal performances 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z Depressingly, these prejudices sometimes hop the fence: Clinton’s decision to remain in her marriage only proved how weak she was, right up until the moment it proved that she was Lady Macbeth, a cold-blooded careerist. 'As guarded as Fort Knox': the inside story of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Apple has the deaf family drama “CODA” and Joel Coen’s Shakespeare adaptation “The Tragedy of Macbeth.” What to watch out for when Oscar noms are announced Tuesday 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z Macbeth probably lacked standing to challenge him in court, but writing political history plays under the reign of a monarch was a dangerous endeavor for the man from Stratford-upon-Avon. Perspective | Alan Dershowitz claims a fictional lawyer defamed him. The implications for novelists are very real. 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Macbeth himself, a nobleman who takes the Scottish throne after murdering the king he had bravely served, embodies this nihilism as he is destroyed by it. ‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ Review: The Thane, Insane, Slays Mainly in Dunsinane 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z When performances of the current Broadway revival of “Macbeth” were canceled after its leading man, Daniel Craig, tested positive for coronavirus, talk of the curse swirled again. Break a Leg but Never Whistle: How Stage Superstitions Live On 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z If it has nothing to do with “Macbeth,” it has plenty to do with us. Review: In a New ‘Macbeth,’ Something Wonky This Way Comes 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z By turns playful and fierce, Packer alters mercurially from a "woman warrior" like Joan of Arc to a bashful young Juliet to a despairing Lady Macbeth, to name but a few of the most familiar. Review: Captivating, eloquent 'Women of Will' 2013-02-04T18:11:11Z Such was the case for Dmitri Shostakovich, whose “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” has certainly taken its place in the history books as a classic modern opera, but also as an infamous moment in opera history. Stalin Didn’t Like This Opera, but Audiences Still Do 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z One winner will receive one pair of tickets to Macbeth at Manchester International Festival on Thursday 18 July. Win tickets to Manchester International Festival 2013-05-24T23:05:01Z I am lucky in that my relationship to Hamlet – and Cleopatra and Lear and Rosalind and Macbeth – isn’t limited to the page. ArtsBeat Blog: Theater Talkback: Who Wrote Shakespeare? Who Cares? 2011-10-27T15:42:53Z “Macbeth” will play the Lyceum Theatre starting March 29, 2022, with an opening set for April 28. From 007 to Macbeth: Daniel Craig plots return to Broadway 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Surely few accounts of “Macbeth” — never one of the canonical tone poems, probably for good reason — have matched the coherence and the tragedy of this one. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z There were some who thought that after the Black Lives Matter protests, having a Black Macbeth would cause the play to resonate in a different way. Denzel Washington, Man on Fire 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Oh, she replied blithely, the Macbeths met when they were 15. Denzel Washington, Man on Fire 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z “When did we last three meet?” asks one as the play begins, a reference to the witches in “Macbeth,” of course. | 'Fragments': ?Fragments? at Baryshnikov Arts Center - Review 2011-11-15T22:05:03Z Did you catch Rupert Goold's Macbeth on telly on Sunday night? Michael Billington on Shakespeare on TV 2010-12-15T21:45:01Z Macbeth charts the rise and fall of a Scottish general, who seizes the throne with the help of his ambitious wife and eventually sparks a civil war. Michael Fassbender to play Macbeth 2013-04-29T15:03:04Z For the most part Joseph Millson offers a decent, bluff, soldierly Macbeth, but one slightly deficient in feverish imagination. Macbeth – review 2013-07-04T22:00:00Z Still, those moments drew a less audible reaction from the children than the long, passionate kiss shared by the Macbeths, which drew giggles and groans of disgust. In London, a Bloody ?Macbeth,? for Children 2010-07-16T22:40:00Z "Mesmerising, loathsome but full of pathos, hers is a barnstorming performance, reminiscent of her stage turn as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, but with more than a touch of Lady Macbeth as well." Blanchett tipped for Oscar glory 2013-09-27T11:21:54Z But even in his less successful Shakespearean ventures, like last season’s “Macbeth” with Ethan Hawke, Mr. O’Brien can be relied on to have a clear, holistic view of the play. Lily Rabe in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ in Central Park 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z But the taboo took, and stories of “Macbeth”-adjacent injuries, accidents and deaths began to accumulate. Break a Leg but Never Whistle: How Stage Superstitions Live On 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z He opted against Lincoln Center Theater’s production of “Macbeth,” now closed, which was not as well reviewed and whose lead actor, Ethan Hawke, he felt would be too distracting to impressionable young theatergoers. Saturation of Shakespeare Offers Tough Choices 2014-01-21T22:13:00Z Finally came “Macbeth,” a sprawling, eager, big, not-quite-polished tone poem that Strauss wrote just before “Don Juan.” The playing’s the thing: NSO shines despite, not because of, Shakespeare gimmick 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z McAvoy stays absolutely true to Lloyd's concept by offering us a Macbeth who is almost brutally physical: the kind of "strong man" who seizes power in a tottering realm. Macbeth – review 2013-02-24T16:01:01Z As he rehearsed Verdi’s “Macbeth” for a 1993 concert performance with the Philadelphia Orchestra, he tirelessly discussed fine points with his cast. ?Attila? and Muti in Debuts at the Met 2010-02-19T18:03:00Z Given that the "good girls" include the Virgin Mary and the "bad girls" Lady Macbeth, the range she set herself was wide, to put it mildly. Susan Graham – review 2012-07-02T17:27:30Z Washington, who last performed Shakespeare on screen in 1993's "Much Ado About Nothing," is superb in the title role, playing up Macbeth's fears while also making his madness credible. Denzel Washington is commanding in Joel Coen's bloody, bold and resolute "Tragedy of Macbeth" 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z This work from Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” and “King Lear” period doesn’t have the hurtling tension of those tragedies or the expansive spirit of the romances to come, and Richmond’s clear vision may simplify too much. Review | ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ amps up the glamour at Folger 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z And some people rallied behind Mr. Domingo, including his “Macbeth” co-star, the soprano Anna Netrebko, who wrote on Instagram that she was looking forward to sharing the stage “with fantastic Plácido Domingo!” Plácido Domingo Leaves Met Opera Amid Sexual Harassment Inquiry 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z The play was “Macbeth,” Shakespeare’s bloody feast of slaughtered kings and children, of witches and ghosts and “something wicked this way comes.” In London, a Bloody ?Macbeth,? for Children 2010-07-16T22:40:00Z Or maybe you're just interested in whether he really believes in the curse of Macbeth. Kenneth Branagh live Q&A – ask your questions! 2013-07-17T10:21:41Z That she seized the stage from Mr. Lucic actually worked dramatically, since it is Lady Macbeth who pushes her husband to embrace his destiny and murder his way to the throne. Review: Plácido Domingo Is Gone, but He Still Haunted ‘Macbeth’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z “Macbeth” is the latest in a series of modern Shakespeare adaptations but the first by a crime writer. In a New ‘Macbeth,’ Crime Novelist Jo Nesbo Sets the Tragedy in 1970s U.K. 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z But I was puzzled as to why the Macbeths debate the practicality of murdering Duncan within earshot of their passing servants. Macbeth – review 2013-07-06T00:16:17Z Almost all of the instances occurring since Macbeth seem to be quotations of the usage in that play. Letters: Refudiating Palin's Shakespeare link 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z Has she ever played a witch in Macbeth? Rita Tushingham on life after A Taste of Honey: 'It was a shock when the 60s ended' 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Episodes of levity recur throughout Adams’s music; he likened the ironically effervescent British Dancing Girl aria in “The Death of Klinghoffer” to the porter scene in “Macbeth.” A Battle of Boos and Cheers at the Symphony 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z They portrayed her as kind of Lady Macbeth. True or false? AMC's "Quiz" goes inside the game show coughing scandal that tests confirmation bias 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z Its “Merchant” will end March 13 — the same weekend that that company will begin performances of a new “Macbeth.” All of New York Is Shakespeare?s Stage 2011-02-17T23:26:20Z One of the reasons George wanted me to do Macbeth is that Catholic background. 'The day I shared a pint or five with Pete Postlethwaite' 2011-01-06T15:48:31Z And Macbeth might never murder his way to the throne. Lockout looms as Met contracts set to expire 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z One would love to have seen the Cleopatra or Lady Macbeth of which she gave hints during her solo show. Susannah York obituary 2011-01-16T10:38:03Z A group of young women audition for a college production of “Macbeth,” but when the freshman gets the coveted role of Lady Macbeth, the others become jealous. How Female Playwrights Are Adapting, and Revamping, ‘Macbeth’ 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z She has obviously considered the argument that Lady Macbeth, who entreats her husband to kill the king and seize power, is rotten to the core. Alex Kingston: 'Lady Macbeth freaked me out' 2013-06-19T18:30:05Z There’s very little creeping in the Public Theater’s Mobile Shakespeare Unit production of “Macbeth.” Review: ‘Macbeth,’ Accelerated, at Public Theater 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Many of the main characters, Macbeth included, ply a trade in which killing with impunity is relatively easy: police work. Review | Jo Nesbo puts a Nordic chill on ‘Macbeth’ 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Kosky, the artistic director of Berlin’s Komische Oper and one of today’s most insightful and imaginative opera directors, puts the focus here squarely on the Macbeths: The lighting often lets us see only them. Operas in Contrast: ‘Macbeth’ and ‘La Donna Serpente’ 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z This Macbeth is an ordinary sinner, with a mixed-up marriage, who becomes, almost instantly, disreputable. Before I Sleep; Eurydice; Macbeth 2010-05-08T23:07:00Z Caesarian section becomes an unsettling, repeated theme, and Keating's Wake Wood almost conjures up memories of Birnam Wood in Shakespeare's Macbeth, and a killer who was from his mother's womb untimely ripped. Wake Wood ? review 2011-03-24T15:00:01Z Ellington composed his suite after being commissioned by the Stratford, Ontario, Shakespeare Festival to create music linked to Shakespearean characters like Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Lady Macbeth, Puck and Hamlet. Delfeayo Marsalis pairs jazz, The Bard in new work 2011-01-19T22:08:08Z Mr. Thomas was more engaged and natural onstage than he’s been at times in the past, and his voice was its robust, bronzed best in arias from “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” and Verdi’s “Macbeth.” At SummerStage, Metropolitan Opera’s Recital Series Begins 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Created by the British company Punchdrunk, “Sleep No More” lets masked attendees follow, with eyes, ears, hands and feet, an open-ended tale that mashes up “Macbeth” with elements of Hitchcock films like “Rebecca” and “Vertigo.” ‘Sleep No More,’ Enhanced by MIT Media Lab 2012-05-22T22:30:52Z TUE A comedy about the writing of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," 8 p.m. Community calendar 2012-03-07T21:12:07Z The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s new “Macbeth” makes its modern military charge right off the bat. Review | The king feels more like a pawn in updated, political ‘Macbeth’ 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z He clutches an evidence bag and has three scary scratches on his chest, but his connection to "Macbeth" is unanswered. Review: Alan Cumming's 1-man 'Macbeth' stunning 2013-04-22T00:16:04Z Macbeth and his lady, perhaps Antony and Cleopatra. Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater: A Midsummer Night’s Couple 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z He was afraid enough that throughout our conversation he would only refer to “Macbeth” as the Scottish play. Ten Years Later, Adam Gwon Is Looking to Kill 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Running only an hour and 45 minutes with no intermission, this "Macbeth" has been trimmed. Alan Cumming takes on 'Macbeth' _ all of it 2012-07-06T17:08:08Z The two actors were not really what they were acting – in the same way that the actor playing Macbeth is not really an 11th-century pretender to the throne of Scotland. Blue Is the Warmest Colour is too moving to be porn 2013-05-30T13:03:15Z Visions of “Macbeth” crowd the imagination when reading about the history of women and beer-making in Medieval times on this craft beer shop and tasting room’s website. CheLi Serves Shanghai Specialties in the East Village 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z But the star vocalist was the Russian soprano Tatiana Serjan, who sang Lady Macbeth with riveting incisiveness while keeping her tone free of harshness. Opera Review: Provocations at the Salzburg Festival 2011-08-16T11:30:19Z Shakespeare's plays, especially "Macbeth" and "Julius Caesar," have been taught consistently since the beginning of the 20th century, when the curriculum was determined by college entrance requirements. Will high school "classics" be replaced? 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z Macbeth: If Friar Lawrence’s methods are questionable, Lady Macbeth’s are unquestionably wicked. Shakespeare on drugs: The secret narcotic history of the world’s greatest playwright 2014-04-23T15:15:00Z This film started life as a theatre production in which you played Macbeth. Ian McKellen’s favourite Shakespeare roles on film 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z That’s the chip I had on my shoulder when I went to see “Scotland, PA,” a musical riff on “Macbeth” that opened on Wednesday at the Laura Pels Theater. Review: Double, Double, Burger and Trouble in ‘Scotland, PA’ 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z The company’s first production of Verdi’s “Macbeth” will star the big-voiced bass-baritone Eric Owens – who is the company’s artist in residence – in the title role, with Melody Moore as Lady Macbeth. Glimmerglass to Offer Mozart, Vivaldi, Verdi and Bernstein for 40th Anniversary 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Admittedly, the “Macbeth” prohibition has its origins in nonsense, as an invention of the 19th-century critic and essayist Max Beerbohm. Break a Leg but Never Whistle: How Stage Superstitions Live On 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z When bright light pierces this land — as it does in Macbeth’s second visit to the witches or in a silence-torn, grippingly staged banquet scene — it is disorienting and blinding. | 'Macbeth': The Deed Is Done, the Doers Undone 2011-03-25T23:54:57Z On Wednesday night its women reminded my companion of the witches in “Macbeth,” and there are rumors that at the time of its creation Mr. Taylor was interested in the occult. Dance: How Shall We Know the Choreographer? By His Dances and More 2010-03-12T00:29:00Z She was a riveting Lady Macbeth in a modern-dress, 2014 Metropolitan Opera production of Verdi's version of Shakespeare's play, where she was a convincingly desperate housewife from hell. Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov raise roof in power operatic performance at the Broad Stage 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z The Macbeths are too, in their own way. Ian McKellen’s favourite Shakespeare roles on film 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z From the beginning, for all their apparent physical enthusiasm for each other, something is awry between these Macbeths. The Old Woman; Macbeth; Bank on It – review 2013-07-06T23:07:05Z While this "Macbeth" is somewhat less expensive than more conventional Broadway plays with several actors, which usually cost $3 million or so, one-person shows are by no means cheap. ArtsBeat: Alan Cumming's 'Macbeth' Will Join a Crowd of Solo Stars on Broadway 2013-02-01T01:00:12Z Bring the curtain down early enough and even “Macbeth” can have a happy ending; in the back story of a play full of laughs, you’ll often find a bucket of tears. ‘Corsicana’ Review: Four Lost Hearts in the Heart of Texas 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z A tall, blond goddess with the heart of Lady Macbeth, she seemed to terrorize every living thing in her path. Lady Macbeth in Appalachia, and Other Tales by an American Master 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z The eminent French composer Jacques Ibert contributed a vibrant score to “Macbeth,” but it lacks a specific relationship to the images; indeed, it appears that Ibert wrote without having seen the footage. Orson Welles, Musician 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Norris: There was so much magic in the production that when it came time for me, I automatically assumed that Lady Macbeth would be manipulating dark forces. From the melancholy prince to a pair of queens, Norris and Twyford have played it all at the Folger. 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Lady Macbeth's doctor Surprisingly enough, the staff at Dunsinane includes a wise physician who, though ignorant of his employers' dark deeds, watches Lady Macbeth sleepwalking and knows she has done something bad. Ten of the best good doctors in literature 2010-06-18T23:15:00Z And if Macbeth is a candidate for rehabilitation who next? Rehabilitate Macbeth for Scotland? If you want history, go to the library 2013-02-15T18:58:09Z Her role model for enunciating the words was Fay Bainter, playing Lady Macbeth on a vintage recording of “Macbeth,” opposite Orson Welles. Barbara Cook on Life Before and After Sobriety 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z Macbeth, the character, is full of compunction, as well he should be, having murdered a king to get to his throne. Review: In a New ‘Macbeth,’ Something Wonky This Way Comes 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z ER and Doctor Who actress Alex Kingston plays Lady Macbeth in the intimate production, which is staged for around 300 people at a time. Manchester arts festival kicks off 2013-07-04T11:04:09Z “Maqbool,” an adaptation of “Macbeth,” was set in the Mumbai underworld; “Omkara” transported “Othello” to the feudal badlands of northern India. ‘Haider’ Angers Hindu Nationalists but Excites Film Critics 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z It’s at once satisfyingly familiar and satisfyingly different, kind of like a new production of “Macbeth” or a Christopher Nolan rethink of Batman. Our ‘Ghostbusters’ Review: Girls Rule. Women Are Funny. Get Over It. 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z But Mr. Cumming's agent has been shopping "Macbeth" to Broadway producers, and Mr. Davenport said he was intrigued by the pitch. ArtsBeat: Alan Cumming's 'Macbeth' Will Join a Crowd of Solo Stars on Broadway 2013-02-01T01:00:12Z The actor most recently appeared on Broadway in an ill-fated stab at "Macbeth," which was simply too jarring for audiences who had grown used to his comic "Frasier" persona. Kelsey Grammer shines in "La Cage Aux Folles" 2010-04-20T01:27:00Z While Mr. Braff knows that television made him famous, he considers himself a product of the theater, thanks to that job in “Macbeth” at the Public. Zach Braff in Paul Weitz?s ?Trust? at Second Stage 2010-07-29T21:38:00Z Something Wicked This Way Runs MANCHESTER, England — The road to hell is a speedway in the exciting new production of “Macbeth” now at the Manchester International Festival, with Kenneth Branagh in the title role. Critic’s Notebook: Something Wicked This Way Runs 2013-07-08T21:17:36Z In the end, I’m projecting nominations for “Tick, Tick … Boom!” and “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” since there’s often a strong correlation between the best-picture lineup and the best-actor race. Who Will Be Nominated for the Oscars? Here Are Our Projections. 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z W. H. Auden, in his very honest 1947 essay about “Macbeth,” said that it is “difficult to say anything particularly new or revealing about” the play. Getting 'Macbeth' Right 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Opera, darkened eyes and lips replaced facial hair in “Macbeth,” but the beard remained ever-present in “The Rake’s Progress.” For opera lovers, at last a 'Rake' for L.A., bearded lady and all 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Now Macbeth sits in a cradle of light at one point and, at another, the ghost of Banquo appears in a suit and mask, looking a little like a Quentin Tarantino character. Review: Alan Cumming's 1-man 'Macbeth' stunning 2013-04-22T00:16:04Z “It was hard to get rid of the images of Judi Dench, for example, who really reached perfection in Lady Macbeth,” she says. How Marion Cotillard Tackled One of the Most Coveted Roles of All Time 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z And a sort of “greatest hits” anthology of scenes from “Macbeth” becomes a riveting portrait of a marriage drifting from fatal complicity to bleak, lonely estrangement. Theater Review: ‘Women of Will’ at the Gym at Judson Memorial Church 2013-02-03T23:10:30Z Stewart was last seen on Broadway in 2008, playing the title character in "Macbeth." Patrick Stewart returns to B'way in Mamet revival 2010-03-30T18:36:00Z Clocking in at just over two hours without an intermission, this “Macbeth” is very much worth catching wherever you can, its muscular intelligence more intriguing than at first you might expect. Review: Howard Davies Play Explores Ukraine's Troubles in Wake of 1917 Revolution 2010-04-13T11:49:00Z That day, I thought that I would play Lady Macbeth one day. How Marion Cotillard Tackled One of the Most Coveted Roles of All Time 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z The association chose three Shakespeare plays — “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Othello” and “Macbeth” — to be performed by drama students from around 50 schools. Movie Review: ?Shakespeare High? Opens, With Kevin Spacey 2012-03-09T00:00:08Z This is nowhere as gratuitous as, say, the 2019 DruidShakespeare production of “Richard III,” or even the current Broadway staging of “Macbeth,” with its severed limbs and crotch wounds. Review: In a Powerful ‘Hamlet,’ a Fragile Prince Faces His Foes 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Recently choreographed Macbeth at the Globe in London. Portrait of the artist: Javier de Frutos, choreographer 2010-06-28T21:01:00Z A natural and gleeful contrarian, he reimagined “Hamlet” and “Macbeth” as absurdist collages, reassembling the plays’ speeches in a different order. Charles Marowitz, Director and Playwright, Dies at 82 2014-05-12T00:20:07Z Verdi stipulated that he wanted Lady Macbeth to look “ugly and evil” and to sound “rough, harsh and gloomy.” Music Review: Verdi?s ?Macbeth? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-16T22:47:17Z One winner will receive one pair of tickets to Macbeth at Manchester International Festival on Friday 5 July. Win tickets to Manchester International Festival 2013-05-24T23:05:01Z The Opera Theater of St. Louis justly prides itself on its stellar chorus, and in both “Shalimar” and “Macbeth,” this ensemble of young aspiring soloists carried much of the musical weight. Review: 2 Murderous Men in 2 Operas About Killing for Politics 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Weinberg went on to write five other operas — more than were completed by Shostakovich, whose “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” was condemned under Stalin’s Great Purge. Recognition for a Composer Who Captured a Century’s Horrors 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z At Wednesday’s show it was Caitlin Morris, who played Lady Macbeth and one of the witches. Review: ‘Drunk Shakespeare,’ Where the Tipsy and the Sober Take Liberties 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z One critically acclaimed recent A.R.T. show that she imported from England, “Sleep No More,” requires participants to walk through a series of elaborately designed rooms where nearly wordless scenes from “Macbeth” are unfolding. 2010-02-07T18:11:00Z Its Macbeth cocktail, a herbaceous, grapefruit concoction, is as good a gin drink as you'll find anywhere in this 'hood. 611 Supreme still offers fun crepes and craft cocktails 2011-04-05T21:08:04Z She performed in “The Crucible” and “Macbeth” at night; by day she protested the Vietnam Warat the Pentagon. The lasting testament of Jane Alexander 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Too bad Einstein was not around to see this assertion proved in “Sleep No More,” Punchdrunk’s beautiful and mysterious version of “Macbeth.” Possessed: Mystery Worker 2011-04-29T23:33:25Z But since there are so few great roles for women, Bridget wonders why she shouldn’t take on Hamlet or Macbeth or even Lear. Review: In ‘Linda,’ the Lures and Snares of Leaning In 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z In that sense, it seems that Fassbender, who is currently also starring on screen as Macbeth, found a properly Shakespearean tragic hero in Silicon Valley. Steve Jobs: the afterlife 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z The man who helped to originate conceptual staging, with his historically displaced productions of “Macbeth” and “Julius Caesar,” felt that such radical transpositions had no place in opera. Orson Welles, Musician 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Items such as a letter from Lady Macbeth on a desk, and a famous quote from that play written in blood on a wall help evoke these themes. Haunting New York show draws crowds, masked stars 2011-08-16T16:52:32Z There will be a cinematic version of Macbeth by the young Polish company TR Warszawa, to be live-streamed on the Guardian website on Monday. Edinburgh festival turns back clock 50 years to literary debates of 1962 2012-08-10T15:45:44Z Jimmy’s line, “What’s done can be undone,” is a nod to Macbeth, and a famous utterance by a Lady Macbeth — the original female gangster — who rues her role in murdering King Duncan of Scotland. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 9 Recap: Bye Bye Love 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Pauline Kael spoke for many critics when she wrote, “One sees the Manson murders in this ‘Macbeth’ because the director put them there.” 2010-02-12T18:53:00Z For a 2014 production of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” audience members had to walk down a stone path over a reconstructed heath before taking their seats on benches surrounded by patches of the mud-caked set. A Legend of the International Culture Scene Arrives in New York 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Less intense than he’s been opposite Ms. Netrebko in “Macbeth,” he still sang with glamour and poise. Richard Tucker Benefit Concert Showcases Opera Vocalists 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z I sat in the back row of the Stratford balcony in the 1950s many times to see Olivier's Macbeth and Titus, Gielgud's Lear and Prospero and heard every syllable. The thrust of the problem for the RSC's new stage 2010-11-24T10:28:00Z So, too, their famous Macbeth which started at Chichester's Minerva and ended up a scorchingly good TV film. The best theatre for spring 2011 2011-04-05T19:00:02Z In most instances, shows have been able to turn to understudies to keep going, but because “Macbeth” had just begun performances, it had not yet fully rehearsed the understudies. ‘Macbeth’ performances on Broadway pause after Daniel Craig tests positive for the coronavirus. 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z With his innocent victims thus represented, Macbeth’s brutal acts are somewhat denuded of their malevolence. Theater Review: ‘Macbeth,’ With Alan Cumming at the Barrymore Theater 2013-04-22T02:00:49Z For all that Macbeth himself is given to increasing bouts of introspection, the play’s landscape is that of a fevered dream that has toppled over into nightmare. Review: Howard Davies Play Explores Ukraine's Troubles in Wake of 1917 Revolution 2010-04-13T11:49:00Z So as he led Mr. Walker through line reading after line reading, Mr. Wolfert gently but persistently asked him to think about what Macbeth, who’s experienced in war, is considering: killing someone in civilian life. Using Shakespeare to Ease the Trauma of War 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Macbeth kills the king, then his rivals, and a child. How Female Playwrights Are Adapting, and Revamping, ‘Macbeth’ 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Audience members themselves act as another deterrent to sticking with Macbeth or one of the witches; mobs form around the actors and block you from seeing all the action. "Sleep No More": Shakespeare meets Internet games 2011-08-16T18:01:00Z For some reason, I thought of the scene from Macbeth in which Banquo is slain in front of his child. Cannes 2013: Only God Forgives 2013-05-22T09:45:00Z The noise and the night are factors whenever “Macbeth” is performed outdoors in an urban setting, but somehow they’re particularly effective enhancements here. Review: A ‘Macbeth’ at Ease in the Dark and Noisy City 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z He has already clocked up most of the big Shakespeare roles, including Macbeth, Cassius in Julius Caesar, and a superb Benedick in the National's most recent Much Ado About Nothing. Winning team 2010-04-23T14:21:00Z But it was also due to the star power of its lead actors — Washington as Macbeth and McDormand as Lady Macbeth. Coen premieres a stark ‘Macbeth,’ with Denzel and McDormand 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z “But when you have a woman who’s powerful and clever and not of royal birth in a play like this, everyone immediately says, ‘Oh, it’s Lady Macbeth.’ “ A British Play Imagines Charles (Finally) in Charge 2014-04-14T17:30:49Z Here, portrayed with electrifying duplicity by Mr. Suchet and Ms. Wanamaker, they’re more like the Mr. and Mrs. Macbeth of Middle America — guarded, watchful and consciously poisoned by their own corruption. London Theater Scene Echoes Economic Woes 2010-07-20T21:34:00Z The only time theatergoers relax into laughter during this “Macbeth” is, as might be expected, during the scene in which a drunken porter discourses on the effects of alcohol. Critic’s Notebook: Something Wicked This Way Runs 2013-07-08T21:17:36Z Just consider the hours of prickly pleasure provided by those nasty Macbeths, or Edward Albee’s George and Martha, or the squabbling spouses in Strindberg, Ibsen and O’Neill. Theater Review: ‘Stockholm,’ by Bryony Lavery, Dissects a Marriage 2014-03-13T02:00:01Z Knight compares Macbeth at the end to a "bear tied to a stake." 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z We were a true loving married couple, and I wanted Macbeth to succeed because I felt he deserved it, not because I would get things from it. From the melancholy prince to a pair of queens, Norris and Twyford have played it all at the Folger. 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Macbeth: Duncan is in his grave; after life’s fitful fever he sleeps well. Style Invitational Week 1380: Both sides now 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z In a lull during a recent rehearsal for a rare revival of Shostakovich’s scorching “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk,” which opens Monday, Mr. Palumbo, 66, came upon a group of choristers waiting for a cue. Donald Palumbo, a Met Star in the Wings 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z The directors could have learned a thing or two from Akira Kurosawa’s perceptive and contained “Throne of Blood,” the Japanese master’s version of “Macbeth.” Getting 'Macbeth' Right 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Macbeth walks in and smothers Duncan with a pillow. "Sleep No More": Shakespeare meets Internet games 2011-08-16T18:01:00Z But why should “Macbeth,” the play, be just as uneasy about its authority? Review: In a New ‘Macbeth,’ Something Wonky This Way Comes 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z The New York-based production “Sleep No More,” a loose adaptation of “Macbeth,” similarly injects audience members into the story. Your Vacation Mission? Find This Stolen Horse 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z One day, he was reading “Macbeth”: “It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” Sturgill Simpson Leaves His Old Sound (and the Spotlight) in the Rear View 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z If the conflict is violent and emphatic then a victor can emerge: Macduff conquers Macbeth, like Ali conquering Foreman. Power and glory: how to tackle Shakespeare's revolutions 2012-06-20T17:59:07Z But the strongest vocal performances of the weekend came on Friday evening from the bass-baritone Eric Owens and the soprano Melody Moore in “Macbeth.” At Glimmerglass Festival, ‘The Magic Flute’ Is Among the Reimagined 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Hartnett appears again as James Stewart, a Scottish soldier reluctantly serving the English crown during a “Macbeth”-like power struggle on the subcontinent. Review: ‘The Lovers’ Portrays Romances Intertwined Across Time 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z In honor of Friday the 13th, how about a little “Macbeth”? Not the play proper, mind you. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z One measure of his stature was his leading ladies, who included Glenda Jackson as Lady Macbeth and Zoe Caldwell as Cleopatra. Christopher Plummer, Actor From Shakespeare to ‘The Sound of Music,’ Dies at 91 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z This spooky calm comes as a relief after years of flamboyantly violent interpretations of “Macbeth,” which of all Shakespeare’s major tragedies lends itself most naturally to Grand Guignol. | 'Macbeth': The Deed Is Done, the Doers Undone 2011-03-25T23:54:57Z However, even they do better than older women such as Judy Murray, who end up portrayed as a modern-day version of Lady Macbeth, only this time with added Robinson's barley water. Why does Judy Murray have to take these punches? 2013-07-13T23:06:05Z This is the only production of “Macbeth” I’ve seen that inspired the fanciful suspicious that these two might conceivably botch the job, so clammy with neuroses are they as they set about their work. | 'Macbeth': Ambition Doth Curse All Makes of Men 2011-04-06T21:38:26Z Maybe it's time for Branagh to take on Macbeth or Lear. Kenneth Branagh: The star who forgot how to shine 2011-03-31T20:31:01Z If Macbeth was a TV triumph, it was for two reasons. Michael Billington on Shakespeare on TV 2010-12-15T21:45:01Z Season 2, about staging “Macbeth,” is available starting Nov. 25, and Season 3, in which they do “King Lear,” is available starting Dec. 16. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z It was hard to tell whether the two dozen or so people in the audience were Welles fans, “Macbeth” fans or insomniacs looking for something to do. From ‘American Sniper’ to ‘Macbeth,’ a Reporter’s Moviegoing Spree 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z It is Cromwell's goodness that corrodes him, his loyalty to Cardinal Newman that fixes him on the same tragic trajectory as both Macbeth and Michael Corleone. John Yorke on why the best screenwriting works 2013-03-15T16:00:03Z McAvoy was nominated in 2010 for his role in Three Days of Rain, directed by Jamie Lloyd - currently his Macbeth director -but , nominated for his role as Johnny 'Rooster' Byron in the hit play Jerusalem. McAvoy shares Olivier award doubts 2013-04-22T10:41:11Z That missing constabulary tremor is a nice touch, an embellishment of Shakespeare that is all the more striking when you recall that Macbeth is indeed about to “get out,” though not the way he intended. Review | Jo Nesbo puts a Nordic chill on ‘Macbeth’ 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z According to folklore, “Macbeth” was cursed from the beginning, when a coven of witches objected to Shakespeare using real incantations and put a curse on the play. COVID-19 temporarily stops Daniel Craig’s return to Broadway 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z He loved “Lady Macbeth” more than anything he composed before or after it. The Fact and Fiction Behind Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth’ 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z A new production of the classic Japanese legend ‘‘Chushingura’’ and a Chinese production of ‘‘Macbeth’’ will be performed. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Thespians, a superstitious lot, insist that "Macbeth" should never be directly referred to inside a theater. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z She was up against Isabelle Huppert at the European film awards for best actress earlier this month, for Lady Macbeth, and won a British independent film award. Florence Pugh: ‘Me, the next Kate Winslet? That’s ridiculous’ 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Her Lady Macbeth is causing a sensation at the Metropolitan Opera, winning roars from audiences — on Friday night there was even a “Brava!” in the middle of her sleepwalking scene — and rave reviews. After Anna Netrebko’s ‘Macbeth’ Triumph, ‘Norma’ is Next 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z At the heart of her Lady Macbeth is the love for her husband, a need for that relationship – no matter how wrong it had gone in the past. Ian McKellen’s favourite Shakespeare roles on film 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z Domingo, one of the world’s leading tenors, was due to appear in “Macbeth” on Wednesday. Placido Domingo pulls out of Met Opera while disputing sexual misconduct accusations 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Those two operas, along with Verdi’s Shakespearean tragedy “Macbeth” and Bernstein’s musical comedy “Candide,” make up this summer’s repertory at the Glimmerglass Festival. At Glimmerglass Festival, ‘The Magic Flute’ Is Among the Reimagined 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z The show, loosely based on the plot of “Macbeth” with 1930s noir overtones, takes up six floors in three adjacent warehouses on West 27th Street. Up Close: He Puts the Maximus in the Circus 2011-05-04T18:07:02Z The actor made an almighty splash in the multi-award-winning costume drama Lady Macbeth in April. Florence Pugh: ‘Me, the next Kate Winslet? That’s ridiculous’ 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z As far as villains go, and it is debatable whether she is in fact a villain, but there is, I think, something to be said for Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth. What the Novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Reads While She Works 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z But this is rare emotion in "Macbeth" productions, the vast majority of which have left me numbly waiting for the head of the "dead butcher" to be carried out. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z One solution, courtesy of Arlington’s Synetic Theater, is that parents should leave their children with the likes of Puck, Iago and Lady Macbeth. In Center Stage’s ‘Amadeus,’ in-character actors mingle with audiences in the lobby When I first saw Macbeth at Stratford in the 1950s, there were no fewer than two intervals. Theatre intervals: is it curtains? 2011-03-01T16:45:47Z When the theatrical production featuring the first all-Black cast of “Macbeth” opened in Harlem on April 14, 1936, it was quite the event. ‘Voodoo Macbeth’ Review: A Tiresome Curse 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z My favorite parts in Shakespeare are like when Macbeth learns his wife's dead and launches into the speech about 'tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.' Get past the goat: Playwright Glen Berger talks about 'Glowworm' in Seattle 2011-04-07T19:30:08Z When Macbeth says “blood will have blood,” he’s not kidding. Too Much Shakespeare? Be Not Cowed 2013-09-12T18:18:17Z It’s not a terribly far leap from “Fargo,” where foul was also fair, to “Macbeth,” or even from McDormand’s opportunistic personal trainer, Linda Litzke, in “Burn After Reading,” to Lady Macbeth. Joel Coen distills ‘Macbeth’ down to the bone 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z You wouldn’t think of “Macbeth” as an appetizer except that we get a lot of that here in Shakespeare City; another “Macbeth” will be at the Folger Theatre next month. Review | Susan Derry brings polish to Keegan’s ‘Bridges of Madison County’ 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z It could also be his moment to dethrone Shostakovich following the disastrous premiere of his opera “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk,” which was mocked by Stalin and denounced in the Communist newspaper Pravda. The Tortured History Behind Prokofiev’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Opening Classic Stage’s season will be another well-known theater work that deals with the killing of rulers: “Macbeth,” also directed by Mr. Doyle. John Doyle to Direct ‘Assassins’ at Classic Stage Company 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z McDormand is compelling in the sleepwalking scene, when Lady Macbeth mumbles her guilt to herself and ritualistically wipes her stained hands. Toil and trouble, and missed connections, in 'Macbeth' at Berkeley Repertory Theatre 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z The gerund points to a “Macbeth”-like conspiracy of tree and human, each “throwing shade.” A Poet and Essayist Meditates on the Deep Roots Binding Humans and Trees 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Notoriously intransigently difficult, the novel takes its title from Macbeth's reflection that life is "a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing". Sarah Churchwell: rereading The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner 2012-07-20T21:55:05Z The wild sound of hysterical laughter infects the castle, even as Macbeth refuses to accept that the joke is on him. 2008: Macbeth – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-12T14:10:00Z At its center is Hawke, who plays a self-conscious Macbeth growing more and more dispassionate and disoriented. Ethan Hawke Dives into ‘Macbeth’ With Zeal 2013-11-25T13:11:02Z It is the first time Sir Kenneth has played Macbeth, and the role is his first in a Shakespeare play for more than a decade. Manchester arts festival kicks off 2013-07-04T11:04:09Z In 1988, Mr. Allen had to fill airtime after the commotion when a patron jumped to his death from the balcony during an intermission in Verdi’s “Macbeth,” based on the Shakespeare play. Peter Allen, stalwart host of the Metropolitan Opera’s radio broadcasts, dies at 96 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z It was her idea to play Lady Macbeth as a blonde, and her portrayal makes her less of a witchy character and more of a strong personality with a sexual power over her husband. After Anna Netrebko’s ‘Macbeth’ Triumph, ‘Norma’ is Next 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z The palace has pagan and Christian roots and features in Shakespeare's Macbeth. Historic Britain: days out and short breaks 2012-08-17T21:45:06Z At least in “Macbeth” the miscreants pay for their actions, rather floridly so in a gore-drenched take on Shakespeare’s tragedy from the director Lucy Bailey that kicks off the summer season at Shakespeare’s Globe. Review: Satiric Assault on the Origins of Scabrous Male Bonding in Politics 2010-05-04T12:00:00Z As Macbeth’s crimes escalate, his suffering increases and that fantastic imagination grows ever more complex and inventive. ‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ Review: The Thane, Insane, Slays Mainly in Dunsinane 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z There is also a new film version of “Macbeth,” starring Denzel Washington, that will be released at the end of this year. Ladies and Gentlemen, Daniel Craig 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z The Met said that Zeljko Lucic, a baritone already scheduled to appear as Macbeth later in the run, would take over for Mr. Domingo. Plácido Domingo Leaves Met Opera Amid Sexual Harassment Inquiry 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z To some, “Macbeth” describes the psychosexual pathology behind a ruthless quest for power; to others, the pandemiclike wasteland left in its wake. It’s Time to Turn the Page on the Trump-Shakespeare Comparisons 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Many of the dramas, including “Macbeth,” “As You Like It” and “The Tempest,” were published for the first time in this edition. Race, inequality, polarized politics: Why Shakespeare's 1623 First Folio matters in 2016 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z More significant, Mr. Cumming never establishes the gravity and ferocity that Macbeth, Shakespeare’s heroic villain, ultimately achieves. Theater Review: Alan Cumming in ‘Macbeth’ at Lincoln Center Festival 2012-07-08T20:59:33Z “Macbeth” is therefore a quintessential actor’s play, even if actors are famously superstitious about uttering its name. ‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ Review: The Thane, Insane, Slays Mainly in Dunsinane 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z The director and his stars wanted to make a “Macbeth” that was universal, not topical. Denzel Washington, Man on Fire 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Have you ever hesitated before buying a ticket to “Macbeth,” fearing its length, or the number of characters you’ll have to track? The 99-Seat Beat: Danny Glover, 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' and a multimedia 'Macbeth' 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z In this scene Mr. Cumming plays the ruthless Lady Macbeth asking the spirits to “unsex me here.” ArtsBeat: In Performance: Alan Cumming of ‘Macbeth’ 2013-05-07T12:00:40Z The baritone drew a parallel to another Shakespearean opera, Verdi’s “Macbeth,” and the title character’s hallucination of a dagger. A Decidedly French “Hamlet” Returns to Paris 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Directed at the fluttering pace of an anxious heartbeat, this production for Mr. Donnellan’s Cheek by Jowl company dispenses with literal scenery and even props in unfolding the story of Macbeth’s headlong slide into corruption. | 'Macbeth': Ambition Doth Curse All Makes of Men 2011-04-06T21:38:26Z In fact, like great Lady Macbeths before her, Netrebko used elements of rich, beautifully seductive singing to manipulate her husband, not to mention the Met audience. A Met ‘Macbeth’ worth a trip to the movie theater 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Later this month he is scheduled to sing in “Macbeth” at the Vienna State Opera. Plácido Domingo Leaves Los Angeles Opera Amid Sex Harassment Inquiry 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z It is the only source for 18 of his plays, including Macbeth. Shakespeare Folio found in France 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Nesbo was drawn to the moral ambiguities in “Macbeth,” Shakespeare’s tragedy about a Scottish nobleman whose hunger for power drives him to murder the king, Duncan, at the behest of three witches. Novelists Reimagine and Update Shakespeare’s Plays 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z She is also as earnest in her love for her craft as she is genuinely talented — a combination that earns the freshman the coveted role of Lady Macbeth in her Minnesota college’s production. Review: Without Bloodshed, the Ingénue Takes the Lead 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z The couple attended Alan Cumming’s one-man interpretation of “Macbeth” at the Barrymore and a production of “Wit” last year with Cynthia Nixon; both actors were prominent supporters of Mr. de Blasio’s mayoral bid. A New Mayor Brings Hope for a Populist Arts Revival 2013-12-29T19:52:34Z “The Death of Stalin,” was nominated for Outstanding British Film, on a list that included “Lady Macbeth,” “God’s Own Country,” and “Three Billboards,” which was directed by Briton Martin McDonagh. 'The Shape of Water' leads nominations for Britain's BAFTA awards 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z In this world, at least for men like Macbeth, life is much so easier in the dark, when you can’t see what you’re doing. | 'Macbeth': The Deed Is Done, the Doers Undone 2011-03-25T23:54:57Z All the characters that one has played sort of talk to each other, at some level, but I would compare Putin to Macbeth, of course. What It’s Like to Play Putin in ‘Patriots’ 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The director Joel Coen’s crackling, dagger-sharp screen adaptation of the play — called by its full title, “The Tragedy of Macbeth” — conjures a landscape of appropriate desolation, a world of deep shadows and stark negative space. ‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ Review: The Thane, Insane, Slays Mainly in Dunsinane 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z But that high school experience stayed with her, becoming the inspiration for “Peerless,” a “Macbeth” adaptation about twin sisters who are so determined to get into an elite college that they resort to murder. How Female Playwrights Are Adapting, and Revamping, ‘Macbeth’ 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z At times Macbeth — who speaks a full third of the lines in the original text — seems to be a supporting player in his own tragedy, and his death arrives with a bit of a whimper. Theater Review: ‘Macbeth,’ With Alan Cumming at the Barrymore Theater 2013-04-22T02:00:49Z Middle school medievalists may be tempted by another newcomer, an abbreviated version of “Macbeth.” Spare Times for Children for Sept. 28-Oct. 4 2012-09-27T21:40:11Z Negga sees Clare, Loving and now Lady Macbeth as paying a price for such transgressions because they are either running out of time or, in the case of Loving, ahead of hers. Ruth Negga Thinks Lady Macbeth Is Misunderstood 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z "The Tragedy of Macbeth" impresses because the film is so visually striking. Denzel Washington is commanding in Joel Coen's bloody, bold and resolute "Tragedy of Macbeth" 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z As it turns out, everything is a possible clue, relating to a story much larger than the ones told inside the confines of the "Macbeth" story line. "Sleep No More": Shakespeare meets Internet games 2011-08-16T18:01:00Z “Then Tuesday night, ‘Macbeth’ is done rehearsing, that will leave, and we’ll prepare for ‘Carmen,’ ” explained Stephen Diaz, the Met’s master carpenter. The Met Prepares for Opening Night 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z The Edinburgh invitation was a sign that people are noticing; the opening night of “Macbeth” was sold out. Perspective | After a conductor’s injury, an opera in Scotland became a test run for the NSO’s future 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z “Lady Macbeth is the most interesting person. She’s the best part of the play,” said Park, whose “Peerless” has been produced around the country since its 2015 premiere at Yale Repertory Theater. How Female Playwrights Are Adapting, and Revamping, ‘Macbeth’ 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Macbeth" and "Anne" and the existing Tony winners "Once," `'The Book of Mormon" and "Jersey Boys," though their losses were small. Tony Awards spur box offices on Broadway 2013-06-17T20:26:08Z The audience seemed to find them cute and endearing, but their very cuteness sapped “Macbeth” of much meaning. Plácido Domingo's sound and fury in L.A. Opera's 'Macbeth' 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Duncan arrives at the village in an off-white gown and orange robe, which Macbeth acquires when he goes to at Dunsinane as king, Ms. Durran said. Michael Fassbender and the Robes of Royalty 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z The new season kicks off in September, with a performance of Verdi’s “Macbeth.” Essential Arts & Culture: The loss of an L.A. patron, the future of freeways, art in the time of unrest 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z Inevitably the conflicts that fuel the play — between Macbeth and his foes, Macbeth and his wife, Macbeth and the brutal fate his actions have brought about — feel muted by the one-man, many-voices concept. Theater Review: Alan Cumming in ‘Macbeth’ at Lincoln Center Festival 2012-07-08T20:59:33Z And Stephen K. Bannon is committed to playing Lady Macbeth in a competing production in the White House basement. Perspective | Turns out the Trump era isn’t ‘1984.’ It’s ‘King Lear.’ 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z The play also recalls the shock to Shostakovich's system of hearing his great opera, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, denounced in 1936 as "a deliberately discordant muddle of sounds". Review | Theatre | A Model for Mankind | Cock Tavern, London | Michael Billington 2010-03-29T23:21:00Z Even if Lady Macbeth appears in substantially fewer scenes than her husband, her cunning mind — and Negga’s command of Shakespeare’s verse — leave an indelible imprint. Ruth Negga Thinks Lady Macbeth Is Misunderstood 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Mr Harewood returned to his old school in Washwood Heath last year to help students put on a performance of Macbeth. Homeland actor's Walk of Fame star 2013-07-26T01:01:20Z And no stage superstition has more adherents than the one shrouding Shakespeare’s Scottish play: Anyone in a theater who speaks the name Macbeth aloud, except when rehearsing or performing the play, risks catastrophe. Break a Leg but Never Whistle: How Stage Superstitions Live On 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Livermore, in his fourth consecutive La Scala premiere, set the Shakespearean tragedy in a contemporary city of skyscrapers, with video images projecting a dystopian fate as it falls to Macbeth’s tyranny. Despite pandemic, famed Italian theater opens season 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Afterward, I walked down the commercial boulevard that is Nile Avenue to the Uganda National Theater, where I enjoyed a multiracial, multi-accented rendition of “Macbeth.” Next Stop: Overcoming the Past in Lively Kampala 2013-08-15T21:56:49Z But it has been 26 years since its last Broadway appearance; Macbeth, by comparison, has been staged four times in the interim, with fifth set for this fall. Star-Crossed (and –Blessed) Revivals: Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams 2013-10-02T09:45:54Z Backstage at a “Lady Macbeth” rehearsal, he smiled at his troops as they prepared to enter, and said, “Now that you know it, have fun with it.” Donald Palumbo, a Met Star in the Wings 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Three years ago, Mr. Poots took on the role of artistic director at the Park Avenue Armory, which enabled the two organizations to commission work together, including Kenneth Branagh’s popular “Macbeth.” Alex Poots to Be Culture Shed’s Artistic Director 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z McDormand has previously starred as Lady Macbeth in a 2016 Berkeley Rep production as well as a high school production when she was 14. Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand to star in Joel Coen's Macbeth 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z It was unclear if Rudin would also step back from producing films, which includes the upcoming “The Humans” and “The Tragedy of Macbeth.” Scott Rudin will ‘step back’ after allegations of bullying 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z Braff's stage experience includes roles in Public Theater productions of "Twelfth Night" and "Macbeth." Zach Braff to star in off-Broadway comedy `Trust' 2010-06-02T17:30:00Z Another inspiration for the show was “Macbeth” — an earlier work concerned with blood and female strength. Review | A little earnest absurdism about bodily functions goes a long way in the Welders’ ‘LadyM’ 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z In the “Macbeth” production, Ruth Negga will play his wife, Lady Macbeth. Done With Bond, Daniel Craig Will Play Macbeth on Broadway 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Then there was the sparsely attended version of Macbeth in an old school by a company called Punchdrunk – who I'd never heard of, but which I'd decided to take a chance on. In theatre, it's about the surprise 2013-06-05T12:32:02Z In her riff on “Macbeth,” McIntosh dispenses with plot points, instead evoking similar themes — abuse of power and the price of ambition. How Female Playwrights Are Adapting, and Revamping, ‘Macbeth’ 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z The troupe will inaugurate the new Norfolk Street lot this summer with two shows: “As You Like It,” from July 9 to 26, and “Macbeth,” from July 30 to August 15. Outdoor Shakespeare Series Finds a New Place To Park 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z When she brings blazing intensity and vocal splendor to Aida, Lady Macbeth and Turandot, it’s perhaps unfair to ask for more. Anna Netrebko, Consider New Opera. Please. 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Unlike Richard III, Macbeth was an able-bodied, rather ordinary looking soldier. No Matter the Role, Antony Sher Made Soaring Seem Possible 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z In “Mac Beth,” a group of teenage girls meet in a field to do their own version of “Macbeth.” How Female Playwrights Are Adapting, and Revamping, ‘Macbeth’ 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z The Tragedie of Macbeth Nine actors perform all the roles in this immersive staging of the Bard’s dark thriller about an ambitious Scottish warlord. The week ahead in SoCal theater, Oct. 14-21: 'Winter Solstice,' 'Dear Evan Hansen' and more 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Echoing silences gape, sometimes for uncomfortably long stretches, as if Macbeth would like to swallow back the words before he can speak them. | 'Macbeth': Ambition Doth Curse All Makes of Men 2011-04-06T21:38:26Z Shakespeare's Macbeth bears witness to the fear of witchcraft throughout Europe before the scientific age. Edinburgh festival 2013: our critics' picks 2013-07-15T05:59:01Z The production kicks off a two-week festival, A Summer of Shakespeare, which will also include a staging of Salieri’s “Falstaff,” a semistaging of Verdi’s “Macbeth” and a concert, “Songs and Sonnets.” Purcell’s ‘The Fairy Queen’ Reset in New York 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z At Cambridge, Hall spent much of her time in student theatrical productions—she first met Dan Stevens when she was cast opposite him in “Macbeth”—but left Cambridge two years into her three-year degree. Rebecca Hall’s Complicated Inheritance 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z The riddle from “Macbeth” — which posits that because Macduff was “untimely ripped” from his mother’s womb, he is not “of woman born” — persists. The Many Violations of the Violent Birth Scene 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Branagh gives us a Macbeth who is a product of the mortal peril and chaos of war, accustomed to killing first and considering later. Critic’s Notebook: Something Wicked This Way Runs 2013-07-08T21:17:36Z Craig’s show, a revival of “Macbeth,” canceled 10 days of its preview period. Broadway Bets Big on a Spring Rebound. Will the Virus Cooperate? 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z The Walking Forest Brazil’s Christiane Jatahy explores economic, social and environmental issues in the U.S. premiere of this immersive, interactive multimedia work inspired by Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”; in Portuguese with English supertitles. L.A. theater openings, April 16-23: 'The Walking Forest' and more 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z When I was eighteen, I was on a summer program at Oxford University and saw a flyer for an open-air production of “Macbeth” in one of the quads. Encounters with Shakespeare 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z That ambition can poison the hearts of small spirits as thoroughly as great ones is the unsettling message of the director Declan Donnellan’s intimate, streamlined new production of “Macbeth” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. | 'Macbeth': Ambition Doth Curse All Makes of Men 2011-04-06T21:38:26Z Her Lady Macbeth has absorbed the prevailing martial instinct — to command, to protect, to vanquish — into her undeniably sexual bond with her husband. A Fast and Furious ‘Macbeth’ at Park Avenue Armory 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Another particularly violent “Macbeth” splattered audience members in the third row during a rehearsal. For the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s props director, one blood is not like another 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Anna Netrebko, one of opera’s reigning prima donnas, recalled the skeptical reactions that greeted her decision to make a stab at singing the dark and demanding role of Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s “Macbeth.” After Anna Netrebko’s ‘Macbeth’ Triumph, ‘Norma’ is Next 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z They got it, most recently, in “Sleep No More,” a deconstructed, noirish, mostly wordless “Macbeth” presented in three abandoned warehouses on West 27th Street beginning in 2011. ‘Queen of the Night’ Opens at the New Diamond Horseshoe Club 2013-12-26T21:42:17Z He declaims his lines in a booming voice, as if he’s in a parody of “Macbeth.” Review | What’s Steve Martin up to with ‘Meteor Shower’? Your guess is as good as mine. 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z A longstanding superstition holds that saying the title of William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” while inside a theater — unless you are rehearsing or performing the play itself — will bring about a terrible curse. ‘Rent Live’ Review: How Do You Measure a Show You Were Never Meant to See? 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Considered groundbreaking because of a plot that focused on working-class characters, this morality tale remains deliciously tense and dark; Lillo surely read his Shakespeare, for there are faint echoes of “Macbeth” and “Hamlet.” | 'The London Merchant': ?The London Merchant,? an 18th-Century Gem - Review 2012-01-17T22:41:24Z Out, I say!” in “Macbeth” to “out, crimson spot!” — the language police are staging a comeback. Critic?s Notebook: Light Out, Huck, They Still Want to Sivilize You 2011-01-06T23:26:12Z Too bad Robert Reed isn’t around to join Florence Henderson for a turn, by the Brady Brunch couple, in “Macbeth.” What if your favorite TV sitcom actors starred in Shakespeare roles? Elizabeth Marvel’s brutally efficient Lady Macbeth assumed complete ownership of an off-Broadway theater; Michael Stuhlbarg’s shamelessly delightful Andrew Aguecheek took similar command of the much larger Delacorte Theater in Central Park. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: It's the Shakespeare, Not the Stage, That Matters 2011-07-14T16:19:01Z But if Jarzyna's Macbeth is an action hero, he's more violent video game figure than noble Hollywood warrior: already dangerously desensitised by battle. 2008 Macbeth: Is this a gun I see before me? 2012-08-12T17:30:01Z Undertaking the first Macbeth of his career, Mr. Brück was superb, often singing with quiet intensity but also stressing the character’s volatility with sudden shifts to firm, resonant full voice. Operas in Contrast: ‘Macbeth’ and ‘La Donna Serpente’ 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z In “Macbeth” the vocal writing was startlingly inventive: stretches of plush singing alternated with mutterings, whispered phrases and eerie wails. | July 11-17 : July 18 ? 24 2010-07-16T15:05:00Z “Sleep No More” is a Hitchcock-inflected version of “Macbeth” and walking through its Highland noir rooms, uninhabited for nearly two years, I thought of Sleeping Beauty’s castle, then, ridiculously, of Pompeii. ‘Sleep No More’ Awakens After a Long Hibernation 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z The conductor of “Lady Macbeth,” Keri-Lynn Wilson, was also making her debut, and showed mastery of Shostakovich’s score, which is in a savage, if often eerily beautiful, mode that would have stunned Donizetti. Is It the End of an Era at the Metropolitan Opera? 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Julie Makerov brought a searing intensity to the part of Lady Macbeth that largely made up for a certain lack of finesse and articulation. Review: 2 Murderous Men in 2 Operas About Killing for Politics 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Examples include “Marathon ’33,” a sprawling drama by June Havoc, the younger sister of Gypsy Rose Lee, about a danceathon, and “Voodoo Macbeth,” Orson Welles’s controversial 1936 Shakespeare staging for African American actors. Curtain falling on American Century Theater, with 2014-2015 its final season In demanding her husband "catch the nearest way," Lady Macbeth makes explicit what Macbeth has already been contemplating: the murder of Duncan. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Ideas started to percolate: “Real Housewives of Shakespeare”? A back story for the three witches of Macbeth? The Making of ‘Six’: How Tudor Queens Turned Into Pop Stars 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z This “Macbeth” is a world premiere of sorts, spurred by a grant from a British organization, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, for a “Performing Restoration Shakespeare” project. Review | Two critics debate a rare rehashing of a revised ‘Macbeth,’ singing witches and all 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The Serbian baritone Zeljko Lucic, currently appearing at the Metropolitan Opera in an acclaimed revival of Verdi’s “Macbeth,” joined his countrymen on this night for two Verdi arias. Belgrade Philharmonic Performs at Carnegie Hall 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z With Lady Macbeth, was it hard to know what motivated her? Ruth Negga Thinks Lady Macbeth Is Misunderstood 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” Joel Coen’s first time directing without his brother, is going much better for him than it did for Llewyn. Joel Coen distills ‘Macbeth’ down to the bone 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z “If Shakespeare finds a good speech in an older version of ‘Macbeth’ or Pliny, he just rips it and mixes it.” Reality According to Tom McCarthy 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z She cast herself in an emotionally intense solo in the title role of her “Lady Macbeth.” Mary Anthony, Choreographer and Teacher of Modern Dance, Dies at 97 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z This is especially true of Mr. Stewart, whose “Tempest” and “Macbeth” were seen to fine advantage on Broadway. | 'A Life in the Theatre': From Mamet, a Backstage Bouquet 2010-10-13T04:30:00Z "It's truly the most difficult thing I've ever done," says Cumming, who has rather outrageously ended up doing his one-man "Macbeth" in New York while also filming the fourth season of CBS' "The Good Wife." Alan Cumming takes on 'Macbeth' _ all of it 2012-07-06T17:08:08Z Macbeth Shakespeare’s tragedy of an ambitious Scottish warlord and his scheming wife. L.A. theater openings, June 19-26: 'Disgraced' and more 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z After many years boldly going into space, Patrick Stewart's been getting back to his Shakespearean roots with award-winning turns in Macbeth, Hamlet and The Tempest. This week's new theatre and dance 2012-02-11T00:05:00Z A bewitched Macbeth kills Duncan, the king, with the little devils underfoot. Plácido Domingo's sound and fury in L.A. Opera's 'Macbeth' 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Especially inspired is Mr. Abbado’s staging of the second witches’ chorus as a trendy party in which Macbeth seeks refuge after his disgrace in imagining visions of Banquo before his formally dressed dinner guests. An Italian Festival Presents Verdi on His Own Turf 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Macbeth was energetic and manic rather than melancholy, while Lady Macbeth was seductively evil in the style of a Disney villainess. Macbeth 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z Ms. Jackson last appeared on Broadway in a 1988 production of “Macbeth.” Glenda Jackson to Return to Broadway in Albee’s ‘Three Tall Women’ 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Beyond the lurid “Lady Macbeth,” critics have come to see even Shostakovich’s most triumphal musical gestures as mere surface, hiding the cunning silences of a dissident. Julian Barnes and the Shostakovich Wars 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z When we entered the theater, the three witches, dressed in sweaters and jeans, were already onstage stirring their pot, and later they utter the lines that seal Macbeth’s fate. 11 Ways I Escaped Reality This Year 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Season 2, which is available beginning Monday, revolves around “Macbeth,” a play whose difficulty begins to threaten Geoffrey’s sanity. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Slings & Arrows’ and the ‘Dancing with the Stars’ finale 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z This may seem dubious, since the play was “Macbeth,” but this “Macbeth,” from the movement-based Synetic Theater, is shorn entirely of Shakespeare’s language. Critic?s Notebook: Madoff, Macbeth and Other Crooks, Onstage in Washington 2011-09-28T22:45:26Z It was Macbeth at the local amateur Little Theatre. Shakespeare and me: Sir Ian McKellen 2012-06-30T23:07:03Z A. “Macbeth” works best for the same reason it’s studied in schools: It’s short, straightforward and bloody, and it’s driven by action. Rick Miller Talks About His ?MacHomer? 2012-03-25T01:30:03Z Oddly, while "The Tragedy of Macbeth" is stagey, that is never really a drawback. Denzel Washington is commanding in Joel Coen's bloody, bold and resolute "Tragedy of Macbeth" 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z Ambivalence about the path he has chosen fuels Macbeth’s confiding eloquence, the great soliloquies in which he is assailed by doubts about his actions and fears about the future. | 'Macbeth': Ambition Doth Curse All Makes of Men 2011-04-06T21:38:26Z Smartly — because Park is very smart — the play is content to absorb the themes of “Macbeth” without providing corollaries for each of its plot points. Review: In ‘Peerless,’ Elite College Admissions Are Something Wicked 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z If you are trying to trace the parallels to “Macbeth,” you are probably in a tangle by now. Review: Double, Double, Burger and Trouble in ‘Scotland, PA’ 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Refn conceived of Scott Thomas' character as a combination of Lady Macbeth and Donatella Versace after the actress sent him photos of her with long blonde extensions. Cannes: Scott Thomas' glorious dip into darkness 2013-05-22T19:29:13Z A lot of actors have superstitions about “Macbeth.” Goodbye, Hades. Hello, Scotland. Amber Gray Parts With Persephone. 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z I thought it was unlucky to say “Macbeth” only if you were inside a theater. | Ari Brand: Ari Brand on ‘My Name Is Asher Lev’ 2012-11-11T04:40:29Z Macbeth Immersive, multimedia production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, featuring a cast of six actors. L.A. theater openings, Oct. 5-12: 'The Magic Flute' and more 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z In this show, Mr. Carlton has transported Macbeth into 1960s Soho section of London as an aspiring rock ’n’ roll star ready to do anything to get to the top. Theater That Shakes, Rattles and Rolls On 2010-04-28T17:00:00Z In her novel Nemesis, Miss Marple imagines staging the witch scene in Macbeth. Rita Tushingham on life after A Taste of Honey: 'It was a shock when the 60s ended' 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z And if war is inevitable and eternal, what does this say about Macbeth? Review: ‘Macbeth,’ Starring Michael Fassbender, Awash in Gorgeous Carnage 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Macbeth’s “tomorrow and tomorrow” soliloquy, delivered with Ms. Packer in Mr. Gore’s arms, becomes a heartbreaking, lonely eulogy for a love in ashes. | 'Women of Will': Tamed or Tragic: Tina Packer?s Tour of Shakespeare?s Women 2010-06-24T21:25:00Z And Sher’s Macbeth was infused with the sense of ambition stretching arduously to make its possessor smarter, nobler, larger than he really was. No Matter the Role, Antony Sher Made Soaring Seem Possible 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z “Macbeth” continues through July 21 at the Manchester International Festival; mif.co.uk/event/Macbeth. Critic’s Notebook: Something Wicked This Way Runs 2013-07-08T21:17:36Z The festival, classical music’s most storied annual event, will stage two operas based on works by William Shakespeare: “Macbeth” and “Falstaff,” both by Verdi. Amid Global Turmoil, Salzburg Festival Plans a Summer of Reflection 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z |
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