Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare that tells the story of a Scottish nobleman called Macbeth. Macbeth, with his wife Lady Macbeth, plots to become king. The plot of Macbeth contains disturbing ...

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

Denzel Washington. Frances McDormand. Joel Coen. William Shakespeare. I could probably stop my review right there and you’d already want to see the movie with a two-time Oscar winner working with the ...

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what’s so very different about Belfast and Glasgow, both of which I have visited in the last few weeks, compared to, say, Manchester or Birmingham. Sure, there’s the ...

Marion Cotillard and Michael Fassbender excel in Justin Kurzel's thrillingly savage interpretation of the Scottish Play. No viewer familiar with Kurzel’s blistering 2011 debut, “The Snowtown Murders” ...

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

“Macbeth” is littered with casualties — and not only on the fictional battlefield. The tragedy has taken down a battalion of the finest directors and actors, who have fallen victim to the play’s real ...

The legions of readers who adore the dark Scandinavian noir of Jo Nesbø will also love Macbeth, his adaptation of Shakespeare’s famous play. OK, thank goodness that’s over. Now I can say without ...

There are few leading ladies in theater as iconic as Lady Macbeth. She is one of the genre’s most captivating, difficult leads — a woman so enthralled by the pursuit of power that she drives her ...