If I had to guess, I’d say that “Macbeth” probably gets done more often, and more consistently well, than any of Shakespeare’s other tragedies. It helps, of course, that “Macbeth” is his shortest ...

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

Around him, Nicholas Karimi’s Banquo is quietly menacing, John McLarnon makes a fine RSC debut in the expanded role of Ross, ...

Photograph of Jack Carter (Macbeth), Kenneth Renwick (Second Murderer) and George Nixon (First Murderer) in the Federal Theatre Project production of Macbeth at the Lafayette Theatre, Harlem. Library ...

While Shakespeare has authored countless plays, only a select few have continued to find mainstream success as the centuries have passed. “MacBeth” is one of those select few, a story of gripping ...

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 08: Cush Jumbo (L) and David Tennant bow at the curtain call during the press night performance of "Macbeth" at the Harold Pinter Theatre on October 08, 2024 in London, ...

Opera offers many stories about this, but trying to spin “Macbeth” into one of them was very much a square-peg-round-hole ...