The Hollywood Reporter

Larry Carpenter’s ‘Macbeth’ Comes to Pasadena’s A Noise Within Theater

The director compares his new production of the Shakespeare play to modern-day America, saying: "If somebody says, well, you can be king, the American ethos right now goes, why not? All I have to do ...
Forbes

Donmar Warehouse Production Of ‘Macbeth’ Screens In Movie Theaters

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, ...
Los Angeles Times

Fountain Valley theatre’s ‘Macbeth’ to be performed at Ocean View High School with a new director

Fountain Valley High School’s Theatre Department plans to move the production of this year’s play “Macbeth” to Ocean View High School, with student teacher Jenny McClintock as the Director for the ...
Los Angeles Times

Ralph Fiennes, an older Macbeth, builds sympathy for a killer with soulful weariness

“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 ...
Los Angeles Times

Shakespeare’s portrait of an insecure, paranoid tyrant makes this the perfect time for ‘Macbeth’

“Macbeth” may be Shakespeare’s most transfixing tragedy, but its dark magic often fizzles in the theater. The stage is littered with “Macbeth” disasters. Other plays may have an equally bad track ...
collider

Best Macbeth Movie Adaptations, Ranked

Anthony Vieira is a TV/Movie news writer for Collider. A writer, editor and educator in Petaluma, CA, he has previously written for Screen Rant and The Film Stage. He is married, has two kids, and his ...
The Ithaca Journal

Despite flaws, bloody ‘Macbeth’ is worth a view

The new film version of Macbeth has a fair amount to recommend it, but on a fundamental level it’s hard to imagine who its audience is. If you aren’t a fan of Shakespeare’s bloody tragedy — or at ...
UPI

Global View: Macbeth and migrating houses

"Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill Shall come against him," say the three witches to Macbeth--who finds reassurance in this forecast for, as he says, who ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Lyric’s harrowing ‘Macbeth’ casts a spell on crowds eager for opera again

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NPR

This 'Macbeth' adaptation distills Shakespeare's tragedy to its furious essence

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 ...
BBC

Why Lady Macbeth is literature's most misunderstood villain

Shakespeare's murderous queen has long been demonised as a wicked seductress. Yet Frances McDormand is the latest actor to show she deserves far more understanding, writes Hanna Flint. Seductress.