The Economist

Starry new productions show “Macbeth” is the tragedy for our times

THERE IS A tide in the affairs of men, and in performances of Shakespeare’s plays. The pageant of demagoguery in “Julius Caesar” seemed urgent during the ascent of Donald Trump. The dilemma in “Hamlet ...
The New York Times

In a Pair of ‘Macbeth’ Productions, Only One Does Right by the Lady

One of Shakespeare’s most coveted roles for women gets different interpretations onstage in New York and Washington. By Maya Phillips “Macbeth” isn’t one of Shakespeare’s so-called “problem plays,” ...
The Daily Northwestern

Witches will take center stage in WAVE Productions’ ‘Macbeth’

WAVE Productions’ take on Shakespeare’s classic “Macbeth” brings the play’s oft-overlooked yet omnipresent witches and women to the forefront. WAVE will present its rendition of “Macbeth” in the ...
Seacoastonline.com

‘Macbeth’ Shakespeare’s “terrifying tragedy” comes to the Players’ Ring

PORTSMOUTH – “Something wicked this way comes.” Experience a drum-beating, hair-raising, blood-pumping, two-faced production of Shakespeare’s “Tragedie of Macbeth.” Directed by Andrew Codispoti, ...
Cincinnati

Cincy Shakes’s Cold War-Era Take on “Macbeth”

Director Christopher V. Edwards puts a mind-bending twist on a Shakespearean classic. Set in the early days of the conflict between Western democracies and the Soviet Union, this re-imagination of The ...