Lady Macbeth is one of the most famous female villains in all of literary history. Yet, despite her infamy, her tale has glaring gaps and misrepresentations. For the uninitiated, Shakespeare's Macbeth ...

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 ...

Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare that tells the story of a Scottish nobleman called Macbeth. In the beginning, Macbeth is manipulated by his wife, Lady Macbeth, who encourages his ambition and ...

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,” ...

An independent production of "Macbeth" shares how to watch, and how the theater community has come together to build the show.

On Verdi’s Macbeth at La Scala, starring Anna Netrebko. “It’s hard to imagine a scenario in which she will return to the Met,” said the Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb of the superstar ...

Shakespeare gave the world the archetypal villainess in Lady Macbeth: an evil, over-ambitious, scheming harridan who coerced her husband into murdering his king and set both of them on the path to ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. A woman walks down a hallway filled with film equipment and crew. Onscreen text reads 'Macbeth 1.7 — ...

This revival, worthy of the Met’s status as the greatest opera house in the world, doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel. Its classic plan for success includes a superstar cast, sensitive conducting, a ...

The actress, nominated for a Tony Award for her magnetic performance in “Macbeth,” is drawn to female characters who challenge the status quo. By Salamishah Tillet Ruth Negga dazzles onstage. Not just ...