In the end, the Weird Sisters get a hold of exactly what they came for: Brains — Macbeth’s, and maybe ours too.

Macbeth, with his wife Lady Macbeth, plots to become king. The plot of Macbeth contains disturbing and unusual events, including the murder of a king, witchcraft and ghosts. Macbeth is a tragedy ...

The epic scale of “King Lear” can engender reluctance in theatergoers. But the prospect of “Macbeth,” with its supernatural special effects and frenetic plot never stopping for breath, sets one’s ...

Macbeth is incited by his wife (Anna Maxwell Martin) who, in helping plot the murders, shows her “undaunted mettle.” But that steely resolution is undermined by an over-rapid delivery, while the ...

His ruthless wife, Lady Macbeth (soprano Sara Gartland), fans the flames, urging him to murder the king to seize the throne. As the plot unfolds, violence, guilt and madness escalate. In the case ...