Quid Pro Banquo: Stewart's Macbeth as food for thought by Leonard Jacobs
So yes, this Macbeth is innovative and mesmerizing. Yet I admired it more than it moved me; it tickled my brain far more than it touched my heart.
So yes, this Macbeth is innovative and mesmerizing. Yet I admired it more than it moved me; it tickled my brain far more than it touched my heart.
If you're in a bewitching mood, American Shakespeare Center On Tour will present its production of "Macbeth" Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Hoffman Auditorium at St. Joseph College, 1678 Asylum Ave.,…
While effort to thoughtfully examine the text is matched by a respect for the play as ghost story and psychological thriller, neither constitutes a consistent or unifying vision, and the pla…
The images are rich yet oblique, creating the tasty paradox of an aggressive production that takes its foot off your throat only when it's time to digest its pungent vision.
This is all very diverting and cool, but after 15 minutes, you realize that young, ballsy director Grzegorz Jarzyna doesn't really have anything to say about the play, the war or his own sha…