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Macbeth

Macbeth at BAM Harvey Lichtenstein Theater

Why see Macbeth?

From Olivier Award-winning company Cheek by Jowl (Cymbeline, 2007 Spring Season) comes a scintillating take on Shakespeare’s Macbeth that is physical, psychologically taut, and unsettling to the bone. Declan Donnellan directs, Nick Ormerod provides the elegantly restrained sets, and the exceptional Will Keen (Foyle’s War) delivers a wrenching account of the title role, conveying the doomed general’s emotional turmoil with chilling authenticity.

One brilliant move follows another: Shakespeare’s infamous witches, here distilled to haunting voices, absolutely terrify in their evanescence as the actors move like phantasms across the shadow-flecked stage. All the while, the madness of Lady Macbeth (the magnetic Anastasia Hille) accelerates with fatal inexorability. Toxically enmeshed, the lady and her lord inhabit a single, conflicted consciousness, one that festers in self-loathing even as it blindly seeks the destruction that will ultimately be its own.

Dates
April 5 - 17th 2011

Run time: 2 hours, no intermission

Reviews

Customer reviews

Sam

Fresh and innovative

This is a Macbeth for our times- funny and heart-breaking in its deconstructed scale. Worked for me on a profound level. ... Read more

Peter S. Tisch ESQ

Best Production Ever despite the seats

I got rush tickets through sold inc (professional line sitters) for only 157 each- seating was uncomfortable but I enjoyed immensely - would have been pissed if I paid $800 for what I endured. My tailbone still hurts lol but Kenneth was phenomenal!! ... Read more

Tanya Carmella

Loved it!

A fresh, modern take on Macbeth. Cheers to the cast, crew, and production team! Thanks for bringing this great show to the stage. We thoroughly enjoyed it. ... Read more

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