Macbeth (Classic Stage Company) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Member Reviews (73)
See it if You love the Bard and want to see a pared-down version of this classic tale with great direction.
Don't see it if You only like the traditional version of Macbeth or hate Shakespeare.
See it if Cory Stoll's interpretation of the "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" soliloquy is the best I have seen. Brilliant acting and staging.
Don't see it if You can't sit for 90 minutes of intense theater with no intermission.
See it if Corey Stoll has broad range & gives most memorable "Tomorrow" speech ever; Nadia Bowers is Lady Macbeth; Raffi Barousmian, a fine Malcolm.
Don't see it if you don't know MacBeth well; don't like your Shakespeare cut. This runs 1 hour 40 minutes. Multiple cast members play multiple parts. Read more
See it if John Doyle’s minimalist staging gives added imaginative heft to this study of ruthless ambition; terrific ensemble especially Stoll&Bowers
Don't see it if If you don’t know ow the play well it can be confusing because actors play multiple roles across gender without costume changes
See it if you love shakespeare and CSC unique and extraordinary productions. great script and acting.
Don't see it if you don't like Shakespeare
See it if you want to see Shakespeare. This classic is performed in under 2 hours. Moves quickly.
Don't see it if you want musical comedy or something light. Some actors handle more than one role.
See it if Great acting by Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Love the thrust stage and CSC is an expert with it. Fun finding a witch or her words,
Don't see it if 9 actors play more than 25 roles but with almost same costumes. 2 great female actors play 2 1/2 male roles. . Set is a throne and... Read more
See it if you are a Shakespeare fan as well as a John Doyle fan
Don't see it if stripped down, bare-bones productions are not to your liking, or if you can't sit through 100 minutes with no intermission
Critic Reviews (16)
CRITIC’S PICK "A Decent Man Turns Murderous Tyrant: A bracingly lucid Corey Stoll embodies Shakespeare’s thane who, step by step, cedes his soul to his own darkest impulses."
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2/5 stars: "Coldy lit and swathed in drab tartan, Classic Stage Company's Macbeth resembles an especially severe fall runway show. Color, emotional and otherwise, is out. Stage blood on the hands of its doomed thane (Corey Stoll) is the first sign of life in director-designer John Doyle's odd and funerary production."
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"John Doyle’s Blankie 'Macbeth' and Zawe Ashton’s Memorable 'for all the women…'"
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"Real-life spouses Corey Stoll and Nadia Bowers play Shakespeare's murderous couple, directed by Tony Award winner John Doyle."
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"Corey Stoll Is a Modern 'Macbeth' in a Medieval World: Classic Stage Company mounts a revival of the Scottish play."
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"Something Edited This Way Comes as John Doyle Directs Corey Stoll, Nadia Bowers in 'MACBETH'"
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"John Doyle's new production of 'Macbeth' is sleek, stripped down, and ready for action; having gotten one of William Shakespeare's darkest tragedies into fighting trim, however, he seems to have no idea what to do with it."
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"Corey Stoll begins well but, approximately 30-40 minutes into the piece, he lapses into a contemporary delivery of his lines that's soon followed by anachronistic gestures and body language. One suspects Stoll, who's a talented actor, has a Macbeth within him, but it's not this misguided production."
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