Lady Macbeth

The CSC’s ‘Macbeth’ moves at a brisker pace than usual for Shakespeare, and Zawe Ashton’s ‘For All the Women Who Thought They Were Mad’ focuses on racism, sexism, and madness.

At first, the musical ‘Scotland, PA’ feels like a ‘70s-set stoner comedy. Then it morphs to a stoner tragedy, mixing ‘Macbeth’ and McDonald’s. Finally, it becomes a nothing burger.

The documentary ‘Killing for Love’ chronicles the real-life case of lovers Elizabeth Haysom and Jens Soering, who brutally murdered her parents in cold blood.

In the new film ‘Lady Macbeth,’ newcomer Florence Pugh shines as a subjugated 19th century woman who exacts horrifying revenge.

The Scottish Play gets a new adaptation, also starring Marion Cotillard as Lady Macbeth.

What’s it take to play Macbeth? Ethan Hawke on the seductive darkness of the mad Scotsman, the Shakespeare mania in New York, and why he loves the theater versus movies.

What will he do next, Liesl Schillinger thought, as she watched Alan Cumming play almost every role in his madly brilliant Macbeth.