Macbeth at Bowie Playhouse

Even at a time when charismatic anti-heroes rule supreme -- especially on cable TV -- Macbeth stands apart. More under-handed than Frank Underwood, more cunning than Michael Corleone and more desperate than Walter White, the Scottish general-turned-king remains the most enthralling example of ambition run amok, of authentic talent corrupted one compromise at time. Now the Annapolis Shakespeare Company presents a bold new production of Shakespeare's dark masterpiece. Set in a gloomy world of ghosts and witches, the tragedy's bloody cycle of corruption and betrayal is thrown into motion when the popular King Duncan of Scotland is murdered by Macbeth, his trusted friend. Egged on by his wife, Macbeth goes on to claim his "destiny" ... but at a terrible price.