“Macbeth,” that grimmest of Shakespearean tragedies, as a slapstick comedy? Well, sure. In fact, what playwright Richard Nathan does in “Scots on the Rocks,” at the Chandler Studio, isn ...

Macbeth, a well-respected Scottish general, receives a prediction from three witches that he will become king. With the support of his plotting, avaricious wife, Lady Macbeth, he rises to power ...

And whattayaknow! The Witches are right – Macbeth is promoted to Thane of Cawdor! Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth about the crazy predictions. And she’s like yeah! And King Duncan is coming to visit!

The Witches have tricked him. Macbeth is a complicated character, who shows a range of personalities at different points in the play. Ambitious Macbeth is determined to become king, and Lady ...

But when White’s Lady Macbeth speaks about “I dare not ... “I’ll take the red,” a wine-quaffing Witch says during a dinner party scene. The comedy adds further accessibility to ...

Shakespeare’s 17th-century work painted a multi-faceted picture of femininity that reveled in women’s ability to shape the world — from the three witches’ prophecies to Lady Macbeth’s ...

asks one of three witches in the new show “Macbeth in Stride.” Whitney White, who stars as Lady Macbeth in this quasi-feminist concert reimagining of Shakespeare’s Scottish Play, smugly ...