Is This Patrick Stewart I See Before Me

I have thee not, and yet I still see. . . tickets for the upcoming performance of Macbeth starring Patrick Stewart at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, February 12th through March 22nd!

This production is a modernized version of the play that really gives Stewart something he can sink his teeth into.

Here’s how BAM describes the play:

Set in an industrial chamber that is equally military hospital ward, kitchen, torture chamber, and abattoir, Goold’s eerily modern Macbeth rings with the echoes of Stalinist terror. Macbeth is a decorated and loyal war hero, but loyalty only goes so far when greatness and history beckon and murder is only a matter of military coups and secret assassinations. Stewart’s genius is to reveal Macbeth as a moral man turned ruthless paranoid, one who understands exactly what he’s gaining—and what he’s losing—as he coldly disposes of the friends and family who stand in the way of his irrepressible ambition.

If you’re a Trek fan in the New York area, or even a Shakespeare fan, for that matter, hurry and get your tickets to this incredible event.  Stewart is a Shakespearean marvel and to see him take on one of the bard’s most enduring, tragic figures is a show not to be missed.

If you’re free on Sunday, Feburary 17, Stewart will be joining Columbia University Professor James Shapiro for an after show dialouge which is free with your paid admission.

Visit the BAM website for tickets and more information. 

Photo: NY Magazine