Best Fight Choreography

Photo: Rick Malkin

In the dark, dreary days of winter, the Nashville Shakespeare Festival stepped up with a particularly robust staging of Macbeth. Director David Wilkerson set the Bard’s classic tragedy in a brutal postapocalyptic world, balancing the play’s supernatural elements with a palpable sense of earthly decay and desperation. But along with the striking design and excellent performances, Wilkerson and co-fight-director Carrie Brewer created some truly memorable battle scenes. With a clash of swords and intricate fight choreography that shifted back and forth between slow motion and real time, this production of the Scottish play proved both savage and satisfying. AMY STUMPFL

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