Before he picked up the shield as Captain America, Anthony Mackie was built on the boards. Now, after a 16-year hiatus from the Great White Way, the Juilliard-trained actor is set to make a triumphant return to Broadway in the ultimate tragedy: William Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

According to Deadline, Mackie will take on the iconic title role in a spring 2027 Broadway production directed by Max Webster, transferring over from London. The production, scheduled to begin rehearsals in February 2027 with previews in late March or early April, will run through July 2027.

For Mackie, stepping onto the stage as the noble Scottish general-turned-tyrant marks a deeply personal full-circle moment.

“I started as a theater kid,” Mackie told Deadline. “And doing theater was my passion since I was seven years old. And you know, now being able to do it at this level in this space, not too many people can say they did Macbeth on Broadway.”e

While audiences around the world know him for blockbuster screen presence and high-flying MCU action, theater has always been the foundation of Mackie’s craft.

He last appeared on Broadway in 2010, starring alongside Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell, and Zoe Kazan in Martin McDonagh’s A Behanding in Spokane. Prior to that, his stage credits included August Wilson‘s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Caryl Churchill‘s A Number, as well as off-Broadway roles that established him as one of his generation’s most formidable dramatic talents.

Taking on the weight of Macbeth, one of the most demanding, psychologically complex roles in classical theater, allows Mackie to showcase the raw gravitas and classical training that first put him on the map.

Mackie confirmed that once his run as the tragic king wraps in July 2027, he will pivot directly into completing his work on Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Secret Wars.

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