Hawke next starred in the Off-Broadway premiere of a new play, Tommy Nohilly's "Blood from a Stone", from December 2010 to February 2011. The play was not a critical success, but Hawke's portrayal of the central character Travis earned positive feedback; "The New York Times" said he was "remarkably good at communicating the buried sensitivity beneath Travis's veneer of wary resignation." A contributor from the "New York Post" noted it was Hawke's "best performance in years". Hawke won an Obie Award for his role in "Blood from a Stone". The following year Hawke played the title role in Chekhov's "Ivanov" at the Classic Stage Company. In early 2013, he starred in and directed a new play "Clive", inspired by Bertolt Brecht's "Baal" and written by Jonathan Marc Sherman. Later that year he played the title role in a Broadway production of "Macbeth" at the Lincoln Center Theater, but his performance failed to win over the critics, with the "New York Post" calling it "underwhelming" for showing untimely restraint in a flashy production.