By Bob Shuman Historians, looking back at contemporary American theatre, will have to evaluate whether our stages were reflections of society or partisan distortions. Were our artists "livin…
BroadwayHD, the premiere streaming service for theater fans, has announced its roster of shows coming in August.
Rachel Hynes is excited. She is a few hours away from the Friday night performance of LadyM, a devised production based on interviews with D.C. women on their experiences with menstruation. …
Sometimes the plot in Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoots Macbeth by Tom Stoppard, first produced in 1979, runs too close to home. But some background first:In Dogg's Hamlet, practically everyone spea…
Dedicated to "creating socially and politically acute theatre for the 21st century" the PTP/NYC (Potomac Theatre Project) for their 33rd season offers this exuberant revival of Tom Stoppard'…
Tom Stoppard's Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth plays with language and slapstick, presents fascinating mini-versions of two of Shakespeare's masterpieces, vividly depicts the importance o…
African-American Shakespeare Company presents Migdalia Cruz's adaptation of classic 'Macbeth,' set in a homeless camp.
Annexus Theatre Company's "Thanksgiving at Macbeth's" is a work by a very smart director and very talented actors who all work very well together. Frustratingly, despite the scads of talent …
Anyone who considers reality TV as lowbrow should withhold final judgement until they see this play. William Shakespeare's words lend themselves as surprisingly appropriate in a "Real Housew…
After she was hired to "translate" Macbeth into an English that is "clear to the modern ear,"Â the playwright Migdalia Cruz took a trip to Scotland with her husband and daughter to visit M…
By Katie Crabb Something wicked this way comes in Britches and Hose Theatre Company's gender-blind version of Macbeth, which breathes new life into one of Shakespeare's most famous plays. Th…
Is it a good idea to do "big" monologues for auditions (e.g. Hamlet, Lady Macbeth, Fleabag, anything Victoria Wood), or better to
I was actually rooting for Ghost Light, John Stimpson's new Shakespearean horror comedy to strike a chord with me , because " why wouldn't I? Such a thing, well executed, would be pretty muc…
With stars overhead and faint sounds from picturesque Ellicott City, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company (CSC) brings a homey atmosphere to their movable Macbeth, performed amongst the renovated …
FOUL AND FAIR Shakespeare's Macbeth, or The Tragedy of Macbeth, is typically dated to the years immediately following the coronation of James I as King of England in 1603. James, who w…
 "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare and directed by Ian Gallanar is being presented by the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company at PFI Historic Park in Ellicott City, Maryland. This is a uniq…
The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company began in 2002Â with a small group of artists committed to changing how people think about Shakespeare, by producing shows that allowed audiences to conne…
Opera House, WuppertalPina Bausch merges the domestic and dream worlds in a dark but playful version of Shakespeare's tragedy In Since She, the first of two new full-length pieces created by…
Erica Schmidt directs a radical reinvention of Shakespeare's tragedy featuring seven young actresses, including movie star AnnaSophia Robb---Jesse Berger, the founder and artistic director o…
Macbeth is getting a modern makeover. William Shakespeare's classic is being reimagined as the dark comedy stage musical "Scotland, PA," set to premiere next fall. Roundabout Theatre Company…
A new 120-seat theater is coming to the Loop. On Wabash Avenue, right by the Halal Guys and a Taco Bell Cantina, just across the street from the Elephant & Castle pub, will sit The Lion …
"Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk," by Dmitri Chostakovitch, will be on stage beginning April 2 through April 25, 2019, at the Opera Bastille, Paris.Premiered in 1934 in Leningrad, the opera in four …
Ordinarily, I wouldn't call William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" particularly timeless " important, obviously, but a bit of a relic. Modern adaptations of the 400-year-old play contextualize its …
Something wickedly good this way comes, to paraphrase the Bard himself. In this case, it's the lyrically moving production of "Macbeth," currently packing them in at Dragon Theatre in Redwoo…