Sarah Berger: Directing Macbeth in Kyrgyzstan demonstrated the common language of theatre
I recently returned from six weeks in Kyrgyzstan directing the first ever Kyrgyz translation of Macbeth, made from Russian into Kyrgyz, at
I recently returned from six weeks in Kyrgyzstan directing the first ever Kyrgyz translation of Macbeth, made from Russian into Kyrgyz, at
The production runs through July 2.
An all-star line-up could not mask all of the flaws in Harry Kupfer's staid production
McKellen: Playing The Part, a documentary from director Joe Stephenson, premieres in the U.S. June 19.
Macbeth at the National Theatre is a dystopian look at one of Shakespeare's most well-known plays, ushering in a new dark age in the aftermath of civil war " Anne-Marie Duff and Nicholas Kar…
Michael Balogun spent his early years in and out of jail " until he decided to become an actor. Balogun tells NPR's Lakshmi Singh about his extraordinary journey.
Take a glimpse at the classic from London’s Royal Shakespeare Company.
Fran Spielman's careful analysis is illustrated by seven tiny photos of dabblers already running, and a more apt graphic could not be imagined.
Continuing our interview series of NT Live broadcasts, this month's focuses on Macbeth at the National Theatre.Directed by Rufus Norris and featuring Rory Kinnear and Anne-Marie Duff, Macbet…
Shakespearean interpretations and adaptations are not new but Antonio Pappano has stretched his creative energies well for this film. As warrior Macbeth fights alongside the king of Scotland…
Overall this is an engaging and coherent concept: Shakespearean tragedy as horror movie, with a great modern look and feel.
A LOT OF BLOOD WILL OUT Blood will have blood. It also sells tickets. And the theater's thirstiest sanguinary spectacle remains the unspeakable Scottish tragedy. The darkest doings the Bard …
For the last 412 years, "Macbeth" has been a great bear of a play to produce. I don't mean because it's boring (it's not), or suffering of a deficiency poetical (hardly), or lacking great ch…
So, Teller, what are you doing working on the Scottish play at Chicago Shakespeare Theater? "I can't think of anything more suspenseful than the murder of Duncan" says the famously taciturn …
By Douglas Mayo The National Theatre’s acclaimed production of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth will undertake a UK tour in 2018-19. The Macbeth UK Tour starts at the Lowry in Septe…
Despicable acts: Rosemary Waugh reviews Shostakovich's opera, based on the same short story that inspired William Oldroyd and Alice Birch's recent film. The post Review: Lady Macbeth of Mts…
Eva-Maria Westbroek is a knockout in this revival of Shostakovich's opera
Polly Findlay pulls out all the stops for her visually enticing production of Macbeth for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Famously condemned by Stalin in 1936, Shostakovich’s graphic Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk still has the power to shock. Until the bleak final
Scandinavia's king of crime turns the tragedy into a deliciously oppressive page-turnerThe Hogarth Shakespeare project invites modern novelists to reimagine some of his most celebrated plays…
Aaron Posner and Teller also directed "The Tempest" in 2015. Then, Teller provided a variety of jaw-dropping feats for the magician Caliban.