Cinematic version of Stratford's Macbeth adds exciting perspectives: review
We get closer to Ian Lake's Macbeth, Krystin Pellerin's Lady Macbeth and other deeply felt acting on movie screen.
We get closer to Ian Lake's Macbeth, Krystin Pellerin's Lady Macbeth and other deeply felt acting on movie screen.
Tue, April 25 thru Sun, May 28 @ Sidney Harman Hall, presented by Shakespeare Theatre Company
There’s plenty of sound and fury in Alan Cumming’s near-solo adaptation of “Macbeth,” but it signifies a great deal more than nothing. This startlingly fresh approach…
A chamber below Clifton suspension bridge in Bristol is hosting a new version of Orpheus and Eurydice. When does a bold new setting become a gimmick?We knock on the red door. A bell rings. T…
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru brings a Welsh flavour to The Scottish Play, locating Shakespeare's tragedy in Caerphilly Castle. It’s a potentially atmospheric space,
Also on tap in 2017-18 -- "Beehive: The '60s Musical," a celebration of the women whose voices helped define a decade.
A fuzzy-headed, but earnest staging of a Shakespeare classic By Joel Benjamin Why go to the trouble of staging yet another Macbeth? A starry cast? A totally new interpre…
Get tickets to this production of Macbeth as soon as possible! Click here Ovation Tickets Online or call 866-811-4111. It runs Thursday - Sunday, weekends through February 12th. …
The National Theatre held its annual press conference today, announcing myriad new productions, casting and other initiatives. Here’s the official press release. World premieres, new w…
Mack, Beth by Chris Stezin, now playing at The Keegan Theatre, is a Macbeth for the Cyber Age. Set in a world where death by dagger is replaced by death by fake news, Mack, Beth makes a pers…
Vienna State Opera, Vienna presents the opera "Macbeth" by Giuseppe Verdi to be staged on December 14, 2016.Macbeth is the first Shakespearean drama that Verdi had set to music, breaking new…
LoftOpera's production of Verdi's opera offers fresh staging and splendid voices
The witches are Colombian, Banquo's Ghost appears in Mexico and Macbeth's castle is Croatian in this crowd-sourced version of Shakespeare's tragedy, performed by schoolchildren from around t…
A staging that takes a surprisingly gentle approach to Shostakovich's brutal opera
Ashley Csanady: But what if Lady Macbeth isn't one of Shakespeare's greatest villains, but a hero in her own right?
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru stage a site-specific production of Shakespeare's tragedy
Theatre Y's Macbeth, workshopped and directed by Georges Bigot, borders on gimmicky, and almost cheapens Shakespeare's text. If only Bigot and company had stepped back a bit, lessened their …
MacbethReviewed by Neal WeaverThe Shakespeare Center of Los AngelesThrough November 20When Mrs. Patrick Campbell was rehearsing for her debut in the role of Hamlet's Ophelia, her mentor, Geo…
French actor Georges Bigot helms the production.
Women fight for power and more in St. Louis Shakespeare's production
The Scottish Play Makes News in the Mission by Susan Dunn What's most important in a "Macbeth" production? The words. The immortal words!  Do we need a full cast, period costumes,…
I’ve long felt that if someone is going to cut down a Shakespeare text, they should take the responsibility of claiming co-authorship, since any editing becomes interpretation. This ye…
Most opera singers tend to wind down or retire by the time they reach their late 50s or early 60s. But at 75, Placido Domingo shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. He sings the tit…
Shakespeare without words. What's left? In Ludens Ensemble's Macbeth: without words, plenty. Drawing on the aesthetic of silent films and Victorian gothic with the near-constant use of live …