Last week I witnessed two productions on complete opposite ends of the theatrical compendium. One was William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre, starring English actor and ...

What does it mean to be haunted by ambition? Can we escape our destiny? How do we cope with our worst actions?  Guthrie ...

If Shakespeare’s Macbeth gave you the impression that “Lady Macbeth” was based on a single, fully documented person, you’re in for a more intriguing reality. The historical woman often linked to that ...

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Ever since its founder, Tyrone Guthrie, hung out his shingle in Minneapolis and launched the regional theater movement in the ...

Hail Macbeth is an upcoming indie game that will take players through the story of one of Shakespeare's most famous plays. The Tragedie of Macbeth, often referred to simply as Macbeth - or The ...

Apart from The Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, a tragedy of errors, is the shortest of Shakespeare’s plays. At only 2,107 lines it is barely half the length of Hamlet, with which it is often compared. The ...

In his career thus far, the director has worked with London’s National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington D.C., where he currently serves as the ...

One of Shakespeare’s most coveted roles for women gets different interpretations onstage in New York and Washington. By Maya Phillips “Macbeth” isn’t one of Shakespeare’s so-called “problem plays,” ...

The Michigan Shakespeare Festival is returning for the summer, starting this week. The festival opens on Tuesday with The Tragedy of Macbeth. Artistic director Janice Blixt says last year’s main ...

Actors Ron Menzel and Vivienne Benesch on playing a power couple, taking care of each other, and how Shakespeare speaks to audiences today.

A new Blu-ray upgrade of the director's 1948 Shakespeare adaptation invites a closer look at the technical and thematic ideas Welles would continue to explore until his death. When asked about the ...