What does it mean to be haunted by ambition? Can we escape our destiny? How do we cope with our worst actions? Guthrie Theater’s “Macbeth” answers these questions in its gripping exploration of murder ...
Ever since its founder, Tyrone Guthrie, hung out his shingle in Minneapolis and launched the regional theater movement in the early 1960s, the works of William Shakespeare have been core repertoire ...
Most New Year’s resolutions are modest ambitions like eating healthier or reading more. Macbeth’s ambition is to become king. William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is Shakespeare Dallas’ winter production, ...
The atmosphere is immediately spotless, with details of exquisite immersive nuance. The carpet of the auditorium flows onto the central stage, adding a voyeuristic element to the staging. The intimacy ...
Choosing the right opener for a theatrical season is always a fraught gamble. An opening demands ambition and momentum, all while securing trust in the audience that what follows will reward them.
Italian theater director Paolo Sacerdoti is making his gaming debut with “Hail Macbeth,” an interactive adaptation of Shakespeare‘s tragedy that blurs the line between player, character and fate. The ...
There's an old myth in the theater world that Shakespeare's Macbeth is cursed, and any theatre company who tries to put it on will endure some sort of misfortune during the production. One area that ...
Now playing at A Noise Within, Andi Chapman’s rendition of Macbeth is a compelling reinvention of the Scottish play. Set during Reconstruction at the end of the 19th century, in gloomy New Orleans, ...
The first performance of the UCR's staging of “Macbeth” will be Feb. 13 at 8 p.m. in the Studio Theatre. Additional performances of the play, written by William Shakespeare and adapted and directed by ...
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is making its first foray into video games, partnering with New York-based indie studio iNK Stories on “Lili,” a neo-noir thriller that reimagines “Macbeth” in ...
Lady Macbeth’s cry of “Out, damned spot!” in Act V, Scene I is one of the most intense and psychologically charged lines in William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” Performing this monologue is both thrilling ...