I found the current Lincoln Center production of Macbeth rather dissatisfying. But not as dissatisfying as I found Ben Brantley’s review thereof. Not that I disagree with all of Brantley’s complaints, ...
Macbeth is an opera that involves prophesying. This implies a degree of inevitability concerning what unfolds, which makes it ...
ArtsEmerson will present Manual Cinema’s The 4th Witch, running October 30–November 9, 2025, at the Emerson Paramount Center. Inspired by Shakespeare’s Macbeth, this spellbinding new production ...
When filmmaker Joel Coen emailed Kathryn Hunter, an actress with deep roots in Shakespeare who has taken revolutionary turns playing the lead roles in the Bard’s King Lear and Timon of Athens, and ...
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.