CHICAGOCHICAGO — Verdi’s “Macbeth” is one of the composer’s most thrilling youthful accomplishments, brimming with a dark vitality perfectly suited to the tale of the murderous Scottish king and his ...

Double, double toil and trouble! William Shakespeare’s celebrated tragedy “Macbeth” is receiving a brand-new adaptation courtesy of Joel Coen, one half of the duo behind films such as “No Country For ...

It was a big weekend for floor-length sparkly gowns and penguin suits—some accessorized with swooping capes, torn from the racks of Phantoms ‘R’ Us. On Friday, the Lyric Opera of Chicago opened its ...

When William Mason, the Lyric Opera’s general director, asked Barbara Gaines three years ago to direct Verdi’s Macbeth for 2010’s season opener, she piled on the homework. As the founding artistic ...

When Dmitri Shostakovich took only three months to produce his brilliant and popular Fifth Symphony, in 1937, it was evidence of his pure, creative genius. It was also an act of self defense. Three ...

At the heart of Mad Cow Theatre’s three-actor version of Macbeth is a rich vein of twisted malice. It’s there in the way Sophia Wise slowly rocks back and forth on her heels in anticipation of Macbeth ...

Shakespeare in Delaware Park’s 35th Anniversary Season continues with the opening of Macbeth. As in years past, the selection of plays for the season follows a pattern of producing one of the comedies ...

For its latest “Macbeth,” The Guthrie’s Wurtele Thrust Stage is transformed into a grand ruin, with the stage littered with the debris of long-standing battles and the great castle sporting ruined ...

Typically, Shakespeare in the Vines chooses a theme for itssummer season of plays, such as last year’s Comedy Tonight angle.This summer, however, the troupe decided to mix it up. Marriage, Murder and ...

The opera takes place in Scotland, and ACT ONE begins in a forest. Macbeth and Banco, two Scottish generals in King Duncan's army, stop to visit with a coven of witches. The witches tell Macbeth that ...

MOBILE, Ala. -- “Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble,” or so the spell goes. Local students are bringing Shakespeare to life with a dinner theater production of “Macbeth” ...

Revelatory production of Verdi opera evokes contemporary struggles. I have never understood the charm of Brussels, certainly not its urban architecture, which combines historic monuments with 1980s ...