Thursday, December 12, 2024

David Tennant’s Macbeth Interrupted by Disruptive Audience Member in London

A West End performance of Macbeth, starring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo, faced a 15-minute delay after an audience member disrupted the show at the Harold Pinter Theatre.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:43PM

David Tennant’s Macbeth disrupted by angry theatregoer by Greg Evans

The production was delayed for 15 minutes after the audience member returned from the bathroom

SOURCE: The Independent at 09:24AM
Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Donmar Warehouse’s Macbeth Breaks Box Office Records at Harold Pinter Theatre by Staff Writer

As the production draws to a close, the Donmar Warehouse’s critically acclaimed Macbeth, starring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo has broken box office records at the Harold Pinter The…

SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:54AM
Thursday, December 5, 2024
Sunday, December 1, 2024

Yale Rep’s ‘Macbeth in Stride’ takes a fresh look at Lady Macbeth with a soul-pop score by Christopher Arnott

Whitney White returns to New Haven to star in her distinctive take on a Shakespeare classic, "Macbeth in Stride," at the Yale Repertory Theatre Dec. 5-14.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM

The best theatre to stream this month: Hot Orange, The Warriors and Macbeth by Chris Wiegand

Come out to play with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis’s star-studded concept album or enjoy an improvised movie from the Goes Wrong team Amal Khalidi and Tatenda Naomi Matsvai’s highly…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AM
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Opera Review: ‘Macbeth’ presented by the Washington National Opera (WNO) at The Kennedy Center by Teniola Ayoola

Scottish costumes, opulent banquet scenes, and powerful, evocative lines like “To arms!” and “Victory or Death!” are just a few of the highlights that make Verdi’s “Macbeth,” p…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:25PM
Monday, November 18, 2024

Lend me your ears: great Shakespearean actors given hi-tech talking portraits by Michael Billington

A radical new exhibition celebrates stars including Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart by combining subtly moving artworks with their own voices. The results are uncanny Great actors have alw…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AM
Thursday, November 14, 2024

Washington National Opera's Macbeth | Nov. 13 - 23, 2024 by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2024-2025/macbeth/ NEW PRODUCTION Power’s price, paid in blood. Massive ensembles. White hot arias. The dark recesses of the mind. Verdi’s adap…

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:24PM

Étienne Dupuis as Macbeth in WNO's Macbeth | Nov. 13 - 23, 2024 by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2024-2025/macbeth/ NEW PRODUCTION Power’s price, paid in blood. Massive ensembles. White hot arias. The dark recesses of the mind. Verdi’s adap…

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:24PM
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Timothy West, Who Portrayed Kings and Prime Ministers, Dies at 90 by Natasha King

A staple of British television, he played Churchill three times over a long career. Onstage, he was King Lear, Macbeth and Willy Loman.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:02PM

AL HIRSCHFELD: IT’S IN THE CARDS By Peter Filichia

Zero Mostel as Peter Pan? Carol Channing as Lady Macbeth? Robert Preston and Sammy Davis, Jr. as the Dromio twins in THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE? Sounds crazy, no? But in 1964, Al Hirschfeld – …

SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 10:18AM
Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Podcast: Why you should never say ‘Macbeth’ in a theatre by Alex Miller

A deep dive into theatrical superstitions, plus checking in with Kate Hertz at Springs Ensemble Theatre and our Top 10 Colorado Headliners

SOURCE: OnStage Colorado at 11:13AM
Monday, November 11, 2024

Paul Mescal in STREETCAR, Whitney White's MACBETH IN STRIDE & More to Play BAM in 2025

BAM has revealed its 2025 Winter Spring Season, featuring Paul Mescal in A Streetcar Named Desire, Whitney White's Macbeth in Stride, and more. Learn more about the full lineup here!

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PM
Friday, November 8, 2024

Don’t Say ‘Macbeth’ and Other Strange Rituals of the Theater World by Juan A. Ramírez and Daniel Terna

Pulling back the curtain on the peculiar customs and enduring superstitions that help define life backstage.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:31AM
Sunday, November 3, 2024

‘The flaws are the sexy bits’: Anne-Marie Duff on courage, curiosity and the rare gifts of ageing by Eva Wiseman

Few actors inhabit a character as fully as Anne-Marie Duff, whether it’s Elizabeth I or Lady Macbeth. As the second season of Bad Sisters arrives on our screens, she talks to Eva Wiseman A…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM
Tuesday, October 29, 2024

‘You get more confident as the parts run out’: Harriet Walter on her stage career, Succession and Shakespeare’s women by Susannah Clapp

Her acting has seen her as the Roy family matriarch, an assassin in Killing Eve and in no fewer than 21 Shakespeare theatre roles. In her new book she imagines what the Bard’s female chara…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AM
Monday, October 21, 2024

Macbeth by Victoria Weisfeld

A stunning production of Macbeth makes this play not only fresh but freshly relevant. Fine acting, innovative touches, and superb production values. At The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey …

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 03:09PM
Friday, October 18, 2024

The Duchess [Of Malfi] | 2024 West End Vox Pops by Official London Theatre

Back on stage for the first time in over a decade, Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) takes on the role of a lifetime in Zinnie Harris’ acclaimed contemporary adaptation of The Duch…

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:44AM
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Macbeth By Candlelight Illuminates Jersey City  by Jk Clarke

Theater Review by Elise Nussbaum . . .  The endless elasticity of Shakespeare can be stretched to fit any variety of settings: a pre-gentrification West Side, an animated African savannah, …

SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 01:54AM
Wednesday, October 9, 2024

MACBETH Starring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo Will Be Screened in Cinemas Next Year

Macbeth, starring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo, which is currently playing to sold out houses in the West End, will come to cinemas next year.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:17AM
Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Theatre Review: ‘The Tragedie of Macbeth’ presented by Taffety Punk Theatre Company at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop by Fosse Thornton

For an acting company, Shakespeare is both daunting and liberating. His work has long been declared public domain, so there is a tantalizing impetus for a complete and total overhaul of the …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:39PM
Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Theatre Review: ‘Macbeth’ at Classic Theatre of Maryland by Julia Tucker

For more than four centuries, “Macbeth” has been one of Shakespeare’s best-known works. This tragedy explores the themes of fate, loyalty, power, and ambition, as well as the concept o…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:33PM
Monday, September 23, 2024

 Eclipse Theatre LA presents “Something Wicked This Way Comes” by Pauline Adamek

By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes! This portentous line is uttered by one of the three weird sisters in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Coming to L.A. this Octob…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:48PM

Four Reasons We Can't Wait for Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal to Go Head to Head in Othello by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

Shakespeare’s Othello is a play overflowing with passion, rage and intrigue. In the upcoming Broadway revival, it will also have two of the most magnetic leading men around pitted against …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:32PM
Thursday, September 12, 2024

Philly Fringe 2024: New Paradise Laboratories presents Jeffrey Cousar’s An Avalanche of ‘No’ by Kiran Pandey

Jeffrey Cousar’s An Avalanche of ‘No’ in the Cannonball hub of this year’s Fringe is a one-man riff on Macbeth that, despite its sincerity, fails to fully engage in the implications …

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:30PM
Thursday, September 5, 2024

MUST presents Shakespeare’s MACBETH by Aussie Theatre

Featuring a dynamic cast of 23, MUST returns to the Alexander Theatre with William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This intensely theatrical and

SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 04:40AM
Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminar: The Taming of the Shrew by The Old Globe

Director Shana Cooper joins The Old Globe's Justin Waldman to discuss her visionary new production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminars provide …

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:47PM
Thursday, August 22, 2024

Vladimir, Starring Norbert Leo Butz, Completes Casting for Manhattan Theatre Club World Premiere by Hayley Levitt

The complete cast is set for Manhattan Theatre Club's world-premiere production of Vladimir, starring two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz. Written by Erika Sheffer and directed by …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:03PM
Friday, August 16, 2024

Interview: From Sarah Brown to Lady Day- SAG Nominee Audra McDonald Shares Stories of Her Legendary by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: She won your heart as Lottie Gee, Billie Holliday, and Bess (and that's been just the past few years). Audra McDonald has grown to be perhaps the greatest tale…

SOURCE: YouTube at 09:36AM
Wednesday, August 14, 2024

“Hamstrung.” Yorick’s Untold Story by Margaret Rose

Hamlet, along with A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest and Macbeth, are probably the Shakespeare plays that are most often revisited today by writers, with very different intentions and…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:10PM

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Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
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