THERE IS A tide in the affairs of men, and in performances of Shakespeare’s plays. The pageant of demagoguery in “Julius Caesar” seemed urgent during the ascent of Donald Trump. The dilemma in “Hamlet ...
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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,” ...
Director Christopher V. Edwards puts a mind-bending twist on a Shakespearean classic. Set in the early days of the conflict between Western democracies and the Soviet Union, this re-imagination of The ...
New productions of “Macbeth” and “Hamlet” follow a French tradition of adapting familiar works. The results are innovative, and sometimes cryptic. By Laura Cappelle The critic Laura Cappelle saw the ...
Even those of us who have seen dozens of interpretations can count the number which "worked" on the fingers of one hand, and veterans still recall Trevor Nunn's 1976 production for the RSC, starring ...
It's a funny and satisfying evening worth of validation for women and those who love them. When a comedian is informed that she can't play Lady Macbeth, she sets out to prove everyone wrong, only to ...