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In many ways “Lady Macbeth” is remarkable for what it isn’t. It isn’t a staid period drama. It isn’t romantic. It isn’t predictable. And it certainly isn’t comfortable. It takes a ...
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. ... ‘The Mortal Thoughts of Lady Macbeth,’ Fais Do-Do, 5253 W. Adams Blvd., ...
Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth hit theaters at Christmas and is now streaming on Apple TV+.Shot in dramatic black-and-white with a narrow (practically square) aspect ratio, Coen adapted the ...
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 ...
Famously condemned by Stalin in 1936, Shostakovich’s graphic Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk still has the power to shock. Until the bleak final act, Richard Jones’ 2004 production reveals more of its ...
As Indira Varma can attest, inhabiting Lady Macbeth eight times a week — in a production spanning four cities and five months, no less — is a gratifying but taxing affair. For instance: After ...
The brutality of the act can be heard with graphic precision in the orchestra. Elisabeth Stöppler’s new production of Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth von Mzensk ...
Royal Shakespeare Company partners with iNK Stories on 'Lili,' a neo-noir video game set in Iran that reimagines Lady Macbeth.
Tenor Brenden Gunnell (Sergei), soprano Kristine Opolais (Katerina), and bass Günther Groissböck (Boris) in the Boston Symphony Orchestra's concert performance of Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth of ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “Pornophony,” declared the critics at the New York premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of ...