Wednesday, October 22, 2025
After killing Duncan, Macbeth is afraid to think what he's done and Lady Macbeth must take matters into her own hands to cover their tracks.
There's just 13 performances left of Macbeth! Ge…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:48PM (Mark Lawson’s article appeared in the Guardian 10/22/25; Photo: Sinister sisters … Irene Macdougall, Eilidh Fisher and Alison Peebles. Photograph: Helen Murra) The Other Place, Strat…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:06AMThe Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonDaniel Raggett’s audacious RSC production sets the play in a Glaswegian pub full of thugs and has a Landlady Macbeth running the show
Audiences arriving…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMTuesday, October 21, 2025
The Stratford Theatre Review: Spontaneous Theatre’s Goblin:Oedipus By Ross It was exactly as expected, the night I arrived at Stratford Festival’s Studio Theatre for the opening night of…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 05:29AMSaturday, October 18, 2025
Comedian and actor John Leguizamo’s "The Other Americans," his first full-length and full-cast play, aside from his satiric one-person shows, is making its Off Broadway debut and proves to…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:25PMSunday, October 12, 2025
Robert Lepage's Macbeth is "a towering achievement" with "one of the most impressive sets to ever dominate a Stratford Festival stage" (Postmedia).
Watch as Macbeth's motel comes together be…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:31PMBy Alix Cohen Inspired by the illustrations of Edward Gorey, Victorian reverie, ill-fated romance, calamitous croquet, and the dangers of windy cliffs. “The world is full of people who are…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:11PMMonday, October 6, 2025
BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that John Woodvine, a longtime star of the stage and screen, has passed away at the age of 96. In a career that spanned six decades, the performer appeare…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:42PMMonday, September 29, 2025
218 West 57th Street, New York
An immersive, experiential reworking of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s long-running musical turns it into something resembling a mostly fun theme park ride
Anyone put…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00PMFriday, September 26, 2025
After hearing the prophecy of the weird witches, Macbeth and Banquo agree to discuss what it all means at a later time.
Reimagined during the Quebec biker wars of the 1990s, Robert Lepage's…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:54PMFriday, September 19, 2025
A ghostly transformation. 👻
See how Graham Abbey quick changes in Macbeth. Playing the role of Banquo, he rushes off-stage after his character's gruesome death to become a ghost, with a n…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:24PMTuesday, August 26, 2025
The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced full casting for Daniel Raggett’s sell-out production of Macbeth, which runs at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon
The post Full Casting Anno…
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:14AMFriday, August 22, 2025
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence at Assembly George Square
"dazzles visually but struggles to marry Shakespeare with schoolyard drama”
The post Edinburgh Fringe Re…
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 11:40AMThursday, August 21, 2025
Vivien Lyra Blair, known for her role as Princess Leia in Disney’s Obi-Wan Kenobi series, has joined the cast of MattBeth, a new reimagining of William Shakespeare's Macbeth from directors…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36PMWednesday, August 13, 2025
E22: Why are audiences so captivated by characters who blur (or outright cross) the moral line? In this episode, theatre critic Chris Jones is joined by veteran Festival actors Tom McCamus a…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:12PMMonday, August 11, 2025
Producers Grove Entertainment (Beth Williams, Mindy Rich), Barbara Whitman and Alan Cumming are thrilled to announce full casting for the new musical Ceilidh [KAY-lee], based on one of Scotl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMSunday, August 10, 2025
A rollercoaster of emotion!
A great joy of repertory theatre can be found in the reverberations amongst the shows. As the New York Times reflected: "After you see two or three [productions …
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:03PMThursday, July 31, 2025
At this year’s Stratford Festival, kings, orphans and even a coffee shop have a message for their neighbors to the south.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:18AMTuesday, July 22, 2025
Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence combines comedy, songs and athleticism as a young netball player reckons with her own ambitions against an electro-pop score
A spate of Macbeths will hit the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMMonday, July 21, 2025
E21: We kick off the 2025 season of the Everyday Forum Podcast with a lively chat with cultural commentator Stephen Marche. He talks with the Festival's Artistic Director, Antoni Cimolino, a…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:18PMSunday, July 20, 2025
Mick Lally theatre, GalwayTo mark their 50th anniversary, Druid Theatre Company pair Shakespeare with JM Synge’s stark one-act tragedy
Marking 50 years of exceptional theatre-making, Druid…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMThursday, July 17, 2025
Why see As You Like It now?
🎧 Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino, in a newly released podcast, tells us how this play will give us the hope we are looking for. The plotline of As You Like …
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:42PMWednesday, July 16, 2025
Monday, July 14, 2025
Martin Professional’s MAC Viper XIP lighting fixtures made their debut theatrical performance at this year’s Shakespeare in the Park Singapore, bringing a bold and atmospheric visual dim…
SOURCE: PLSN at 10:17AMFriday, July 11, 2025
Frontmezzjunkies reports: The Stratford Festival Extends Annie, Macbeth, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Anne of Green Gables July 2025… The Stratford Festival announces the extension of its …
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 12:41AMThursday, July 10, 2025
"Cinematic, inventive, and captivating from start to finish" (BroadwayWorld), Robert Lepage's Macbeth is "a towering achievement" (Postmedia) and now extended by three weeks, until November …
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:24PMSeventeen productions, including nine premieres, from Japan, Ukraine, the UK, Spain, and Poland, will be showcased as part of the 29th International Shakespeare Festival in Gdańsk, running …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 01:47PMWednesday, July 9, 2025
By LOU HARRY You don’t need to go to an amusement park to have the feeling of riding a roller coaster. In Stratford, Ontario, you can acquire something akin to whiplash at a festival where…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 06:34PM📢 BIG NEWS: our 2025 season is extended! 🎉
The Globe and Mail were "gobsmacked by the strength of this year’s opening week", and with overwhelming audience demand, we're thrilled to …
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:02PMAccording to reporting by The Guardian, a Shakespeare festival in the Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk opened with a demonstration, not a play. Hundreds gathered on the theater steps to dem…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMSaturday, July 5, 2025
Courtney McManus brings Shakespeare to the sports court in Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence, a bold and hilarious reimagining of the classic tragedy set in the high-stakes world of school n…
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 03:39PMMonday, June 23, 2025
Pamela L Paek (Playwright and Performer) relishes
self-expression and creativity in as many forms as she can juggle,
including solo shows, stand-up comedy, sketch comedy, physical co…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 07:54PMFriday, June 20, 2025
Director Peter Francis James joins The Old Globe's Kim Heil to discuss Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well.
Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminars provide Globe patrons with an opportu…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:40AMShakespeare's witty comedy opens the 2025 Shakespeare Festival, directed by Peter Francis James, and running June 8 through July 6, 2025.
Find tickets at https://www.theoldglobe.org/pdp/25-…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:31AMTuesday, June 17, 2025
EXTENDED RUN through JUNE 29 only!
Tickets and more at https://www.nytw.org/show/lights-out-nat-king-cole/
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On December 17th, 1957, it was LIGHTS OUT on "The Nat ‘King’ Cole…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:57PMTuesday, June 10, 2025
by Phin Samdperil. TOLEDO, OH — Braden Slater, a high school junior at the Toledo School For the Arts, has earned a one-week suspension...
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:00AMSunday, June 8, 2025
Three moonlit bodies motor out in an unexpected vehicle for a watery drop, hooded in wordless violence that sets the cinematic scene with a vengeance. It’s not the beginning that was expec…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:00AMThursday, June 5, 2025
The Australian Shakespeare Company is set to return to the stunning grounds of Kew Gardens this summer with a trio of magical productions
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:25AMTuesday, June 3, 2025
The Royal Shakespeare Company has unveiled its 2025/26 season, promising a bold and globally inspired programme of productions in Stratford-upon-Avon and beyond
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 08:53AMFresh from their award-winning run at the Adelaide Fringe, Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence is powering onto the courts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:51AM