Macbeth

New York City is host to two concurrently running productions of Shakespeare’s Macbeth this Spring: Aquila Theatre‘s presentation at the Gym at Judson (April 18th – May 6th), and Epic Theatre Ensemble‘s interpretation at the 47th Street Theatre (April 20 – May 26th). A stable of many a theatrical company’s portfolio, apart from its matchless, [...]

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The Knocking Within ANIKAI Dance Theater Texts from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, MacBeth, Titus Andronicus and Othello Selected and compiled by Wendy Jehlen Direction, concept: Wendy Jehlen Choreographer: Wendy Jehlen with Pradhuman Nayak ANIKAI Dance Theater premieres “The Knocking Within,” a new text-based work looking at insanity and a dysfunctional relationship through texts from three of [...]

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  Here’s the story … of The Bardy Bunch: The War Of The Families Partridge And Brady. It’s 1974 and two families, one Brady, one Partridge are at war.  Their battlefield exists in cancelled sit-com land and their weapons consist of killer dance moves, cut throat ballads and production numbers meant to slay you in [...]

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Macbeth – Behind Every Good Man . . .

by Karen Tortora-Lee August 16, 2010 Manhattan

This may not be a popular theory, but I always felt that if Shakespeare were alive today and writing this Scottish play the plot might very well be the same . . . but the title would be Lady Macbeth and the emphasis would be completely different.  For without the devious, devilish, deliciously deceitful Lady [...]

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