What does guilt and ambition look like on stage? In Herndon High School’s gripping post-apocalyptic take on Macbeth, they are brought to life with artistry, precision and intensity. The tragedy of ...

No literary figure inspired composers more than Shakespeare, and Giuseppe Verdi was hardly tone deaf to the musical ...

Few plays force us to fully look evil in the face, and to consider the inhumanity of which humanity is capable, as insistently as “Macbeth.” It’s like war in that way. Indeed, as you watch the ...

Macbeth is not a story of happiness. Success begets greed, violence escalates, and blood once shed demands more and more, even as guilt devours. All of these are greatly heightened in Verdi’s operatic ...

Malevolence, greed, the thirst for power and the never-ending quest for revenge dominate the Washington National Opera production of composer Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth. The vocals by the company of ...

The bloody play that should not be named in a theatre—yes, that one—was boldly presented by Hot Springs Thespian Troupe 78 from October 30–November 1, directed by Kaitlin Potts, Roxanna Kirchhoff, and ...