Playwright James Ijames plays constantly with two types of expectations: the ones your family places on you, and the ones that Shakespeare has placed on all of us.

Ava Reid set out to write a feminist retelling of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth." Not only is it not feminist, but it's hardly even a retelling.

Scanning the company biographies for this quirky, patchy, candle-lit production of Shakespeare’s late play of lovers sundered ...

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, wrote of an unspecified great matter of state said to bear directly on the Queen’s life.

As Donald Trump has gained fame and power, his rage at opponents and appetite for vengeance appear to have sharpened. A ...

This weekend, rock out to ZZ Top frontman Billy F. Gibbons, laugh and cry to the story of "Little Women" and take up ...

As for Juliet, Shakespeare presents her as being considerably ... to marry the lovers in undue haste in the naive hope that the marriage might bring peace between the feuding families.

Hamlet” (the original) was written, of course, in 1600s vintage English blank verse; much of “Fat Ham” is in Black English ...

William Shakespeare, “The Tempest” “In all ... or company than a good marriage.” ― Martin Luther “I love you and it’s getting worse.” — Joseph Morris “A man’s main job ...

Juliet creator David West Read’s TV credits include Schitt’s Creek but his passion for theatre propelled him to rewrite a Shakespeare classic featuring the music of one of pop’s top hit makers ...

The last time the Guthrie Theater put on “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Barack Obama was nearing the end of his presidency, Joe ...

Helen Hunt leading a stellar cast in "Betrayal" at the Goodman, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky performing at the Lyric Opera, and ...