Every year, David Fuchs allows students in his advanced acting class at the Arts Academy in the Woods to choose one of two plays to perform during the year. But he adds a twist to their choice.

I found the current Lincoln Center production of Macbeth rather dissatisfying. But not as dissatisfying as I found Ben Brantley’s review thereof. Not that I disagree with all of Brantley’s complaints, ...

When filmmaker Joel Coen emailed Kathryn Hunter, an actress with deep roots in Shakespeare who has taken revolutionary turns playing the lead roles in the Bard’s King Lear and Timon of Athens, and ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “It’s just coincidence,” Philip Kerr says of the superstitions that swirl around Shakespeare’s ...

Choosing the right opener for a theatrical season is always a fraught gamble. An opening demands ambition and momentum, all while securing trust in the audience that what follows will reward them.