William Shakespeare wrote his plays more than 400 years ago. They’re still being performed today, along with adaptations in film and opera and more. On this episode, we explore why.

Atlanta Opera will present the Italian composer’s adaption, emphasizing revolution, at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center from March 1-9. Atlanta Opera's production of "Macbeth," March 1-9 at Cobb ...

Opera Orlando‘s 2024-25 season, titled “Destiny + Desire,” will include a beloved fairy tale, two forays into the world of Shakespeare, a ragtime opera by a musical great and a new take on a Christmas ...

Woodstock Shakespeare Players is back for its second season and this year, not only have they partnered with the Woodstock Opera House. With an all new script written by Angie Kells (and William ...

FREDONIA — In a year full of celebrations commemorating the 400-year anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, the 1891 Fredonia Opera House will present two live via satellite productions from the ...

Chicago Opera Theater (COT) will illuminate Shakespeare and Antonio Salieri this fall with a trilogy of performances and events, culminating in the Chicago premiere of Salieri’s Falstaff, ossia Le tre ...

The Who’s Tommy ttIn 1969, The Who invented the genre of “rock opera” with Tommy. This month at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City, The Who’s Tommy, as it is billed, gives us the opera'but somehow ...

Translating Shakespeare to a new style is a theatrical tradition as time honored as the Bard himself. In the last couple of years, Oregon Shakespeare Festival has produced Coriolanus in Portland with ...