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What does it mean to be haunted by ambition? Can we escape our destiny? How do we cope with our worst actions? Guthrie Theater’s “Macbeth” answers these questions in its gripping exploration of murder ...

“We like to think of it as couples therapy,” actor Ron Menzel said with a laugh. Menzel was referencing his upcoming lead role in Macbeth alongside his partner, Vivienne Benesch, who will take the ...

Ever since its founder, Tyrone Guthrie, hung out his shingle in Minneapolis and launched the regional theater movement in the early 1960s, the works of William Shakespeare have been core repertoire ...

Theater is good for examining our moral quandaries or offering a diversion from those troubles, said Guthrie Theater artistic director Joseph Haj. “Macbeth,” which opened Feb. 5, offers a little of ...

Astronomers use the term dark energy to refer to energy in the universe that is unaccounted for by ordinary matter but necessary to explain cosmology. Astronomy, however, isn't the only field with ...

The contents of this article are a pragmatic, simplified, and adapted version of John Austin’s (1962) work on speech act theory (SAT), first presented at Oxford University between 1951 and 1954 and at ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since ...

Human language has a distinct systematic structure, where utterances break into individually meaningful words that are combined to form phrases. Here we show that natural-language-like systematicity ...

The atmosphere is immediately spotless, with details of exquisite immersive nuance. The carpet of the auditorium flows onto the central stage, adding a voyeuristic element to the staging. The intimacy ...

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.

The Royal Shakespeare Company has released production photos from its modern-dress “Macbeth,” marking Sam Heughan‘s first performance with the company and his return to theater after 10 years focused ...