This is Drama Masks, a Bay Area performing arts column from a born San Franciscan and longtime theatre artist in an N95 mask.

Set to the haunting and propulsive music of Radiohead, this production thrusts Shakespeare’s tragedy into an unsettling soundscape that amplifies themes of ambition, paranoia, and psychological ...

With clear staging and strong performances, the production makes Shakespeare’s dark tragedy engaging for newcomers and ...

Not to deal in unsolicited prophecies, but if you go see the Washington National Opera production of “Macbeth,” you’ll love it. Giuseppe Verdi’s 1847 adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic (with an ...

Giuseppe Verdi called the opera his “best beloved child,” but audiences have consistently agreed with George Bernard Shaw, who sneered that Verdi tried to turn Shakespeare’s tragedy into another ...

A bold and electrifying new staging of Macbeth arrives at Lancaster Grand Theatre this spring presented by Flabbergast ...