Anyone who’s seen a Shakespeare production likely knows the bard used music a great deal in his writings, according to Joel Spears, founder of the Early Music Series in Grayslake. “Some of the songs ...

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra the other evening gave a program of all Shakespeare, that is to say of orchestral pieces written to illustrate some Shakesperian theme. This interesting selection of ...

In Shakespeare, music is an integral part of the action. But the First Folio, which turns 400 this year, failed to transmit how it should sound. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim Musicians from the early ...

The show will feature scenes from Shakespeare’s greatest plays. From Romeo and Juliet’s balcony scene to (spoiler alert) Macbeth’s murder and more, the intimate, cabaret-style performance will feature ...

Often, exposure to William Shakespeare’s work comes in the form of sitting in a classroom, listening to others read the words in monotone voices. This experience can make it hard to enjoy and ...

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What do you get when you combine the sonnets of Shakespeare with rock music? To find out, you’ll have to go to SPACE in Evanston at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 9, when a band called Mortal Fools performs ...

Lancaster theaters are welcoming the summer season with a packed schedule of openings for the month of June. Whether you like Shakespeare or rock ’n’ roll, classic musicals or funny, edgy plays, ...

One day, probably in Leipzig during the 1830s, Robert Schumann attended a performance of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. At this performance, amid the lead-in to the finale—the passage where soft strings ...