The bravura opening shot of Orson Welles‘ “Touch of Evil” — in which the camera begins on a close-up of a ticking bomb and then pulls back to present the bomb’s journey to detonation via a dizzying ...

HARLEM (WABC) -- In honor of Black History Month, we shine the spotlight on a version of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" that was staged in Harlem 86 years ago. It featured an all black cast and was staged by ...

For some theater fans, the 1936 production of the “Voodoo Macbeth” (as it became commonly known) is the stuff of legend. Funded by the Federal Theater Project, which gave financial aid to the ...

The first-ever theatrical release from USC School of the Cinematic Arts enlists multiple directors to dramatize the 'Citizen Kane' director's Shakespearean collaboration with the Negro Theatre Unit.

Focusing on the 1936 theatrical production of Shakespare’s “Macbeth” with an all-Black cast directed by an inexperienced 20-year-old Orson Welles, “Voodoo Macbeth” highlights the chaos and beauty that ...

Orson Welles’ horror-tinged, loose adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedies returns to Blu-ray in Macbeth: Special Edition (Kino Lorber, not rated, 119 minutes, 1:33:1 aspect ratio, ...

Revisit Orson Welles’ 1948 adaptation of the Scottish play, available on Blu-ray, ahead of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival production, running now through Aug. 11. Courtesy: Republic PIctures But ...

At 20 years old, Orson Welles may have had a lot to learn. But at that age, he directed an all-Black cast in a production of “Macbeth” by the Negro Theater Unit in Harlem that became a sensation and ...