Jonas Kaufmann, the most versatile and exciting tenor in opera today, stars in the title role of French composer Jules Massenet's "Werther," presented by The Met:Live in HD at USCB Center for the Arts on Saturday, March 15 at 12:55 p.m.

Shakespeare Rep's Debra Charlton talks about the Scottish curse, those crazy Oxfordians, the Bard on film, and her upcoming production of Macbeth at USCB.

By Margaret Evans, Editor

Debra Charlton knows her Shakespeare. The founding artistic director of Beaufort's newest theatre company, Shakespeare Rep, she holds a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin, where she pursued specialties in Shakespearean performance, production and pedagogy. She completed additional graduate work at the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Oxford, England.

The Hilton Head Choral Society is welcoming spring in the Lowcountry with "Music from The Stage" at 8 pm on Friday, March 21 at First Presbyterian Church, 540 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island.