The Ohio Shakespeare Festival will perform the 17th Century classic “King Lear” over three weekends under the stars at Stan ...

I imagine Shakespeare’s Lear as no longer a king with a crown and throne, but as an ordinary man defeated by circumstances ...

Their “King Lear” – a sleek, streamlined version at the Klein Theatre, during which Lear’s psychic decline is made stunningly, transparently human – is something of a sensation: After ...

"Henry IV, Part One" and "Much Ado About Nothing" are some other Shaespeare works coming to Long Island parks.

Missing almost entirely is the mother of King Lear’s children, the queen. It’s the queen’s tale that the librettist J. R. Thorp tells with her debut novel, “Learwife.” ...

‘King Lear’: Theater Review Two-time Oscar winner Glenda Jackson returns to the stage after a quarter-century in Shakespeare's most demanding role, 'King Lear,' at an age when the monarch ...

“King Lear,” many have said, is too grand for the stage. The biggest complaints, though, are stirred by the almost sadistic cruelty that pervades the text: It’s not an easy play to stomach.

If Logan at times resembles a King Lear transported to 21st century New York, it’s not simply because the character is played by the inestimable Brian Cox, an actor who successfully tackled the ...

And if we could match every year to a Shakespeare play, 2020 would undoubtedly be a “King Lear” type of year. “Lear” is the greatest tragedy ever written, because it’s so damned tragic.

Actor Denis O’Hare on ‘King Lear,’ Trump, and the one role he never wants to play again By Don Aucoin Globe Staff,Updated January 27, 2021, 12:21 p.m. 1 Denis O'Hare JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty ...

‘King Lear’: Theater Review Glenda Jackson returns to Broadway to tackle one of the greatest of classical theater roles in a gender-blind production of 'King Lear' that also features Ruth ...