Theater Review: Theater Review: Once More Into the Storm With ‘King Lear,’ Starring Glenda Jackson as the King, on Broadway at the Cort Theatre ...

And America’s 2020, as I say, was a “Lear” type of year. No, it didn’t feature a revolutionary or civil war. There were bread lines, but not as bad as the Great Depression’s.Nor did 2020 ...

“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.

By Act III, the storm on the heath mirrors Lear’s inner turmoil. He is fully mad, shouting at the heavens alongside the Fool, whose insights highlight the tragedy. Gloucester, blinded by Edmund ...

Any director worth his salt who tackles "King Lear" will attempt to redefine the center in Shakespeare's mightiest tragedy: mythical, cosmic chaos or earthbound human suffering; railing madness or ...

On impulse, I picked up my old college copy of “King Lear” and looked through it for the scene of Lear raving at the storm. “King Lear” is about lots of things—power, family, helplessness.

“King Lear” is kicking up a storm on Boston Common (through Aug. 9). And what a storm it is, replete with claps of thunder, wind cranked from giant fans, ...

While Sam Waterston takes on the title role, supporting player John Douglas Thompson delivers the standout performance in director James Macdonald's production.

One thing was sure from the moment the curtain rose: this King Lear was not the lean, commanding character of Shakespearean tradition. Brought to the stage of Britain’s Stratford Memorial ...

At two hours with no intermission, this stunning Branagh-helmed and -starring production is, in the best possible way, “King Lear’s” greatest hits.

Clarity is Trevor Nunn's hallmark. Not just his leading actor Ian McKellen but almost every cast member of Nunn's cross-cast RSC productions of "King Lear" and "The Seagull" uses telling line ...