A decade ago, the late Glenda Jackson played a remarkable re-gendered King Lear at London’s Old Vic. In 2022, Kathryn Hunter did similarly at Shakespeare’s Globe. This summer, 400 miles north in the ...

Role marks a major return for the actor after falling off the stage in 2024 and is a coup for the forward-thinking theatre Ian McKellen is to play King Lear in his first major theatrical role since ...

The first thing you notice about Hudson Valley Shakespeare's new Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center isn't the building itself, ...

Silicon Valley Shakespeare will return to Saratoga for its 25th anniversary season-and 20th year at Sanborn County Park-with 33 actors and more than 30 creatives behind the scenes mounting 2 ...

Kenneth Branagh is returning to the stage for his new Shakespeare production. The 62-year-old, who is a devout fan of the Bard, will director and star in a new production of King Lear. The adaptation ...

When King Lear, played by James A. Williams, first appears on stage, he wears a long fur coat. His crown: a black fedora with gold ribbon trim. It’s a distinctly Black regalness that makes you think ...

An illness may have delayed the opening of Northern Essex Community College's adaptation of "King Lear" last week, but now the show must go on. And on it will, with performances this Thursday through ...

Wait a minute, did I miss something? Maybe the signs mean "King" as in "Kingfish." In any case, Shakespeare's great tragedy about a vain old monarch's fatal mistake is getting a thrilling reimagining ...

The renowned actor Yehia El-Fakharany, deeply immersed in King Lear, returns to embody the role once again in a production directed by Shady Sorour, currently staged at the National Theatre. In his ...