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 Wilson, Jayne Houdyshell, Elizabeth ...

Lear took our anxiety at the social upheaval at the time - Vietnam, the women's movement, civil rights - and invited us to face it with a laugh, always pushing our buttons, and always pushing the ...

A critic plays King Lear: ‘Enough dishing it out, it’s time to face the music myself’ After almost 50 years of judging others, former FT film critic Nigel Andrews is preparing for the role ...

I’m happy for 17-year-old Kenneth, and also that doesn’t answer the question. Branagh’s overarching vision seems to be textural rather than essential — “to be as urgent as possible.” ...

An updated version of Shakespeare's tragedy, set amid a climate apocalypse, stars Joe Morton as King Lear. ... Shakira speaks out on the ‘constant fear’ immigrants face while living in the U.S.

In “King Lear,” it seems, everyone’s a fool — at least when it is distilled through Paata Tsikurishvili’s singular sensibility. Synetic Theater’s artistic director, who with “King ...

Lear has lost his title, status, land, and power, but he has his daughter. He wants to sit with her, to sing and talk. As slippery, manipulative, and meagre as language can be, it is also, in this ...

After Ionesco’s absurdist 'Exit the King,' Geoffrey Rush and director Neil Armfield reteam for Shakespeare's straight-faced version in this new Sydney Theatre Company production.