The annual Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary season with its first production of William Shakespeare's powerful tragedy "King Lear," running Aug. 21-31. The play tells ...
For King Lear, perhaps Shakespeare’s bleakest tragedy, Denver Center Theatre Company artistic director Kent Thompson has the characters argue, fight, rage, torment each other and grieve on an almost ...
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Shakespeare’s themes are so universal, his storytelling so chock-full of detail and nuance, his plays can be adapted to just about any time and circumstance. Seen at a matinee last weekend, the latest ...
She went on to others, including Vittoria in The White Devil in 1976 and Phedra in 1984 at the Old Vic where she now owns the stage as Lear. She didn't seem to bother with anything as trivial as ...
There’s also nothing overtly lyrical in the play’s general tone; some of the greatest language spews out of irascible old Lear often when he is beside himself with anger. In fact, the entire tragedy ...
In the 15 years Aisle Say has had the privilege to review this professional ensemble, always have the scenic design and costume design been breathtaking. So it was with Riw Rakkulchon’s massive ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Kenneth Branagh’s production of the Shakespeare classic speeds through the material and can’t quite figure out its tone. By Maya Phillips Kenneth ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Ten actors wear the crowns in Karin Coonrod’s production, which is rich with twilight revelation, at La MaMa in Manhattan. By Helen Shaw ...
Joe Chapa stars as Raymundo, the title character of Anna Skidis Vargas' new 'King Lear' adaptation, 'El Rey del Pollo.' Vision & Verve / Wesley Kirk Shakespeare’s themes are so universal, his ...