"McKellen's Naked Lear Reveals Only So Much Royalty," by John Simon
In Brooklyn, the Royal Shakespeare Company's 68-year-old incumbent, Ian McKellen, I would rate as roughly B-plus; better than I expected but less than I would wish for.
Today is Sunday, August 2, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Michael E. Gold Anthony Crivello Lisa Brown Max Wright Jim Weston Jeanne Hepple Peter O'Toole Dennis Marks Antoinette Guhlke James Baldwin Carroll O'Connor Art D'Lugoff Simone Valère Theodore Marcuse Joseph Hayes Frank Milton Beatrice Straight Gary Merrill Eugene Loring Edwin Blum Ruth Nelson Myrna Loy Helen Morgan Earle Larimore Francis X. Mahoney Ferike Boros St. Clair Bayfield Claude Gillingwater Forrest Robinson F. Marion Crawford Ryan Shively John Ellison Conlee Richard Fancy Doris Coley John C. Gummoe John Dexter Mable Lee Lonnie Coleman Nehemiah Persoff Roger MacDougall