Review: A 'King Lear' disconnect at the Studio Stage
Director Thomas Bigley has fulfilled an essential task in his modern-day mounting of “King Lear,” presented by the Porters of Hellsgate at the Studio Stage. Every “Lear” rises and falls on the performance of the actor playing Shakespeare’s eponymous king, and by casting veteran actor Larry Cedar in the role, Bigley has done himself -- not to mention Cedar -- a world of credit.