Yet Another Listelss "King Lear"
The public radio host Ira Glass set the theater blogosphere aflutter last week. The reason: after seeing an early preview of the new Shakespeare in the Park production of King Lear, he tweeted "@John Lithgow as Lear tonight: amazing. Shakespeare: not good. No stakes, not relatable. I think I'm realizing: Shakespeare sucks."As you can imagine, it was that last bit that pissed off theater lovers, including my frie…