King Lear by Rhoda Feng

A production starring and codirected by Kenneth Branagh is thick with Neolithic-fur costumes, but thin on poetic feeling. Kenneth Branagh as King Lear and cast in King Lear. Courtesy the Sh…

King Lear (The Shed) by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Firstly, the play has been shortened to two hours without any intermissions, when most recent productions have been three and a half hours with one intermission. This makes all of the events…

This Week on Broadway for November 17, 2024: Maybe Happy Ending by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk about Maybe Happy Ending, King Lear @ The Shed, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical, La Bohème @ the Met Opera, Orson’…

Review: Kenneth Branagh’s ‘King Lear’ Howls Into A Stormy, Rushed Muddle by David Cote

The great Kenneth Branagh leads and co-directs a decidedly not-great production of the Shakespeare tragedy.

Review Roundup: Kenneth Branagh-Directed KING LEAR Opens at The Shed

Acclaimed actor Kenneth Branagh steps into the formidable shoes of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, in a new production at The Shed NYC. Read the reviews for this new production of one of …

‘King Lear’ Review: Kenneth Branagh’s Latest Finds the Wrong Tone by Maya Phillips

Kenneth Branagh’s production of the Shakespeare classic speeds through the material and can’t quite figure out its tone.

King Lear by David Walters

This is a play full of sound and fury, signifying everything. The post King Lear appeared first on The Front Row Center.

A Hasty KING LEAR at The Shed - Review

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of King Lear by William Shakespeare at The Shed. The production stars Kenneth Branagah.

Review: King Lear Stars Kenneth Branagh as an Aging and Unwise Ruler

King Lear at The Shed by Jk Clarke

Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . .  Is there any actor alive who is as passionate about Shakespeare, and as invested in his work, as Kenneth Branagh? He’s performed in and/or directed…

King Lear: Kenneth Branagh Cuts the Tragic Tale to a Slim Two Hours by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ The Shakespeare veteran directs and stars alongside RADA grads in a no-frills production The post King Lear: Kenneth Branagh Cuts the Tragic Tale to a Slim Two Hours appeared…

King Lear: Kenneth Branagh Brings a Revival For Our Time, Sorta by David Finkle

★★★☆☆ Trimmed to two hours, the classic is directed by Branagh, Rob Ashford and Lucy Skilbeck with a young cast The post King Lear: Kenneth Branagh Brings a Revival For Our Time, …

‘In his company, you never knew what would happen next’: remembering Timothy West by Tom Morris

Whether doing King Lear with students or performing soliloquies in complete darkness, the great actor was driven by curiosity Timothy West dies aged 90 Modest maestro embodied the best of B…

Timothy West, Who Portrayed Kings and Prime Ministers, Dies at 90 by Natasha King

A staple of British television, he played Churchill three times over a long career. Onstage, he was King Lear, Macbeth and Willy Loman.

Timothy West: a modest maestro who embodied the best of British theatre by Michael Billington

With a remarkable knack of bringing history to life on stage and screen, West honed his craft with devotion and delight• Timothy West, star of stage, screen and television, dies aged 90•…

Romeo + Juliet – Gold Brick by Jk Clarke

Theater Review by JK Clarke . . .  Sam Gold’s apparent vendetta against William Shakespeare continues. Over the past ten or so years, the Tony Award-winning and often quite effective (las…

You Can Take Nicole Scherzinger Out of the Pussycat Dolls, But You Can't Take the Pussycat Doll Out of Norma Desmond by Hayley Levitt

In Sunset Boulevard, discarded starlet Norma Desmond plots her comeback—pardon, her “return”—with a film she’s written about the vengeful seductress Salome. In traditional producti…

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Starring Sarah Snook, Sets Broadway Opening at the Music Box Theatre by Hayley Levitt

The Sydney Theatre Company production of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, starring Emmy and Olivier Award winner Sarah Snook, has set dates and a venue for its previously announced…

Playwright Ayad Akhtar on Blending Literature, Technology and the Star Power of Robert Downey Jr. in McNEAL by Kathy Henderson

What do you get when you toss Hedda Gabler, King Lear, Madame Bovary and many other works of world literature into a chatbot? Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar imagines the resul…

Photos: Kenneth Branagh in Rehearsal for KING LEAR at The Shed

Kenneth Branagh plays the title role in a new production of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, set in the barbarous landscape of Ancient Britain. Check out rehearsal photos!

A Tupperware of Ashes review – wrenching drama of a family hit by Alzheimer’s by Anya Ryan

Dorfman theatre, London In Tanika Gupta’s play, Meera Syal is a steely south Asian matriarch whose Lear-like decline into dementia upends her family There are quibbles with Tanika Gupta’…

Sarah Snook to Reprise Award-Winning Solo Performance of The Picture of Dorian Gray on Broadway This Spring by Hayley Levitt

The rumors are confirmed. Succession star Sarah Snook will make her Broadway debut in the one-woman stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. The piece, which feature…

The week in theatre: Waiting for Godot; Coriolanus; A Face in the Crowd – review by Susannah Clapp

Theatre Royal Haymarket; Olivier; Young Vic, LondonBen Whishaw and Lucian Msamati add star power to James Macdonald’s thoughtful Beckett; David Oyelowo’s Coriolanus is dwarfed by epic st…

Show & Tell review – Ayckbourn’s latter-day Lear blusters around the front room by Mark Fisher

Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughWhen the retired MD of a department store books a theatre company to perform at his home, relationships and reality begin to unravel If, like Alan Ayckbour…

The Shed Unveils 24-25 Season Including Kenneth Branagh in KING LEAR & More

The Shed has revealed its 2024 – 25 season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Tracking the Changes of My Life Via a Survey of Constantly Changing Communicating Tools by Elyse Sommer

Tracking the Changes of My Life Via a Survey of Constantly Changing Communicating Tools By Elyse Sommer My first writing tool was a fountain pen and the "platform" on which my scribblings la…

Patrick Page Is Tackling Shakespeare's Biggest Role by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Fresh off his Broadway run in Hadestown, Patrick Page is back onstage at Washington DC's Shakespeare Theatre Compnay, playing the titular king in King Lear, dir…

Villains By Necessity: A Review of “King Lear” at American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin by Mary Wisniewski

There’s no time wrong for “King Lear,” and if you haven’t seen a live performance, American Players Theatre’s production is a great place to start.

A Time When Madman Led the Blind by Jaymichaelsae

jim Catapano and the Shakespeare mountain A Powerhouse King Lear Graces the American Theater of Actors Under the excellent direction of James Jennings, King Lear is reborn for the modern sta…

American Theatre of Actors presents what is considered by some to be Shaksepeare’s masterpiece: King Lear (article by Kaitlyn E. Clark) by Jaymichaelsae

August 14 – 25 ( 7:00 PM (Wednesday through Saturday), 3:00 PM (Sunday) on the John Cullum Stage of the American Theatre of Actors. Purchase  here. Directed by James Jennings himself, the…

Stage Top 5: August 2024 by Brian Hieggelke

August is a great month for some light theatrical entertainment. Like, um, King Lear.