Tuesday, December 10, 2024

How The Shed Brought Kenneth Branagh, Stephen Sondheim and Ralph Fiennes All Under One Roof by Gordon Cox

The Shed isn’t a Broadway theater, but in the relatively short time the venue has been in operation, it’s hosted some of New York City’s starriest stage endeavors—from Stephen Sondhe…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:16PM
Thursday, November 21, 2024

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…

SOURCE: 4columns at 07:00PM
Sunday, November 17, 2024

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…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:28PM

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’…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Friday, November 15, 2024

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.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:37PM
Thursday, November 14, 2024

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 …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09PM

‘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.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:31PM

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.

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 09:15PM

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.

SOURCE: Theatrely at 09:00PM

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…

SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 09:00PM

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…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:58PM

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, …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:57PM

‘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…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AM
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

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.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:02PM

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•…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM
Saturday, November 2, 2024

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…

SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 10:21PM
Thursday, October 31, 2024

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…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PM
Monday, October 21, 2024

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…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:42AM
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

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…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:06AM
Thursday, October 10, 2024

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!

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:48PM
Thursday, October 3, 2024

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’…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AM
Wednesday, October 2, 2024

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…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:36AM
Sunday, September 29, 2024

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…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12PM
Thursday, September 12, 2024

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…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AM
Thursday, September 5, 2024

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.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PM
Friday, August 23, 2024

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…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:18PM
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

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…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:06PM

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.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Monday, August 19, 2024

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…

SOURCE: Arts Independent at 12:59PM
Friday, August 9, 2024

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…

SOURCE: Arts Independent at 07:27PM

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