Glenda Jackson returns to Broadway to tackle one of the greatest of classical theater roles in a gender-blind production of 'King Lear' that also features Ruth Wilson, Jayne Houdyshell, Elizabeth ...

In the 15 years Aisle Say has had the privilege to review this professional ensemble, always have the scenic design and costume design been breathtaking. So it was with Riw Rakkulchon’s massive ...

Patrick Page in King Lear — Photo: DJ Corey READ THIS REVIEW IN THE MAGAZINE Given the dark nights of COVID, it’s hard not to celebrate the STC’s march back to normalcy with a thrice-extended run of ...

Kenneth Branagh and Jessica Revell as Lear and Cordelia. Photo: Marc J. Franklin/Courtesy The Shed Kenneth Branagh and Jessica Revell as Lear and Cordelia. Photo: Marc J. Franklin/Courtesy The Shed ...

The role of King Lear is a huge undertaking for any actor yet Jackson nails it and makes it her own. She is able to defy genre barriers and stereotype and has given the best acting performance on ...

Shakespeare nailed it: “Though she be little, she is fierce.” Glenda Jackson may look frail, but the 82-year-old legend performs the noble task of rescuing director Sam Gold’s rickety Broadway ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Kenneth Branagh’s production of the Shakespeare classic speeds through the material and can’t quite figure out its tone. By Maya Phillips Kenneth ...

But while this off-kilter aesthetic seems to aim for a mood of mythical grandeur, the cumulative effect is more akin to a Disney stage version of Game of Thrones: the visual framing never quite feels ...

“Meantime we shall express our darker purpose.” Yael Farber’s production of King Lear begins with a succession of scenes that sum up the clarity of her line through the play’s tangled world of broken, ...

In the Northern Stage production of King Lear, sound tells the story of armies clashing, and light makes a storm feel like the world’s end. Those immense theatrical effects are no more powerful than ...