A regional theatre adapts to the realities of war, with actresses taking male roles as actors are called up to front lines of ...

The timeless tragedy, King Lear, is set to take center stage at the Resident Ensemble Players (REP) this April. Learn more ...

Who would ever want to be king? There are those of us who consider the role of King Lear – ­William Shakespeare’s cranky and, ...

As Shakespeare’s king, Conleth Hill is at his best when the storm is up and the brain befuddled. But this staging is short on big ideas ...

We don’t get many productions of Shakespeare in Dublin, so the Gate tackling King Lear is most welcome. It is the story of ...

Prithee, shut thy Broadway programs. This cometh season Shakespeare is yet again showing life upon the wicked stage. Please, ...

The efforts of the theater in Chernihiv, the capital of a region that borders Russia and Belarus, reflect a broader reality ...

If Godard’s filmography was placed on a spectrum from linear to discombobulated, King Lear (1987), his postmodern interpretation of Shakespeare’s work, would fall somewhere near the middle. In theory, ...

South Korean director Jung Young-doo has been nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award, Britain's highest honor in theater, for ...

I’m trying hard to be optimistic about the country’s government. At times it seems like a madcap tragicomedy featuring Trump, multicolored hair and pumpkin-colored face, at once oblivious, but also ...

Read our review of King Lear at Dublin's Gate Theatre. This take on Shakespeare’s formidable human tragedy features an ...