The"King of the Hill" revival is less than two months away, and the first clip has dropped, confirming the return of yet another original character.

An Iranian director is breathing new life into William Shakespeare’s King Lear with a bold staging in Tehran infused with rock music and a dazzling light show to attract younger audiences. In ...

An Iranian director is breathing new life into William Shakespeare's "King Lear" with a bold staging in Tehran infused with rock music and a dazzling light show to attract younger audiences.

An Iranian director is breathing new life into William Shakespeare's "King Lear" with a bold staging in Tehran infused with rock music and a dazzling light show to attract younger audiences.In Iran, ...

Joseph A. Howley, an associate professor at Columbia University, speaks after a hearing for Mahmoud Khalil on March 12, 2025, in New York City. The Trump administration is seeking to deport Khalil ...

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

In theory, King Lear’s story is straightforward. Set in a post-apocalyptic world, after the Chernobyl catastrophe wipes out everything, the film follows William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth (Peter ...

Physical media collectors, take note. The Criterion Collection has announced six new Blu-ray releases coming in February 2025, including titles from some of today’s most beloved auteurs and one ...

Culture • Theater Review: Kenneth Branagh’s ‘King Lear’ Howls Into A Stormy, Rushed Muddle The great Kenneth Branagh leads and co-directs a decidedly not-great production at the Shed.

Review: ‘King Lear,’ Faster and Less Furious Kenneth Branagh’s production of the Shakespeare classic speeds through the material and can’t quite figure out its tone.

Given Kenneth Branagh ’s virtually unmatched history as an actor and director of Shakespeare’s plays, on stage and film, it is hard not to feel disappointment bordering on dismay at his ...

“See better, Lear,” says Kent, and as the old king dies, cradling his dead child, he finally does see. It’s a mystical death, a moment of preternatural vision followed by a departure.