In an unforgettable finale to their 2025 season, Belvoir brings the house down with Shakespeare’s greatest play King Lear , ...

Shakespeare was originally intended as populist entertainment, not as elitist art, and Grassroots Shakespeare aims to perform it as such. “A lot of people look at Shakespeare and think it’s ...

This story contains mentions of gun violence. With dozens of acting credits in theater, improv and on screen, Chicago native ...

Is blood thicker than water? Should family always come first? These clichés about the importance of family abound, despite the recognition that familial relations are oftentimes hard, if not downright ...

Richard Wilson gives us a haughty, dismissive old Lear - Craig Fleming Clive Brill’s production, while relatively no-frills, is a treat, as well as being a potential blueprint for BBC radio drama.

For King Lear, perhaps Shakespeare’s bleakest tragedy, Denver Center Theatre Company artistic director Kent Thompson has the characters argue, fight, rage, torment each other and grieve on an almost ...

It is a common reflex to reach for Aristotle’s Poetics to determine what a good tragedy should be. Aristotle says there are good reasons to enjoy a good tragedy, especially if its ergon or telos (its ...

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 ...

As the finale to their 2025 season, Belvoir will bring the house down with Shakespeare’s greatest play King Lear, starring ...

Mac Loftin earned his PhD from Harvard University, where he studied the relationship between Christian theology and political ...