Over the past few years, a discussion has emerged about a somewhat taboo move: cutting ties altogether with family members ...

The British actor stars in and co-directs this brisk, emotionally vacuous production of the towering drama at the Shed.

Kenneth Branagh’s production of the Shakespeare classic speeds through the material and can’t quite figure out its tone.

With a cast and crew of 75, this play “has everything,” said Rushing. “There’s an aging mother clearly going through dementia ...

Emma Green on the new pro-life playbook. Plus: why Democrats whiffed on the minimum wage; images of small-town Ohio; and is ...

Kenneth Branagh during rehearsals of King Lear with Hughie O’Donnell (who ... but where the center of it, a family drama that ends up creating a national crisis, could feel very immediate.

Three women stand before their mother. Two profess an unyielding love for her. One falls silent. None of them will come out ...

Lear was behind some of the biggest TV shows of all time, including "All in the Family" and "Sanford and Son." Lear died at his home in Los Angeles of natural causes, according to multiple reports ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Kenneth Branagh plays the title role in a ...

Kenneth Branagh plays the title role in a new production of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, set in the barbarous landscape of Ancient Britain. Featuring a cast of rising stars from the Royal ...

TV icon Norman Lear's cultural influence and political voice are being heard again before November's presidential election. The legendary creator of TV shows such as "All in the Family," "Maude ...

Feeling betrayed, Edgar assumes a new identity as a beggar and goes no-contact with his family. In the second plot, King Lear attempts to divide his kingdom among his daughters. Because it is ...