National Theatre Live to Broadcast KING LEAR , 2/3

National Theatre Live continues its season with the Derek Jacobi's hugely acclaimed performance as Shakespeare's KING LEAR, directed by Michael Grandage at the Donmar Warehouse.  National Theatre Live is an initiative by the UK's National Theatre to broadcast live performances onto cinema screens around the world.  KING LEAR marks National Theatre Live's second collaboration with another British theatre company, following the highly successful broadcast of Complicite's A Disappearing Number last year.

WHERE:              
In the New York City area, screenings continue at NYU's Skirball Center, City Cinema 123, Kew Gardens Cinema, Fairfield University (CT), the Shakespeare Theatre Company (DC) and more. 
 
The broadcast will also be shown on screens across the United States including the Mann Theatre in Hollywood, Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe, NM, Coolidge Corner Theatre in Boston, MA, Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, MN, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts in La Mirada, CA, Shalin Liu Performing Arts Center in Rockport, MA, Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth University and many more.
 
ABOUT:KING LEAR will be filmed live from London's Covent Garden. An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child's love rejected. As Lear's world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question. One of the greatest works in western literature, KING LEAR explores the very nature of human existence: love and duty, power and loss, good and evil.
 
WHEN: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd OR VARYING DATES LISTED BELOW.
 
SCHEDULE:        
For a complete list of U.S. dates, times & locations, please check:  www.ntlive.com 
Example broadcasts in major markets are as follows.
 
? NYU Skirball Center for the Arts (NY, NY) - Special encore broadcast added on February 17th at 7pm!
? Cinema 123 (NY, NY) - February 3rd at 7:00pm & February 6th at 2:00pm? Mann Chinese (Hollywood, CA) - February 3rd at 7:00pm
? Kew Gardens Cinema (Queens, NY) - February 3rd at 2:00pm & 7:00pm
? Lensic Performing Arts Center (Santa Fe, NM) - February 3rd at 7:00pm
? Fairfield University (Fairfield, CT) - February 3rd at 2:00pm & February 11th at 7:00pm 
? Society of the Four Arts (Palm Beach, FL) - February 5th at 2:00pm
? Mary Riempa Ross Arts Centre (Lincoln, NE) - February 3rd at 7:00pm & February 6th at 3:00pm
? Coolidge Corner (Brookline, MA) - February 3rd at 7:00pm & February 7 at 7:00pm ? Shakespeare Theatre Company (DC) - February 12th at 2:00pm & 8:00pm? Angelika Film Centre (Dallas, TX) - February 8th at 7:00pm
? Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis, MN) - February 21st at 7:30pm 
? Michigan Theater (Ann Arbor, MI) - February 20th at 7:00pm
? Sundance Kabuki (San Francisco, CA) - February 26th at 12:30pm & February 28th at 7:00pm
? Tivoli Theatre (St. Louis, MO) - February 5th
? Theatre Works (Colorado Springs, CO) - February 16, 17 & 18th at 7:00pm  ? SIFF Cinema (Seattle, WA) - February 18th at 7:30pm
 
TICKETS:              
Ticket prices vary by venue.  The average ticket price is $20.  Contact local venues for ticket information.
 
NEXT:
Following KING LEAR season two will continue on March 17, 2011 with Danny Boyle's new production of FRANKENSTEIN, a play by Nick Dear, based on the novel by Mary Shelley, with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternating the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature.
 
MORE:
The Donmar's production of King Lear will transfer to the Brooklyn Academy Of Music in New York from April 28 to June 5, 2011.
               
NT Live is distributed by New York-based BY Experience, Inc. (www.byexperience.net)

 

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