King Lear - 2018 - West End Tickets, News, Info & More
Two ageing fathers - one a King, one his courtier - reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with shocking ends.
Tender, brutal, moving and epic, King Lear is considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written.
History:
RevivalRun Type: Limited Run
Market: West End
Previews: July 11, 2018
Closing: November 03, 2018
Duke of York's Theatre
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News Desk
- Mar 25, 2011
The Drama Group's spring show will be "Third" by Wendy Wasserstein
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- Mar 25, 2011
Renaissance Theaterworks (RTW) closes it 2010-11 mainstage season with IN ACTING SHAKESPEARE written and performed by James DeVita.
by Nicole Rosky
- Mar 24, 2011
After a week of strong previews, Eric Rosen's electrifying new production
of Kansas City native John Kander and Fred Ebb's Broadway classic Cabaret is set to open tomorrow, Friday, March 25, at Kansas City Repertory Theatre. Rosen, who directs and is also the Rep's artistic director, has created a production that evokes the exciting, decadent cabaret world of pre-war World War II Berlin.
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Mar 24, 2011
Seanachai proudly announces the company's second season at its permanent home, the 3rd Floor Theatre at the Irish American Heritage Center.
by Kelsey Denette
- Mar 22, 2011
The Green Room Awards took place at The Famous Spiegeltent in Melbourne last night, and global favorite MARY POPPINS led the night with a total of nine awards out of its twelve nominations. Yana Alana and the Paranas in Concert, a cabaret production, was a close second for total awards with six out of eight cabaret awards.
by Nicole Rosky
- Mar 22, 2011
The National Theatre's hit production of War Horse is currently taking bookings at the New London Theatre to 18 February 2012.
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Mar 22, 2011
Legacy of Light, a new play by Karen Zacarias, anchors the sixth annual FusionFest of new work and completes the Cleveland Play House's 84-year run at 8500 Euclid Avenue.
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News Desk
- Mar 22, 2011
Two River Theater Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Dias, continues its season with George Bernard Shaw's classic Candida, directed by David Staller. Performances will begin at Two River Theater, 21 Bridge Avenue, on Tuesday, March 22 and continue through Sunday, April 10.
by Kelsey Denette
- Mar 21, 2011
Acclaimed actor Derek Jacobi reunites with Tony Award-winning Artistic Director Michael Grandage for the Donmar production of King Lear. Presented at BAM in its US premiere, the production opened at the Donmar in December 2010, followed by an eight-week tour of the UK. It was also broadcast to more than 22 countries worldwide in collaboration with National Theatre Live.
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- Mar 21, 2011
The Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) World Premiere production of KIN, a new play by Bathsheba Doran (Living Room in Africa, her adaptation of Great Expectations at The Lortel) will officially open On March 21.
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- Mar 20, 2011
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 3/20 for Santa Barbara
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- Mar 20, 2011
New Repertory Theatre, in residence at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, is pleased to announce DollHouse, a drama by playwright Theresa Rebeck, based on Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House.
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News Desk
- Mar 20, 2011
John Douglas Thompson is playing the title role in Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth in Theatre for a New Audience's final and fourth show of its 31st Season. Directed by Arin Arbus, this production reunites Ms. Arbus and Mr. Thompson whom she directed in the title role of Othello two seasons ago. Mr. Thompson won OBIE and Lucille Lortel awards for his performance. Macbeth features Annika Boras as Lady Macbeth, Albert Jones (Theatre for a New Audience's Pericles and Oroonoko) as Macduff and Graham Winton (Theatre for a New Audience's Don Juan, Julius Caesar, Pericles, Othello and Measure for Measure) as Banquo. Macbeth begins previews Saturday, March 12 at 8:00pm, opens Sunday, March 20 at 7:00pm, and runs through Thursday, April 21 at The Duke on 42nd Street, a New 42nd Street® project, 229 West 42nd Street. The production is sponsored by Deloitte.
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- Mar 20, 2011
Burning Coal Theatre Company of Raleigh, NC will re-open its production of To Kill A Mockingbird, a stage adaptation of Harper Lee's classic novel by Christopher Sergel. The production runs March 10 - 20, 2011. Performances are March 10 - 12 and 17 - 19, 2011 at 7:30 pm and March 13 and 20th at 2 p.m.
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- Mar 20, 2011
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 3/20 for San Francisco
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- Mar 20, 2011
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 3/20 for Los Angeles
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- Mar 20, 2011
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 3/20 for Thousand Oaks
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- Mar 20, 2011
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 3/20 for Costa Mesa
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- Mar 20, 2011
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 3/20 for Sacramento
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- Mar 20, 2011
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 3/20 for San Diego
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- Mar 19, 2011
A living, breathing American masterpiece, Hal Holbrook's MARK TWAIN TONIGHT!, is returning to the historic Balboa Theatre Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 8PM. The show is, quite simply, one of the most acclaimed and enduring performances in the history of theatre!
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 18, 2011
The Drama Group's spring show will be "Third" by Wendy Wasserstein
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Mar 18, 2011
Theatre of NOTE continues the celebration of its 30th anniversary with SHOE STORY, written by Ben Snyder and directed by Maureen Huskey.
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Mar 18, 2011
By overwhelming demand, FREUD'S LAST SESSION, the hit play by Mark St. Germain, today put a new block of seats on sale through July 1st.
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Mar 18, 2011
Full casting is today announced for Sheffield Theatres' production of Hobson's Choice. Barrie Rutter takes the lead role as Henry Horatio Hobson, Zoe Waites will take the part of Maggie Hobson and Sue Wallace plays Mrs Hepworth.
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- Mar 18, 2011
Asolo Repertory Theatre is thrilled to introduce Florida audiences to Las Meninas, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage.
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News Desk
- Mar 17, 2011
Performing Arts Fort Worth proudly welcomes Hal Holbrook in 'Mark Twain Tonight' back to Bass Performance Hall on Thursday, March 17, 2011, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $33-$55 and are on sale NOW!
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News Desk
- Mar 17, 2011
He is a Roman general, handsome & brave. She is the Queen of Egypt, beautiful & proud. Together they will defy the power of an Emperor. Together they will destroy that which they strive to uphold. Join us as the AUDELCO Award-winning Take Wing And Soar Productions presents Shakespeare's ANTONY & CLEOPATRA from March 17-27, at The Poet's Den Theater. Award-winning actress & director Petronia Paley leads the TWAS Classical Actors of Color as they share the stage with classical actor Michael Early* as Antony and Take Wing And Soar's Producing Artistic Director, Debra Ann Byrd*, as she takes on the role of Egypt's last Queen. The Opening Night Gala on March 17th at 7pm, will honor Councilwoman Inez Dickens.
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- Mar 17, 2011
Lucy Black, Timothy Carlton, Simon Chandler, Richard Clifford, Oliver Coopersmith, Niamh Cusack, Rory Fleck-Byrne, Freddie Fox, Jenny Galloway, Patrick Godfrey, Nicholas Jones, Tommy McDonnell, Lucy Robinson, Tristan Shepherd, Richard Teverson, Sarah Waddell, Michael Webber and Tristram Wymark will join the previously announced Anne-Marie Duff in Terence Rattigan's final play, Cause Celebre, opening for previews on 17 March with a press night on 29 March 2011.
by Kelsey Denette
- Mar 16, 2011
The Antaeus Company will offer double-cast productions of The Malcontent by John Marston and Peace in Our Time by Noël Coward in 2011, as well as a new installment of ClassicsFest, Antaeus' signature, six-week festival of classical work.
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Mar 16, 2011
Catalyst Collaborative@MIT, a science theater collaboration between MIT and Underground Railway Theater, presents Hugh Whitemore's BREAKING THE CODE, an elegant, deeply moving portrait of mathematician Alan Turning, played by Allyn Burrows and directed by Adam Zahler. The press performance is April 10, 2011 at 2PM.
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Mar 16, 2011
kef theatrical productions (Adam Fitzgerald, Artistic Director) is proud to present the World Premiere of Israela Margalit's First Prize, directed by Margaret Perry.
by Robert Diamond
- Mar 16, 2011
Here is the full video coverage of the winners at the 2011 Olivier Awards.
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News Desk
- Mar 16, 2011
Northern Stage (formerly Newcastle Playhouse) and Sheffield Theatres today announce their first collaboration, a new production of Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". The production will be directed by Northern Stage's Artistic Director Erica Whyman. "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" will play at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre (Wednesday 16 March - Thursday 7 April) and then continue to Northern Stage (Tuesday 12 April - Saturday 30 April).
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Mar 15, 2011
The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has announced its winners and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre for the year 2010.
by Robert Diamond
- Mar 15, 2011
The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has announced its winners and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre for the year 2010. Announcements were made at a ceremony held on Monday, March 14 at the Colony Theatre in Burbank.
by Nicole Rosky
- Mar 15, 2011
According to Variety, stage veteran Logan Marshall-Green is set to join Ridley Scott's newest project Prometheus. Production for the film begins this spring. Also set to star in the movie are Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender and Charlize Theron.
by Kelsey Denette
- Mar 15, 2011
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents C.I.C.T./Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord's production of Fragments running April 14 to 17 in the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater. Co-directed by Peter Brook and Marie Hélène Estienne, Fragments brings together four short plays by Samuel Beckett including Rough for Theatre I, Rockaby, Act Without Words II, Come and Go, as well as the poem, Neither. Press night will take place on Thursday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m.
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Mar 14, 2011
Playwrights Horizons (Artistic Director, Tim Sanford; Managing Director, Leslie Marcus) and New York Theatre Workshop (Artistic Director, James C. Nicola; Managing Director, William Russo) have announced complete casting and creative team for THE SHAGGS: PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD, a new musical with book by Joy Gregory; music by Gunnar Madsen; lyrics by Ms. Gregory and Mr. Madsen; and story by Ms. Gregory, Mr. Madsen and John Langs.
by Carrie Dunn
- Mar 13, 2011
Our writer's tip for the trophy-winners tonight!
by Robert Diamond
- Mar 13, 2011
The winners of the 35th Olivier Awards, the UK's highest stage honours, were announced tonight, Sunday 13 March 2011, at a star-studded ceremony held at London's historic Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Here's Danielle Hope on the red carpet!
by Robert Diamond
- Mar 13, 2011
The winners of the 35th Olivier Awards, the UK's highest stage honours, were announced tonight, Sunday 13 March 2011, at a star-studded ceremony held at London's historic Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Here's Sierra Boggess on the red carpet!
by Lauren Wolman
- Mar 13, 2011
Phoenix Rising Productions has announced the West Coast premiere of Tennessee & Anna, a play by Franco D'Alessandro, directed by Anthony Caldarella. A guest production at the Odyssey Theatre in West Los Angeles featuring multi-award-winners Morlan Higgins and Karen Kondazian, Tennessee & Anna begins previews on April 5, and opening is set for Saturday, April 9 at 8pm. Performances will continue through May 29.
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- Mar 13, 2011
Opening Friday March 18th and running through Sunday April 3rd is a surreal comedy written by Steve Martin (the original wild and crazy guy). Picasso at the Lapin Agile is an imagined conversation between Picasso and Einstein. They are joined by a strangely familiar face from the future.
by Carrie Dunn
- Mar 13, 2011
Our UK editor takes you through the evening live!
by Carrie Dunn
- Mar 13, 2011
Check here to see if your favourites have picked up the prizes!
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- Mar 13, 2011
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 3/13 for Costa Mesa
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- Mar 13, 2011
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 3/13 for Thousand Oaks
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- Mar 13, 2011
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 3/13 for Los Angeles
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- Mar 13, 2011
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 3/13 for San Francisco
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