The Shed's artistic director, Alex Poots, on how he brought starry theater events with Branagh, Stephen Sondheim and Ralph ...

In the nineteen-eighties and nineties, the actor, writer, and director ushered in a Golden Era of Shakespeare plays on film ...

The great Kenneth Branagh leads and co ... from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Branagh being one RADA’s fanciest alums. Thus this Lear is both a tribute to his school and a throwback ...

By Maya Phillips Kenneth Branagh’s “King Lear,” which opened Thursday night at the Shed, is a tragedy that doesn’t seem to know why it’s so tragic. The production’s fleet and feathery ...

Given Kenneth Branagh’s virtually unmatched history ... it is hard not to feel disappointment bordering on dismay at his production of “King Lear,” a work considered by many to be the ...

So it’s hardly surprising that Kenneth Branagh, the British stage and screen star known for his affinity for and devotion to the Bard as both an actor and director, would get around to the task. For ...

Have you heard about the latest development on Manhattan’s far west side? Beginning this week, it’s ancient Britain. On ...

At two hours with no intermission, this stunning Branagh-helmed and -starring production is, in the best possible way, “King Lear’s” greatest hits. Senior Editor and Writer Senior Editor and ...

Kenneth Branagh and Jessica Revell as Lear and Cordelia ... If there’s an actor in King Lear who’s attempting to go deep as he drives forward, it’s Kloska. His Gloucester, though ...

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

Visitors to the thrilling, trimmed-down Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company production of King Lear (Griffin Theater, The Shed, to Dec. 15), starring an excellent Branagh in the title role ...

You will not be able to keep your eyes off the eye. Visitors to the thrilling, trimmed-down Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company production of King Lear (Griffin Theater, The Shed, to Dec. 15), starring an ...