Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Chicago author Richard Engling will celebrate the release of his new novel, ...

When the apocalypse comes, it will not arrive on the heels of a dreadful, cataclysmic clap of thunder. The earth will revolt in millimeter increments until we are frogs content to sit in a pot of ...

In his lecture entitled “Emeritus Rex: Shakespeare’s King Lear, a Cautionary Tale for Retirees,” the acclaimed emeritus theater professor, Paul Whitworth, invites attendees into the world of ...

Anyone seeing Lear for the first time tonight would have got the impression that it was some kind of horror play. Some rather portentous music heralds the action, the first scene of which takes place ...

As Hurricane Milton barrelled toward Florida last month, I taught a three-hour Zoom class and tried not to refresh my phone for updates. I grew up in Florida, and my parents, along with my sister and ...

The Saturday Symposium and Resident Ensemble Players are partnering together for King Lear. Join us for the day on April 19 and enjoy fascinating discussions, followed by a matinee performance of this ...

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 ...