The Off-Broadway Kenneth Branagh-led revival of King Lear officially opened at The Shed November 14, and the reviews are rolling in.
The production, the first live theatre production to use Dolby Atmos sound, first played at Wyndham's Theatre in London. The Off-Broadway run will continue through December 15.
Branagh has formed a long career starring in Shakespeare's works since appearing in Royal Shakespeare Company's Henry V in 1984. On stage and screen, he has starred in over 15 productions of Shakespearean plays. Among the highlights are his film adaptation of Hamlet, and his immersive staging of Macbeth which played Off-Broadway's Park Avenue Armory. King Lear is only the third time Branagh has done a show in New York City.
Read the reviews below.
Front Row Center (David Walters)
New York Stage Review (David Finkle)
New York Stage Review (Melissa Rose Bernardo)
The New York Sun (Elysa Gardner) *
The New York Times (Maya Phillips) *
New York Theatre Guide (Austin Fimmano)
TheaterMania (Zachary Stewart)
Wall Street Journal (Charles Isherwood) *
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Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.
The Off-Broadway cast also includes Mara Allen as Curan, Deborah Alli as Goneril, Raymond Anum as Burgundy, Saffron Coomber as Regan, Doug Colling as Edgar, Stefan Brennan-Healy as France, Eleanor de Rohan as Kent, Chloe Fenwick-Brown as Oswald, Joseph Kloska as Gloucester, Dylan Corbett-Bader as Edmund, Hughie O’Donnell as Cornwall, Caleb Obediah as Cornwall, Jessica Revell as Cordelia / The Fool.
The creative team includes co-directors Rob Ashford and Lucy Skilbeck, set and costume designer Jon Bausor, projection designer Nina Dunn, lighting designer Paul Keogan, sound designers and composers Ben and Max Ringham, choreographer Aletta Collins, and fight director Bret Yount. Casting directors are Lucy Bevan and Emily Brockmann
Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company presents the production 10 years after forming in 2013, working with international production company Fiery Angel and The Shed. KBTC also includes Judi Dench, Zoë Wanamaker, Derek Jacobi, Lily James, Richard Madden, and Rob Brydon.
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