King Lear NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (5)
See it if As always, NYC knocks it out of the park. Great actors and great use of space during COVID times.
Don't see it if You don't like the happier ending of this play.
See it if you want to see a very entertaining outdoor show in a relaxed setting. Great acting and direction.
Don't see it if you don't want a show that steals and perverts Shakespeare's characters and plot lines and goes for a very silly ending
See it if you want to utilize an outdoor, open air show to ease your way back into theatre. Half the cast is exceptional. Show cut short by rainstorm.
Don't see it if you have zero familiarity with the story/show. The cuts make it difficult to follow at some points, and half the cast overacts/hams it up.
See it if you love Shakespeare in a COVID-safe outdoor setting and appreciate a panoramic presentation that is enthusiastically performed
Don't see it if it appalls you to see King Lear performed with a happy ending, even if this ending was standard practice for centuries
See it if Glenda Jackson was incredible. A resonant retelling.
Don't see it if It’s heavy! Not a lot of staging.
Critic Reviews (1)
"Much of the production is a fast-moving, tightly edited 'Lear,' until the wrap-up, in which the monarchy is restored, lovers are reunited, villains are vanquished, and virtue is generally triumphant...It has the effect of diluting what may be Shakespeare's greatest work; a kind of premodern glimpse into an abyss of evil becomes a furious melodrama that ends surprisingly, unconvincingly well...In any case, the cast's enthusiasm and evident of love of language make the evening a positive pleasure."
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