King Lear

King Lear Tickets

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Tickets at Cort Theatre

Address

138 West 48th Street
New York, NY 10019
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Cort Theatre

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About King Lear on Broadway

Venue

Cort Theatre
138 West 48th Street
New York, NY 10019
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Duration

3 hours and 30 minutes (1 Intermission)

Audience

Ages 14+

Previews

Feb. 28, 2019

Opening

April 4, 2019

Closing

June 9, 2019

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Story for King Lear

Once every decade or so, a great actor comes to Broadway and gives a performance that reminds us why we go to the theater. Last year, that actor was Glenda Jackson in Three Tall Women. This season, “the best actress alive” (The Guardian) is back on Broadway, and she’s climbing the tallest mountain any actor can climb. Glenda Jackson is KING LEAR.

The Tony® and two-time Academy Award® winner plays Lear for 19 weeks only in an all new production directed by Tony winner Sam Gold (A Doll’s House Part 2, Fun Home), leading a cast that includes Tony winner Jayne Houdyshell (The Humans), Elizabeth Marvel (Other Desert Cities), Aisling O’Sullivan (“Raw”), Pedro Pascal (“Game of Thrones”), John Douglas Thompson (Jitney), and Golden Globe winner Ruth Wilson (“The Affair"). KING LEAR will feature an original score by the legendary composer Philip Glass.

“Glenda Jackson is the mightiest of them all,” says Ben Brantley of The New York Times. Don’t miss her in the mightiest role of all time — KING LEAR. Previews begin February 28 at the Golden Theatre.