PlayTragedyRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Apr 04, 2019
Closing Date
Jun 09, 2019
1st Preview
Feb 28, 2019
1st Preview
Feb 28, 2019
Previews
34
Performances
76
PlayTragedyRevivalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Cort Theatre
(Apr 04, 2019 - Jun 09, 2019)
Media
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Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Philip J. Smith: Chairman; Robert E. Wankel: President)
Produced by Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, No Guarantees, Stephanie P. McClelland, Universal Theatrical Group, Len Blavatnik, James L. Nederlander, Rosalind Productions, Inc., Barbara Manocherian, The John Gore Organization, Jay Alix & Una Jackman, Jamie deRoy, Wendy Federman, Al Nocciolino, Candy Spelling, True Love Productions, Adam Rodner and The Shubert Organization (Philip J. Smith: Chairman; Robert E. Wankel: President); Associate Producer: Jillian Robbins
Written by William Shakespeare; Original Music by Philip Glass
Directed by Sam Gold; Associate Director: Osheen Jones
Scenic Design by Miriam Buether; Costume Design by Ann Roth; Lighting Design by Jane Cox; Sound Design by Scott Lehrer; Hair Design by Campbell Young Associates; Makeup Design by Campbell Young Associates; Associate Scenic Design: Jerome Martin; Associate Costume Design: Matthew Pachtman; Associate Lighting Design: Nick Solyom; Associate Sound Design: Alex Neumann; Assistant Scenic Design: Brian Webb; Assistant Lighting Design: Tess James; Moving Light Programmer: Jonah Camiel
Executive Producer: Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner and John Johnson; General Manager: Joey Parnes Productions; Company Manager: Lizbeth Cone; Assistant Co. Mgr: Dylan Glen
Production Manager: Aurora Productions; Production Stage Manager: Kevin Bertolacci; Stage Manager: Lisa Buxbaum; Assistant Stage Mgr: Mariah P. MacKenzie
Musical Coordinator: Seymour Red Press; Musical Supervisor: Alex Weston; Violin: Cenovia Cummins and Martin Agee; Viola: Chris Cardona; Cello: Stephanie Cummins; Music Preparation and Copying: Cory Davis
Special Effects by Jeremy Chernick; Assistant Special Effects: Lilias Meeh
Casting: Caparelliotis Casting; Press Representative: DKC/O&M; Advertising: BLT Communications, Inc. and SPOTCo, Inc.; Text Consultant: Michael Sexton; Vocal Coach: Andrew Wade; Assistant Vocal Coach: Julie Congress; Director of Artistic Sign Language: Alexandria Wailes; Fight direction by Tom Schall; Fight Captain: Ian Lassiter; Aereographic Services: Flying by Foy; Photographer: Brigitte Lacombe
Glenda Jackson
King Lear of Britain
Jayne Houdyshell
Earl of Gloucester
Elizabeth Marvel
Goneril
Lear's Daughter
Aisling O'Sullivan
Broadway debut
Regan
Lear's Daughter
Pedro Pascal
Broadway debut
Edmund
Gloucester's Bastard Son
John Douglas Thompson
Earl of Kent
Ruth Wilson
Cordelia
Lear's Daughter
 
Fool
Michael Arden
Aide to Cornwall
Che Ayende
Broadway debut
Ensemble
Therese Barbato
Broadway debut
Ensemble
Sean Carvajal
Broadway debut
Edgar
Gloucester's Son
Justin Cunningham
Broadway debut
Duke of Burgundy
 
Ensemble
Stephanie Roth Haberle
Old Man
 
Ensemble
Russell Harvard
Duke of Cornwall
Regan's husband
Dion Johnstone
Broadway debut
Duke of Albany
Goneril's husband
Ian Lassiter
King of France
 
Ensemble
Matthew Maher
Broadway debut
Oswald
Goneril's Steward
Daniel Marmion
Ensemble
John McGinty
Ensemble
Understudies: Che Ayende (Duke of Albany, Earl of Kent, Duke of Burgundy, Oswald), Therese Barbato (Regan, Goneril, Cordelia, Fool), Stephanie Roth Haberle (Earl of Gloucester), Ian Lassiter (Edgar, Edmund), Daniel Marmion (Aide to Cornwall, King of France) and John McGinty (Duke of Cornwall)

Tony Award®

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

2019 Nominee
Ruth Wilson

Drama Desk Award

 

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

2019 Nominee
Ruth Wilson
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