John Lithgow has a great gift for playing comedy high (“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”) and low (“3rd Rock from the Sun”). So who would think he’d give us such a piteous Lear? Â The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park staging of “King Lear,” directed by Daniel Sullivan, has its ups and downs, the big downers being... Read more »
SOURCE: Variety at 11:30PM on August 5, 2014