In the nineteen-eighties and nineties, the actor, writer, and director ushered in a Golden Era of Shakespeare plays on film the likes of which we haven’t seen since.

Maya Phillips, The New York Times: Kenneth Branagh’s “King Lear,” which opened Thursday night at the Shed, is a tragedy that doesn’t seem to know why it’s so tragic.

Have you heard about the latest development on Manhattan’s far west side? Beginning this week, it’s ancient Britain. On ...

The Shed's artistic director, Alex Poots, on how he brought starry theater events with Branagh, Stephen Sondheim and Ralph Fiennes to New York.

Visitors to the thrilling, trimmed-down Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company production of King Lear (Griffin Theater, The Shed, to Dec. 15), starring an excellent Branagh in the title role ...

Kenneth Branagh plays the title role in a new production of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, set in the barbarous landscape of Ancient Britain. Featuring a cast of rising stars from the Royal ...

a staging of “King Lear” co-directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh. Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below: “It’s been 10 years in the making,” said the Shed’s ...

a staging of “King Lear” co-directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh. New York Audiences Are Noisy - and Nicole Scherzinger Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way: Hear the Stars Dish at Variety's Bus ...

a staging of “King Lear” co-directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh. More from Variety How Broadway's James Monroe Iglehart Got Louis Armstrong's Signature Gravelly Voice Just Right in 'A Wonderful ...