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TEHRAN – The Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran will screen the recorded stage performance of William Shakespeare’s ...
Television-producing titan Norman Lear — whose trend-setting 1970s comedies including "All in the Family," "Maude" and "The Jeffersons" transformed the sitcom landscape — has died.
Lear has lost his title, status, land, and power, but he has his daughter. He wants to sit with her, to sing and talk. As slippery, manipulative, and meagre as language can be, it is also, in this ...
On Monday, March 10, I shoved my battered copy of Stephen Orgel’s edition of Lear into my pocket and took the subway one stop north from my office at 116th St. to our newer Manhattanville campus ...
Born in 1922, Lear was halfway to his centenary when “All in the Family” premiered in 1971; he was by then a seasoned veteran of TV and film, but not one whose name was particularly well known.
Norman Lear, who died this week at the age of 101, didn't invent the situation comedy. But, more than anyone else, he made sure that it said something important. In 1999 he told "CBS This Morning ...
King Lear is known as one of Shakespeare's most influential and bloodiest plays. Lear is known for his descent into madness, and it takes a very seasoned actor to play such a tremendous role. In ...
Theater & Dance Shakespeare Theatre trimmed ‘King Lear’ — and made it a box office champ. Actor Patrick Page and director Simon Godwin discuss the success of their record-breaking ‘King ...
Norman Lear, the beloved TV creator and producer who shaped the entertainment industry for the better, died late Tuesday night of natural causes. He was 101 years old. There are countless of TV ...
Lear's other notable shows include Maude, Good Times, Sanford and Son and Fernwood 2 Night. In the wake of his death, Lear's wife Lyn Lear paid tribute to her late husband at the 2023 Sentinel ...
The Saturday Symposium and Resident Ensemble Players are partnering together for King Lear. Join us for the day on April 19 and enjoy fascinating discussions, followed by a matinee performance of this ...