LEAR is polarizing critics and audiences. Young Jean Lee’s LEAR has received a stunning reaction! We can’t think of a production at our theater that has swung more people to the extremes than this one. Readers have reacted to reviews–and even editorials–in droves.
Below you will find links to some of this critical and public reaction. We have included reviews, as well as blog discussions, which are raving away. Leave us a message and let us know what you think. Has Young Jean Lee made a mess of Shakespeare or has she made one of the world’s most famous plays uniquely her own?
The New York Times review can be read here.
Click here to read Hilton Als’ “hot mess” review for The New Yorker.
Click here to read an audience member’s response on the web blog Culturebot.
Other reviews:
The Associated Press
Backstage
Critic-o-meter
The Daily News
Gothamist
‘kul
Metro
NY Post
Paper
Variety
…pursued by a bear
The Village Voice
Tumbler
They have all weighed in, now what do you think? Leave us a comment below. We’d love to hear from you.