Frank Langella will follow in the transatlantic footsteps of Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi, playing the title role in “King Lear†at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in a production imported from Britain.
BAM will present the Chichester Festival Theater’s staging of “Lear†in the Harvey Theater from January 7 to February 9, starring Mr. Langella, a three-time Tony winner. The production, which is directed by Angus Jackson, the company’s associate director, will first run at the Minerva Theater in Chichester from October 31 to November 30.
Mr. McKellen played Lear at BAM in a Royal Shakespeare Company production in 2007; Mr. Jacobi starred in the Donmar Warehouse staging there two years ago.
