Robert Falls, the artistic director of Chicago's Goodman Theatre, is helming their 20th anniversary production of King Lear, starring Stacy Keach in the title role. Rehearsals are well underway for his upcoming mounting of the towering Shakespeare tragedy. King Lear will begin Sept. 9 and run through Oct. 15 in the Albert Theatre. The official opening is Sept. 19.
At Left (From Top): Edward Gero (Gloucester) and Kate Arrington (Regan); Director Robert Falls; Joaquín Torres (Edgar) and Jonno Roberts (Edmund).
Below: Stacy Keach (Lear) and Laura Odeh (Cordelia), with Jonno Roberts (Edmund) in the background.
photos by Michael Brosilow