Stage to Screen: King Lear

Most of us don’t have the luxury of seeing all the great theater London has to offer, but the ongoing Stage to Screen series gives you a view that’s better than any front-row seat in the West End. Next up is a performance of King Lear that was filmed in 2008, featuring Sir Ian McKellen in the title role. One of Shakespeare’s most famous and oft-quoted tragedies, Lear centers on a vain, unruly monarch descending into madness and senility and his even vainer children who want to usurp the throne for their own questionable devices. Any real-life parallels are purely coincidental.

Sun, Nov. 25 at 2 pm • $10 general, $4 students • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • bingcrosbytheater.com • 227-7638