Regale us with your worst "Dad Joke" and win tickets to King Lear (Shakespeare's worst Dad)5/11/2016  Lord help us all.....  The cast of King Lear loves terrible, schlocky, pun-filled "Dad Jokes", those deeply stupid jokes that make your Dad laugh hysterically while you groan. Like your Father's insistence upon wearing socks and sandals to Disneyland, refusing to drink anything but Coors Banquet beer when visiting a craft brewery, unironically wearing trucker caps, or complaining about the price of gas, Dad jokes are awful, embarrassing, and occasionally hilarious. Since King Lear is known as a terrible father, what began as a one-time pun during rehearsal now fills our Cast facebook feed, the walls of the theatre backstage, and our text messages. Greg Klino who plays Edgar, and Robert Zellers who plays Edmund spend obscene amounts of time finding truly heinous jokes, and then regaling the cast with them backstage. Nearly everyone finds this hysterical.....everyone except for Heather Eaton, who plays Goneril, and despises Dad Jokes with the anger of 1000 burning Suns. The odds of her snapping and stabbing Greg and Robert with a prop sword are around 2:1 this week.
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 We solve family quarrels with stabbings 'round these parts We earned our second five star review courtesy of Galen Watson at Art Spot Reno, and we promptly sent him a bloody dagger as thanks for his kind words. (We consider bloody daggers a lovely gift in Lear's Kingdom, appropriate as thank you gifts, housewarming gifts, and baby shower presents)
Long before Freddy Kruger and Jason Voorhees slashed a gory swath across the silver screen, there was William Shakespeare’s bloody “King Lear.” Atack’s insightful director choices reveal the timelessness of “Lear,” as he harkens to Ivan the Terrible’s Russia, while the production plays out its power grabs, political purges and the devastating legacy of totalitarianism. His stylized version is a graphic and powerful production – expertly interpreted by a talented cast that takes a hard look at political folly. We're thrilled at our glowing reviews, and that our local arts writers have enjoyed our Russian take on King Lear. We have performances every Thursday, Friday and Saturday until May 21.  Dad's the worst... Jessica Santina of the Reno News and Review attended our opening night performance of King Lear and in today's theatre review, rated our production as "Excellent and Must See!"
"In my opinion, King Lear, now in production at Goodluck Macbeth, is Shakespeare’s masterwork ... It’s a supremely disturbing story, executed beautifully by the GLM cast. Director Joe Atack has revised this work as the life of Ivan the Terrible, the 16th century Russian tsar whose life had surprising parallels to King Lear’s: madness and paranoia, greedy children, a propensity to tantrums. The setting is a stark, wintry Russia. The authentic costumes and jewelry are stunning in their beauty and ornateness." We love that our brilliant costumer Lyndsey Langsdale is earning heaps of well-deserved praise for her gorgeous work, and our insanely talented cast earning raves for their work. "The performances are solid across the board, from Blomberg’s convincing portrayal of Lear, a man whose miseries age him before our eyes, to Willson-Eaton and James as the beguilingly evil Goneril and Regan, and from Atack as Lear’s funny and comforting only friend to Zellers, who is surprisingly funny as the bastard Edmund, even as he plots his misdeeds." We sold out last Friday night, so be sure to purchase your tickets to tonight's performance, Friday and Saturday ahead of time!
When the devoted Earl of Gloucester believes a terrible rumor about his son Edgar, his bastard son Edmund uses it as an opportunity to gain power, and the entire Gloucester family pays a terrible price for their mistake.
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AuthorsChristopher Daniels is the current Managing Director of GLM Theatre and a bright shining light upon the stage. Archives
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