Ian McKellen is on London’s West End in King Lear – the 79-year old English actor’s second time playing the title role and, reportedly, his last dance with Shakespeare.

Ian McKellen's acclaimed performance in King Lear in New York is coming to PBS, but a public TV executive was coy Saturday about whether his on-stage nude scene will be exposed on air. PBS ...

Tickets for a six-performance run of Shakespeare's King Lear starring British actor Ian McKellen at UCLA in Los Angeles are fetching as much as $1,700 US online.

A longtime LGBTQ+ advocate and one of the most revered Shakespearean actors of his generation, McKellen has portrayed a staggering array of the Bard’s greatest roles, from Macbeth to King Lear.