'Lear' at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Harbourfront Centre, Toronto is staging "Lear," Groundling Theatre Company's adaptation of William Shakespeare's "King Lear," directed by Graham Abbey. Seana McKenna assumes the role of Lear with steely authority in this production. Lear transforms into a queen, a matriarch and a power-suited executive figure with a passing resemblance to Hillary Clinton or Theresa May. The gender-swapping results in a subtle bu…