Ian McKellen claimed the late Queen Elizabeth II was “quite rude” when they met in 2008. The Lord of the Rings actor received a Companion of Honour medal from the British monarch for his services to ...

No one is immune to bad reviews. Take it from Sir Ian McKellen, who bared all in a 1974 production of “King Lear” in Brooklyn. John Simon, a critic for New York magazine, was largely unimpressed.

This is James Taylor with Theatre Talk. Last year it was Ian McKellen's King Lear. Next year it will be Jude Law's Hamlet. But this year, it's Patrick Stewart's Macbeth. Rather than complain about why ...

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