Lost Lear

Academy Award winner Jessica Chastain returns to Broadway alongside Golden Globe nominee Corey Stoll and Emmy Award nominee Michael Urie in Lost Lear, a deeply moving, astonishingly imaginative new play that marks the Broadway debut of writer-director Dan Colley.

As her grip on the present slips, Joy (Chastain), a former actress, is certain she’s back in rehearsal for King Lear. At her care home, her nurse (Urie) takes his cues from her, stepping into whatever role she needs him to play. When her estranged son Conor (Stoll) comes to visit, he’s ready to tell his mother what he’s spent years leaving unsaid. But if he wants her to hear him, he’ll have to step into the scene. A limited event. A memory that will be impossible to leave behind.

The design team for Lost Lear includes three-time Tony Award winner Scott Pask (production design), five-time Tony Award nominee Heather Gilbert (lighting design), Tony Award winner Cody Spencer (sound design), Tony Award winner Hana S. Kim and Yana Biryukova (projection design), and Daniel McAuley (original music).