Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for Opening Night of KING LEAR!

The Public Theater presents King Lear, the second show of The Public's free Shakespeare in the Park season at the Delacorte. Featuring John Lithgow as Lear, this enduring tragedy will run through Sunday, August 17. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the star-studded red carpet arrivals below!

The complete cast of King Lear features Annette Bening (Goneril); Jeremy Bobb (Oswald); Steven Boyer (Fool); Jessica Collins (Cordelia); Glenn Fleshler (Cornwall); Jessica Hecht (Regan); Slate Holmgren (King of France); Christopher Innvar (Albany); Chukwudi Iwuji (Edgar); John Lithgow (Lear);Clarke Peters (Gloucester); Dale Place (Old Man, Curan); Jay O. Sanders (Kent); and Eric Sheffer Stevens (Edmund). The non-equity ensemble includes Yahya Abdul-Mateen II,Andrew Burnap,Christopher Ghaffari, Ryan-James Hatanaka, Matt Helm, Dave Klasko, and Phillip Shinn.

Revenge, rage, grief and delusion thunder upon the Delacorte as Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivandirects Shakespeare's classic drama about a King who loses everything-including his mind-when he disowns his favorite daughter, and finds himself betrayed in return. King Lear has not been seen at Shakespeare in the Park since 1973.

The Public's free Shakespeare in the Park is continuing a 52-year tradition of free theater in Central Park. Since 1962, over five million people have enjoyed more than 150 free productions of Shakespeare and other classical works and musicals at the Delacorte Theater. Conceived by founder Joe Papp as a way to make great theater accessible to all, The Public's free Shakespeare in the Park continues to be the bedrock of the Company's mission to increase access and engage the community.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

Sebastian Stan

Sebastian Stan

America Ferrera

America Ferrera

Denis O'Hare

Annaliegh Ashford

Annaliegh Ashford

Gloria Reuben

Gloria Reuben

Gloria Reuben

F. Murray Abraham

Tonya Pinkins

Daphne Rubin-Vega

Director Daniel Sullivan

Sarah Paulson

Martha Plimpton

Becky Ann Baker

Susan Hilferty

John Cullum

Donna Murphy

Donna Murphy

Heidi Shrek

Rebecca Naomi Jones

Oscar Isaac

Oscar Isaac

Annaleigh Ashford

Andre Holland

Bob Balaban

Benjamin McKenzie

Benjamin McKenzie

Benjamin McKenzie

Benjamin McKenzie

Ella Beatty

Byron Jennings, Carolyn McCormick, Ella Beatty

Jonathan Groff

Susan Pourfar

Susan Pourfar and Jonathan Groff

Camryn Manheim

Carson Elrod

Carson Elrod

Raul Esparza

Raul Esparza and Martha Plimpton

Concetta Tomei

Leslie Odom Jr.

Leslie Odom Jr. and Nicolette Robinson

Director Daniel Sullivan

Director Daniel Sullivan

Bill Irwin

Marin Ireland

Marin Ireland and Bill Irwin

Marin Ireland and Bill Irwin

Marin Ireland and Bill Irwin