The truly stunning element in Oakland Theater Project’s “King Lear”—for some, Shakespeare’s most heart-wrenching play—is one character: the Fool. It’s brilliant that director (and OTP co-founder/co-artistic director) Michael Socrates Moran cast actor-composer-singer and longtime Bay Area performing artist Rinde Eckert in the key role. Seated, initially, half naked on the stage (which is essentially a huge sandbox) in […]
