By David Sheward November 11, 2025: Michael Urie proves he is as adept at Shakespearean tragedy as he is at musical comedy and TV sitcoms in a powerful staging of the Bard's Richard II from Red Bull Theater at the Astor Place Theater. Craig Baldwin's modern dress adaptation has its idiosyncratic flaws, but the central thrust of Richard's downfall due to his arrogance and lack of empathy comes across with intensity a…
