Sylvester McCoy scheduled to perform at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis

The Guthrie Theater here in Minneapolis is going to be one of the destinations of King Lear in October. While seeing Ian McKellen perform will be interesting to science fiction fans because of his excellent work in the X-Men and Lord of The Rings film series, this production will be especially interesting to Doctor Who fans because seventh Doctor Sylvester McCoy is also part of the production.

I've seen a couple of excellent Shakespeare productions at the Guthrie over the years. I've seen Sylvester McCoy several times over the years (including helping with the Doctor Who conventions in Minneapolis that he mentions) but I've never seen any Doctor Who actor do a live theater production before. That may be something that's more common place in the UK, where I get the impression that there are always ex-Doctor Who actors doing one production or another, but not in the US generally, and certainly not Minneapolis specifically.