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Oedipus review: Deaf West returns the tragedy to its most physical form
Entertainment Weekly via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEach summer, the Getty Villa in Los Angeles reenacts an ancient tradition, gathering an audience...
A complex error: Two Oedipus productions announced simultaneously in London
Euronews via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA Freudian slip is when you mean one thing but say your mother. It might have seemed like two major...
From ancient Greece to Broadway, music has played a critical role in theater
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe remnants of a Greek theater in Sicily. Fausto Riolo/Getty Images Though anxiety about the fate...
Review: Deaf West confronts passion of 'Oedipus' at the Getty Villa in expressive new version
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGreek tragedy is often treated as pure drama but the surviving plays are only a blueprint for a more multilayered theatrical event. Scholars have speculated that the texts might be closer to ...
Review: An impassioned musical revival of 'The Gospel at Colonus' draws from the book of Oedipus
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoLee Breuer and Bob Telson's 'The Gospel at Colonus,' a reworking of Sophocles' 'Oedipus at Colonus' with gospel music, opens at the Getty Villa's Outdoor Theater in a co-production with Chicago's Court Theatre.
Alley Theatre to perform 'Oedipus Rex'
The Herald Bulletin, Anderson, Ind. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAug. 16—ANDERSON — Pride, murder, arrogant leaders and a plague may be all too relatable themes of the Alley Theatre's production of "Oedipus Rex." The play, slated to hit the stage at Gray's ...
TUSK CALENDAR: Who's playing and what's happening
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThis week in West Alabama, Feb. 1-7, an AC/DC tribute band at the Bama; Kansas plays the BJCC on its 50th anniversary tour; Kentuck's Art Night features...
Lake Michigan College stages 'Antigonick' adapted from Sophocles 'Antigone'
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBENTON HARBOR — Lake Michigan College’s visual and performing arts department presents “Antigonick” from Nov. 17 to 20 at The Mendel Center, 2755 E. Napier Ave. Adapted from Sophocles’ “Antigone ...
Diversity matters: Remembering Don Horton
Shreveport Times | The Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt was more than just raucous YMCA locker room banter between two “grown ass men,” (as CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King often quips); and it was even more than a racial epithet peppered kerfuffle ...
THEATER AND SHOWS: Suffield Players staging 'Rumors' murder mystery
Journal Inquirer, Manchester, Conn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 13—SUFFIELD — The Suffield Players will present "Rumors" by Neil Simon through Oct. 22. About the play: The first guests to arrive at a fancy dinner party find the host shot and the hostess ...