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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...
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...
Review: An impassioned musical revival of 'The Gospel at Colonus' draws from the book of Oedipus
LA Times via Yahoo News· 10 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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
These are the 10 oldest jokes in human history — and they prove that people have been laughing about...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 12 months agoHelmeted head of Athena, 5th-century BC terracotta sculpture from the Temple of Zeus in Agrigento,...
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...
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 ...
Review: A thrilling rebirth of ‘The Gospel at Colonus’ at Court Theatre
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs the warmth of spring hits Hyde Park, Chicago’s Court Theatre has responded with a gorgeously produced, deeply inclusive and richly sung staging of a work that draws rich connections between ...