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Putin and the dissident's body: Greek tragedy and Navalny's grave
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAntigone in front of the dead Polynices by Nikiphoros Lytras Wikimedia Commons/National Gallery of...
Ashland U theater presents classic Greek tragedy 'Antigone' starting Nov. 3
The Times-Gazette via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe department of theater at Ashland University opens its 2022-23 season by presenting “Antigone,”...
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 ...
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...
‘The Son’ Review: Hugh Jackman Goes Deep in ‘The Father’ Director’s Devastating Follow-up
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFrom Sophocles to Shakespeare, it all comes back to family. Writers can get as high-concept as they...
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.
Cassidy Hutchinson and Greek tragedy show that courage is rare and cowardice more common
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCassidy Hutchinson is sworn in to testify before the House January 6th committee, on June 28, 2022....
Romain Gavras’ Stylized ‘Athena’ Tackles Modern Tragedy
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfter the edgy crime comedy “The World Is Yours,” Romain Gavras is back with thriller “Athena.”...
‘Music’ Review: Angela Schanelec’s Radically Mystifying But Rewarding Riff on ‘Oedipus Rex’
Variety via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWriting about music is like dancing about architecture, the maxim goes. And writing about “Music,”...
Ex-Speaker McCarthy's departure from Congress reads like Greek tragedy – but stars a 'slight...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 months agoKevin McCarthy, the only speaker of the House to be ousted, has quit Congress. The ancient Greeks...