My late classics professor taught me that Ancient Greek tragedy dramatized different points of view, insisted on empathy, and warned against hubris. What would he have made of our current moment?

DULUTH — Harbor City International School theater students are getting in touch with theater's roots while also bringing a very old story into the not-so-distant future. According to director Chani ...

Where ancient Dionysian traditions and historical resistance blend in the vibrant 'Genitsaroi and Boules' celebration ...

Actors Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, right, perform in the play “Oedipus”, in London in Oct. 2024. (Manuel Harlan, Jo Allen PR via AP) LONDON (AP) — Who are you? That most basic question perplexes ...

At the Salzburg Festival, a new adaptation of “The Oresteia” will put a classic story of war, democracy and revenge into a modern context. By David Belcher Staging “The Oresteia,” Aeschylus’s epic ...

The emotional range and intensity of this production is extraordinary. Tragedy, melodrama, satire, farce and musical comedy all have their moments in "The Trojan Women," playing at Theater Schmeater.

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LONDON (AP) — Who are you? That most basic question perplexes people, just as it did when Greek dramatist Sophocles wrote about the cursed king Oedipus two and a half millennia ago. Screen stars Mark ...