So here we are at the holiest of the theater's holies: Greek tragedy. Angels seldom tread in this territory; the Greeks raise dramaturgical challenges -- rigid dialogue and peculiar chorus, for ...
"I'd like the audience to think about how crazy it is that a play from 415 B.C.E. dealing with war can still have this much relevance," said Steven Marzolf, assistant professor of theater at the ...
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 ...
Mixing Greek drama with Elvis Presley’s greatest hits, “Oedipus the King, Mama!” took the stage this month as a playful collision of ancient tragedy and rock ‘n’ roll spectacle. The Getty Villa Museum ...
A new play inspired by a 2,000-year-old classic Greek myth is premiering in Charlotte this weekend and reimagines the concerns of Chicano and Latino communities in Los Angeles. "Electricidad" is based ...
A cross-program collaboration of talented Mercer County Community College students will be on full display with theater and dance interpretations of a classic Greek tragedy, when they present "The ...
CHEYENNE — A Shakespearean-style Greek tragedy wouldn’t be the same without power-hungry tyrants and lots of death, and “Antigone” is full of both. Every year, True Troupe Theatre performs its ...
If you find yourself trying to break down the key elements of a perfect play, you need look no further than the Greeks! Aristotle's analysis of drama in his work Poetics identifies six key elements ...
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?
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