At Lincoln Center, the American Modern Opera Company contemplates the past, present and future through strikingly different ...

In an open-air revival on Little Island in Manhattan, Lee Breuer and Bob Telson’s musically sumptuous play follows Oedipus at ...

Star Trek fans probably didn't get what they'd hoped for when they watched this horror flick starring William Shatner, the actor's lowest-rated movie on IMDb.

In 'The Cave of Echoes', Wendy Doniger shows how the stories of mythology—whether of gods, sages, demons or humans—enable ...

A Shakespearean-style Greek tragedy wouldn’t be the same without power-hungry tyrants and lots of death, and “Antigone” is ...

This fall, the Getty Villa Museum and the Troubadour Theater Company will present Oedipus the King, Mama! for the 19th annual Villa Outdoor Classical Theater production. Learn more!

Five and a half months after it shut its doors in the midst of the Palisades Fire, the Getty Villa —one of the city’s ...

Capturing the fascination of countless audiences for more than two thousand years, the endearing and tragic tale of Oedipus is a true testament to the timelessness of literature. While Sophocles’ ...

UK – Currently playing at The Old Vic in London, Oedipus is a contemporary adaptation of Sophocles' classic tragedy. Featuring a cast led by Rami Malek as Oedipus and Indira Varma as Jocasta, the ...

The story of Antigone, in a nutshell, is that the daughter of Oedipus learns her two brothers have died in war. King Kreon honors one with a proper burial, but rules the other brother be left on the ...

This delirious reimagining of Sophocles’ tragedy of Oedipus, king of Thebes, is a freaky fever dream, told here from the point of view of the masses slowly dying of dehydration.

However, there is something unexpected in this mishmash: a lot of Sophocles. A version of the tragedy has just been completed Oedipus the King, starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville. Another has ...