Why authors can’t let go of Greek myths

The fascination with these stories reflects an existential interest in what in life is inevitable, and what we can control.
Wall Street Journal

‘Oedipus’ Review: Brilliantly Reimagining Sophocles on Broadway

A powerful politician’s night of triumph descends precipitously into waking-nightmare territory in the transfixing “Oedipus,” an adaptation of Sophocles’ tragedy from the British writer-director ...
Washingtonian

10 Great Musicals and Plays to See in the DC Area This Fall

Theatre Week is underway, which means you can snag cheap tickets to a number of local plays and musicals. To help you choose, we’ve compiled a preview of some of the top productions you can see around ...
Neos Kosmos

Sophocles’s play Philoctetes returns to Lemnos

On the evenings of 2nd and 3rd of August this year, at the ancient amphitheatre of Ifestia on the northern coast of the northern Aegean Island of Lemnos, Philoctetes returned to his roots. Lemnos is ...
The New York Times

Tragedies of Sophocles.

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...
Little Village

Review: Riverside ensures you’ll never see the ‘The Illiad’ the same way again with ‘The Cure at Troy,’ a tale of snakes and scruples

Tim Budd plays a pained Philoctetes speaking to Olivia Winters, Cristina Goyeneche, and Mark Worth during a performance of The Cure At Troy at Riverside Theatre in Iowa City on Wednesday, Jan 29, 2025 ...
Washington City Paper

Scena Theatre Offers an Extraordinary Retelling of Sophocles’ Ajax

In a serif font, the name AIAS is projected onto a back wall of motley netting. This is the Greek name of the Trojan War hero the Romans called Ajax, the subject and title character of the oldest ...
Town & Country

Is Sophocles the New Jeremy O. Harris?

Above: Brie Larson, Greg Hicks, and Patrick Vaill in Elektra at Duke of York's Theatre, London. It’s no use denying there’s a thrill that comes from things that are new, especially when we’re talking ...
sandiego

Auditions for The Tragedy of Political Life, Democracy, Philoctetes and Drama

The Departments of Political Sciences and Theater are in collaboration to put on an exciting performance of Philoctetes combined with a lecture by Associate Professor of Political Science and ...
The Verge

Google’s Play Store can finally install or update multiple Android apps at once

Play Store apps might now download to your Android phones in threes. Play Store apps might now download to your Android phones in threes. is a former news writer for The Verge. Google Play Store can ...
The Verge

Google has big new ideas about the Play Store

The company is rolling out several new features including Collections, AI-powered app comparisons, and more. Plus, you can even win a Pixel phone if you Play hard enough. The company is rolling out ...
archive

Dancing with Philoctetes - Reflections on Pain and Remembrance

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