Craig Rich promises those who might think the Greek tragedy “Oedipus Rex” falls under the genre of stuffy classic theater that “We’re going to prove you wrong.” “There’s a lot of action in this play.

Even if you have neither read nor seen Oedipus Rex, it’s likely you know its big twist: Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother. It’s a shocking twist, and it exemplifies the genre of ancient ...

Montaigne, quoting from ancient sources, describes a painting of the sacrifice of Iphigenia. In it, the victim’s father is shown with a veil hanging over his face, as if to say, Montaigne suggests, ...

Celebrating its 50th anniversary, IRT is taking another look at the classic Oedipus. “The play is a study in leadership, and since we live in a country so riven by opposing views of what constitutes ...

Some of Hollywood’s most respected actors performed “Oedipus Rex” for a global audience of thousands Thursday night – on Zoom. Frances McDormand, John Turturro, Oscar Isaac and others read from the ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Company Theatre continues its 2023-24 season with the Sophocles' classic ...

This is a very new version of a very old play. Why do generations of artists feel compelled to retell old stories again and again, like that of King Oedipus and his unfortunate parents? A plague has ...

President Trump and a detail of "Oedipus and the Sphinx" by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, part of the collection at the Louvre in Paris. (Trump photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images; "Oedipus" image by ...

Jan Lucas of Columbus plays the role of Shepherd in the Indiana Repertory Theater’s production of “Oedipus”. INDIANAPOLIS — For the fifth production in Indiana Repertory Theater’s 50th Anniversary ...