Sophocles is suddenly everywhere on the city’s stages. In concurrent shows, Rami Malek is playing Oedipus and Brie Larson is ...

The opening scene of the Old Vic’s Oedipus is dominated by a giant backdrop of a skull-like face, eyes shut and rock-like. It ...

Academy Award winner Rami Malek and Olivier Award winer Indira Varma star in a new production of Oedipus at the Old Vic, and ...

Rami Malek and Indira Varma, © Manuel Harlan. The opening is dazzling. A chant of Oedipus. A man trapped in a smoky shaft of ...

It’s difficult to imagine anyone watching Oedipus without having prior knowledge of the story’s brutal twist - especially the ...

Read our review of *Oedipus*, starring Indira Varma and Rami Malek, now in performances at the Old Vic Theatre through 29 ...

What oracle could have predicted that Freddie Mercury and Oedipus Rex might cross paths ... famed for slaying his father and marrying his mother, is being played by Rami Malek — who won an ...

Elektra feels like a work in progress, an early read-through in which the rough edges are yet to be smoothed. Even Brie ...

Calista Flockhart in a Sam Shepard revival, boldface names in Joy Behar’s “My First Ex-Husband” and a marionette made of ice.

We search for the truth, even if it comes with a price. Perhaps the best example of this dangerous quest is Oedipus, a man who fulfills a prophecy by murdering his father and marrying his mother.