Alexander Zeldin’s play at the Shed obliquely draws on ‘Antigone’ in telling its story of a young woman, her uncle and the ...

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 ...

The Department of Classics will host a lecture by Amy R. Cohen, professor of classics and theater at Randolph College, Thursday, Sept. 26, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 206. In her lecture, ...

National Theatre of Greece will live stream The Persians by Aeschylus, live from the ancient theatre of Epidaurus. For the first time ever, an ancient Greek drama performance will be streamed live, ...

After a century-long wait, an excavation has finally revealed the only ancient theatre on Greece's Ionian Islands. Ancient Lefkada’s theatre was first discovered in 1901, but it took until now for the ...

The summertime is peak season for ancient Greek theatre and the majority of performances present contemporary adaptations in Greek. One upcoming production this July will present Elektra from ...

The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting social, political and economic crisis have had an impact on every feature of human society, including artistic and cultural life. The series Reading Greek ...

In ancient Greece, music education was as important as philosophy in cultivating young people's souls, perceiving both ...

The vast 12,000-seat amphitheatre at Epidaurus, built in the fourth century BC, is the best-preserved in all of Greece. It lies in a verdant valley in the southern Peloponnese and its architectural ...