NEW YORK — Never underestimate the wisdom of the chorus during a tragedy, onstage or in life. It may be the ambitious monarchs and vengeful soldiers who always, often disastrously, initiate the action ...
Our production is focusing on time, and running out of it.” SU Department of Drama’s rendition of “Antigonick” is a ...
University of Cincinnati Assistant Professor Anna Conser is helping produce the tragic play "Antigone" with lyrics from the Greek chorus performed with attention to pitch accents, much as they were ...
Glowing beneath blue light swirling with stars and moons, giggling figures flitted across the stage in front of a mountainous backdrop inlaid with cliffs and caves. The scene greeted audiences shortly ...
The Persians follows Queen Atossa and a chorus of elders as they await the arrival of Atossa’s son, King Xerxes, whose military mistakes and hubris led to the Persian Empire’s devastating defeat. On ...
A notable figure who blazed the trail for Greek tragedy was a man named Thespis. A poet and actor, Thespis began to act out individual characters by switching between different masks. In its earliest ...
SYNOPSIS: A new pop-rock, coming of age, musical comedy, MYTHIC, makes its U.S. premiere in Cincinnati. The ancient Greek myth of Persephone is turned on its ear, with the gods as chart-topping pop ...
Next Tuesday at 8 o'clock trials will be held in Holden for all four parts in the chorus of the Greek play to be given in the Stadium next June. As a knowledge of Greek is unnecessary, the competition ...