Auctioneer Oliver Barker has overseen viral moments and milestone art sales, including record-setting Gustav Klimt and Frida ...

Sophocles’ play gets slashingly remade—by a guy, yet again—in a production that, while not flawless, is vivid and potent.

Great films possess a unique power to evoke memories of iconic literature from centuries ago. Often unconsciously, certain ...

Which productions most inspired, moved and delighted our leading theatremakers? Actor Jenna Russell chooses Robert Icke’s Oresteia, which blew her away Some people are frightened of going to the ...

Splendid Productions present an epic, murderous tale of family, history, vengeance and honour in a story nearly as old as theatre. Condensing Aeschylus’s classic trilogy into an hour, Splendid’s regal ...

With assassins stalking Manhattan and the law now a personal tool of presidents, the rules of justice have been inverted. By Lee Siegel In an arresting 1996 book, George Steiner drew a famous ...

In 2018, a tragedy unfolded in Israel. Unusually, this one ended with rounds of applause, not ammunition. The curtain had fallen on the Gesher Theater’s production of Aeschylus’ great trilogy, the ...

As unhappy families go, the House of Atreus is difficult to outdo, or rather out-woe. A man who kills his brother’s sons and feeds their flesh to him. A king who sacrifices his daughter for better ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Anastasia Hille is riveting as Klytemnestra in Robert Icke’s production of “Oresteia” at the Park Avenue Armory. By Laura Collins-Hughes ...

Since Aeschylus’ trilogy “Oresteia” isn’t long enough, Robert Icke’s new update gives it a prequel. What is merely talked about in “Agamemnon,” the first play in the trilogy, is now played out on ...