The story of Oedipus is perhaps the most tragic story of ancient Greece, the mythological character lived under the shadow of a curse.

NEW YORK — In the corner of the campaign headquarters onstage, a countdown clock ticks toward the inevitable: When polls close in a couple of hours, a noble and progressive Oedipus appears likely to ...

The adaptor/director of a new take on Sophocles's tragic trilogy reflects on the play's lessons about fate and failure, as retaught by the production's ups and downs—including a cancelled opening ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 2 hours, no intermission. At Studio 54, 254 W. 54th St. Old "Oedipus" wouldn't seem an ideal candidate for modernization. It's ...

With Homer’s 12,000-line epic poem recently inscribed onto the big (really big, IMAX big) screen, it’s fair to say that our ancient stories are having a moment. Or maybe it’s a moment that has always ...

Maybe they should just call it "Eddie." Playwright-director Robert Icke drops the "rex" in Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex" because he sets the tragedy in the contemporary world where the title character is ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Mark Strong and Lesley Manville are superb as a doomed political power couple in Robert Icke’s adaptation of the Sophocles tragedy. By ...

Jocasta is finally alone with Oedipus, the man she knows at this point only as her husband. She tells him about being abused and impregnated as a 13-year-old by Laius, a much older man who will ...

In “This World of Tomorrow,” a nostalgic time-travel romance by Tom Hanks and James Glossman, now at the Shed, the Oscar-winning actor (and novice playwright) plays Bert Allenberry, a tech titan ...

The Roundabout Theater Company season will also include a revival of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' directed by Sam Pinkleton. By Caitlin Huston Business Writer Created and directed by Robert Icke, ...

“Oedipus Rex” is about as far from a new work as possible, having first been performed around 1,600 years ago. While stories of this caliber and place in the literary canon can often feel untouchable ...

Gibbins’ claustrophobic staging of Bartók’s opera of dark symbolism is paired with his brand new production of Stravinsky’s psychological drama ...