MEDEA: Tragedy. By Euripides. Directed by Deborah Warner. (Through Nov. 25. Abbey Theatre at Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Berkeley. 80 minutes. Tickets $36- $56. (510) 642-9988, www.calperfs.berkeley.edu) ...

Perhaps the hottest ticket at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival this spring is a show with a 2,000-year-old story: "Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles" by OSF's resident playwright, Luis Alfaro. He's a ...

As her version of Euripides’ play opens, the author discusses her turn to drama, being bullied at school and the damage done to children when parents split up When the curtain goes up on Rachel Cusk’s ...

It seems callous, even monstrous, to dub all of that "entertainment." Yet that's the only word that fits. Working from playwright Ben Powers' 2014 version of Euripides' Greek tragedy, director Jerry ...

"Medea" runs from April 23 to May 3 at Wichita Community Theatre. Performances are Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and ...

With modern media’s growing offerings of female-centered retellings of classical tales, the ancient Greek myth of vengeful sorceress Medea may not seem so appealing. Medea, who takes revenge on her ...

Medea, Greek tragedy’s wronged wife turned homicidal avenger, is currently living as a seamstress in Boyle Heights. An immigrant from Mexico living here illegally, she is having trouble adapting to ...

(From L to R) Jim Lichtscheidl, Kate Guentzel and Kurt Kwan star in Pillsbury House Theatre's production of "The Children," a play inspired by the Greek tragedy "Medea." When it comes to staying ...

It wasn't as if Leonard Bernstein was looking for work. By 1953, at the age of 35, Bernstein had already created two Broadway hits and had been on top of the conducting game since his last-minute ...