Madeleine George’s comedy “Hurricane Diane,” starring Bernadette Sefic as a modern day Dionysus in suburban New Jersey, runs at Hartford Stage June 5-29 .

The Quad Cities’ Genesius Guild theater opens its 69th season of free theater with the classic Greek tragedy “Oedipus Rex” this weekend. Performances are June 7, 8, 14, and 15 at 7 p.m. in ...

There is probably no contemporary playwright who writes better theatrical farces than Ken Ludwig. What better way to close Westport Community Theatre’s 67th season than with Ludwig’s The Gods ...

Vassar College has revealed initial cast members for the 39th Powerhouse Theater Season. Among the standouts include Tony ...

It is time for ancient Greek theatre to tour some of Cyprus’ most stunning open-air venues. Returning for the 28th edition, the International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama begins on July 9, with the ...

The award-winning mystery novelist’s new book, “Ecstasy,” is a supernatural feminist take on Euripides’ play “The Bacchae.” ...

Luís Vaz de Camões is the most important writer of the Portuguese Renaissance, having written Portuguese History in a way ...

Across the city, artists transform sites of surveillance, repression and bureaucracy into spaces for dignity, solidarity and ...

The Sandman bonus episode will be released on Netflix on July 31, one week after the final episodes premiere on July 24.

G. Van Steen, Venom in Verse: Aristophanes in Modern Greece (Princeton 2000) Useful websites. BBC: Comedy in Ancient Greek Theatre (In Our Time) National Theatre of Great Britain: An Introduction to ...