“You can’t choose your family,” the saying goes ... The Politics of Kinship in the Bacchae.” Butler, a professor of comparative literature at the University of California at Berkeley, was greeted by ...

“The Bacchae” is one of Euripides’ most enduringly ... all the thorny problems associated with complex scenery: a lone tree, four chairs, and a cluster of candles are the only representation ...

There, in Marcus Garvey Park, the Classical Theater of Harlem is presenting a completely free and totally exhilarating new adaptation of “The Bacchae” that will leave you wanting to join the ...

The surviving Greek tragedies pose inordinate challenges to contemporary theater practitioners, but Euripides’ “Bacchae,” one of his most beloved works, may be the trickiest of all to stage.