Sophocles is suddenly everywhere on the city’s stages. In concurrent shows, Rami Malek is playing Oedipus and Brie Larson is ...

Written in the 5th century BCE by one of the greatest ancient Greek playwrights, Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex is a masterpiece of theatrical construction, fraught with horrific, methodically realized ...

It’s just the way the mind works. When we watch or read Oedipus Rex, we identify with Oedipus, become him through a process called neural coupling, and experience the peripeteia as our own.

will leave the theatre convinced again that Aristotle could not have picked a better paradigm of elemental power and dramatic impact than Oedipus Rex. To take this production on its own terms ...

From "Oedipus Rex" to "Phantom Thread," some of the greatest dramatic works ever put to paper or celluloid have revolved around family. The ties that bind. And occasionally strangle. Sometimes you ...

Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex” is one such representative symbol of humanity’s divided state between seeking and avoiding knowledge. Oedipus knows he must comprehend why the plague is afflicting ...

Imagine stepping into the theatre and being instantly enveloped by a pulsing, musical heartbeat—an unmistakable sign that you ...

The opening scene of the Old Vic’s Oedipus is dominated by a giant backdrop of a skull-like face, eyes shut and rock-like. It ...

Sudden blackouts blind the audience, but set design is the most interesting thing about this unbalanced production of the ...

The question of whether Rami Malek can actually act has always hung over this most idiosyncratic of performers, whose Oscar ...