In Sophocles’ Antigone, written around 442 BCE, the punishment meted out to the play’s iconic title character—and the tragedy that follows—flow from Antigone’s determination to give her brother ...

Explore the modern revival of "Antigone (This Play I Read in High School)" and its powerful themes of state versus conscience ...

The Public's world premiere of Antigone (This Play I Read in High School), by Anna Ziegler and directed by Tyne Rafaeli, has now been extended through April 5! The production officially opens on ...

The Public Theatre has released videos of scenes from Antigone (This Play I Read in High School), which stars Celia Keenan-Bolger, Tony Shalhoub, Susannah Perkins, and more. The play is written by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tony Shalhoub and Celia Keenan-Bolger join TODAY to talk about their new play called “Antigone (This Play I Read in High School).” ...

Virginia Woolf once wrote that Electra, another famous Sophocles ingenue, ‘stands before us like a figure so tightly bound ...

In 2017, I saw the young Chicago actress Aeriel Williams in “Black Pearl” at the Black Ensemble Theatre, a show about Josephine Baker. I remember thinking she was the kind of phenomenal new ...

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On February 25, the Court Theater presented director Gabrielle Randle-Bent’s production of Sophocles’s Antigone. On one hand, the loose interpretation of the classic Greek tragedy is disorienting from ...

The Cal Poly Humboldt Department of Dance, Music, and Theatre will present “Antigone” directed by Cynthia Martells. Opening night is Nov. 7 at the Gist Hall Theatre on the Cal Poly Humboldt campus.