Morgan Freeman earned his breakthrough role after being unemployed for two years with a play directed by Lee Breuer.
My late classics professor taught me that Ancient Greek tragedy dramatized different points of view, insisted on empathy, and warned against hubris. What would he have made of our current moment?
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On Oct. 28, 2015, an overloaded boat filled with refugees broke up and capsized off the coast of Lesvos, a Greek island. Hundreds were thrown into the water, and dozens were killed. Journalist Jeanne ...
The characters of Greek tragedy have often been reimagined into various modern contexts, but few are as visually or thematically striking as that of the Barnard theater department’s production of ...
Great films possess a unique power to evoke memories of iconic literature from centuries ago. Often unconsciously, certain screenplays are so powerful that they inevitably invite such comparisons.