Luis Alfaro takes “Oedipus Rex” and moves it up a few millennia to the streets of present-day Los Angeles. He calls his new adaptation “Oedipus el Rey,” but a more apt title would be “Oedipus Sex.” ...

The people behind Insomniak Theatre are eager to see how folks will react to their adaptation of “Oedipus Rex,” set to unfold in Nazareth Borough Park’s amphitheater Saturday night. For those ...

He’s a Public Advocate for All Seasons. Jumaane Williams, the city’s top public watchdog, will take the stage in October, when he is scheduled to appear in all three plays of Sophocles’ Oedipus ...

LONDON: Like all the greatest plays in history, Sophocles’ Oedipus the King is a masterpiece because on every encounter it offers us something new. Sigmund Freud’s interpretation of the play — about ...

Craig Wright, apparently thinking that we haven’t gotten the message from Sophocles’ “Oedipus the King,” has taken it upon himself to clarify it by updating the action. But for all its contemporary ...

There’s one scene that occurs in the forthcoming West End staging of Oedipus that its stars Lesley Manville and Mark Strong haven’t yet rehearsed. In ­director Robert Icke’s retelling ­“after ...

This paper deals with the question who the Chorus are talking about in the second stasimon. Laius, locaste, or even Oedipus himself have been suggested, but the most conclusive solution was introduced ...

It took nearly three millenia, but, finally, on January 15, 1912 – exactly one hundred years ago today – Sophocles’ tragedy “Oedipus the King” was performed in the English language for the first time ...