What becomes a legend most? After two years studying the Renaissance masters in Italy and five years back home in Paris, Gustave Moreau presented his answer with Oedipus and the Sphinx (1864). A work ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK — In the corner of the campaign headquarters onstage, a countdown clock ticks toward the inevitable: When polls close in ...

Playwright-director Robert Icke drops the “rex” in Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex” because he sets the tragedy in the contemporary world where the title character is running to be prime minister of the U.K.

Jocasta is finally alone with Oedipus, the man she knows at this point only as her husband. She tells him about being abused and impregnated as a 13-year-old by Laius, a much older man who will ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Mark Strong and Lesley Manville are superb as a doomed political power couple in Robert Icke’s adaptation of the Sophocles tragedy. By ...

The Roundabout Theater Company season will also include a revival of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' directed by Sam Pinkleton. By Caitlin Huston Business Writer Created and directed by Robert Icke, ...

In “This World of Tomorrow,” a nostalgic time-travel romance by Tom Hanks and James Glossman, now at the Shed, the Oscar-winning actor (and novice playwright) plays Bert Allenberry, a tech titan ...

House of the Dragon's tale of prophecy, dynastic conflict and incest has drawn comparisons to the 2,500-year-old Greek ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred It’s election night in Robert Icke’s “Oedipus,” ...