There is a moment in the second act of the play “The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea,” when Huitzilopochtli, god of the sun and war, is born. After birth, he fights the moon to defend his mother, the ...
With modern media’s growing offerings of female-centered retellings of classical tales, the ancient Greek myth of vengeful sorceress Medea may not seem so appealing. Medea, who takes revenge on her ...
In his director’s notes in the “Medea” program Vinnie Linares offers, “Euripides skillfully uses the myth of Medea to substantially challenge the notion of harmony and balance — wanting, I believe, to ...
In Greek mythology, there aren’t many hard-edged oppositions: people display an unholy mess of faults and qualities. Shadows lurk under every silver lining. The stuff of tragedy is born of that mess, ...
'No Friend to This House,' author Natalie Haynes. We’re in a golden age of Greek mythology retellings, with characters such as Medusa, Circe, Ariadne, and more getting their time in the spotlight ...
Don’t let the costumes fool you — this ain’t no toga party. This month, students at the Greek School of Plato in Bath Beach will be donning the ultimate party gear for a much nobler purpose — a ...
I first saw Luis Alfaro's MOJADA: A MEDEA IN LOS ANGELES at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in July, and I think I'm in the minority, but I didn't love it. At that time, I felt that the ending wasn't ...
In "Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles," Medea (Sabina Zuniga Varela) looks at the night sky with her son Acan (Jahnangel Jimenez). The play runs through Nov. 26 at Portland Center Stage. (Jenny ...