Since 2019, the University of Chicago’s Court Theatre has been on a fateful journey. As part of their mission to continually bring classic theatre to modern audiences, the Court set out to reimagine a ...

“I’m going to kill Polynices!” Antigone declares triumphantly in the opening scene of “Antigone: A New Trans Play” by JJ Sutton ’22. For audiences both familiar with and new to the original story of ...

Because Antigone buries her dead brother, Creon sentences her to death. That brother, Polynices, is not even mentioned by name in Anna Ziegler's provocative play "Antigone (This Play I Read in High ...

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 ...

Performances in N.Y.C. “Antigone” gave us the original “bad girl,” but its themes go beyond that. How do adaptations keep making Sophocles’ ideas about democracy and theater new? Credit...Illustration ...

Elizabeth McKoy’s new musical, set during the AIDS crisis, will receive its world premiere at the world’s largest performing arts festival.

'Antigone,' the winner of best Canadian feature honors at the Toronto International Film Festival and the country's submission for consideration in the international feature film Oscar category, ...

With three new versions on stage this month, the ancient Greek classic – and its reflections on authority and devotion – remains as compelling as ever This October sees a rash of productions based on ...