The name Iphigenia has been synonymous with ancient Greek tragedy and mythology, as well as the concept of sacrifice, for millennia.

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Most theaters would consider it a win to have just one moment in a show that's so viscerally arresting, it causes many to put hands over hearts and gasp. "Iphigenia at Aulis," the Euripidean tragedy ...

The opera's libretto is based on a play by Racine, which in turn comes from the ancient Greek story of Iphigenia, the young woman whose father, King Agamemnon, was ordered to sacrifice her to earn ...

Iphigenia is one of the greatest sacrificial characters in Greek mythology. Splott, however, is a rundown section of Cardiff, Wales, best known to locals as the place where a library, swimming pool, ...

Gods and generals, superheroes and aliens, and intergalactic warfare and Greek tragedy will come together this Wednesday in “Iphigenia Among the Stars.” A School of Drama world premiere, “Iphigenia” ...

A cruel sense of honor. Betrayal and human sacrifice. And a combined choir of 40 voices. Ten Thousand Things Theater kicks off its new season with an elemental, music-infused re-telling of "Iphigenia ...

“Nothing is what I’m try to keep and go forward with. Nothing. Thank you.” Those were Wayne Shorter's parting words to the audience at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica on Friday night after the ...

Iphigenia at Aulis These are jittery times for the Greeks in Katie Mitchell's tremendous production of "Iphigenia at Aulis," which cracks open classical tragedy in much the same way that her wondrous ...

Euripides has a God problem, too. His plays are about the gravest failings of humans but the humans are constantly being manipulated by immortals. The story of Iphigenia in Aulis, his final work, from ...