NEW YORK — For an actress with dreams of a Tony award, a tragedy from 431 BC might just provide the winning role she’s been looking for. “Medea,” Euripides’ proto-feminist potboiler about a woman who ...

From Euripides' Medea and Charlotte Brontë's "madwoman in the attic" to more modern reclamations, portrayals of madwomen in literature have come a long way.

MEDEA: Tragedy. By Euripides. Directed by Deborah Warner. (Through Nov. 25. Abbey Theatre at Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Berkeley. 80 minutes. Tickets $36- $56. (510) 642-9988, www.calperfs.berkeley.edu) ...

It seems callous, even monstrous, to dub all of that "entertainment." Yet that's the only word that fits. Working from playwright Ben Powers' 2014 version of Euripides' Greek tragedy, director Jerry ...

“Medea: The Musical” had everything: A live, on-stage band striking chords; Lin-Manuel Miranda-style raps and melodies packed with witticisms; and a diverse cast taking center stage to produce a ...

Ben Power, writer of this version, and Carrie Cracknell, director, have both dealt with the classics in innovative ways before. Power's A Tender Thing retold Romeo and Juliet with much older actors in ...

These taxing scenes are shot in what I guess to be the singular Cappadocian heart of Turkey. Then, after Medea’s equally brutal departure with the Argonauts, we’re whisked to Corinth, which is ...