If you’re not up on your Greek Mythology, and don’t know the tale of Medea, written by Greek playwright Euripides in 431 BC, ...

In the play “Medea Knows Best” at Capitol Hill Arts Center, the mythic avenger hooks up with a dashing military hero, Jason, and expects a fairybook continuation of their whirlwind romance. Too bad ...

EURIPIDES' Medea MAY HAVE BEEN BORN in 431 B.C., but she looks more modem every year. Eons before Amy met Joey or Hillary met Congress, Medea confronted the classic women's dilemmas: What do you do ...

In one of the most horrific events in theatrical literature, Euripides’ vengeful Medea answers her husband’s betrayal by murdering their offspring. Michael Elyanow recalls watching the Abbey Theater’s ...

Medea, daughter of the Colchian King Aeetes, niece of Circe, and granddaughter of the Sun God Helios, is known for ...

Perhaps the hottest ticket at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival this spring is a show with a 2,000-year-old story: "Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles" by OSF's resident playwright, Luis Alfaro. He's a ...

Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, and Madeline Weinstein in Medea (2020), dir. Simon Stone (all images courtesy of BAM, photos by Richard Termine © 2020) In Greek myth ...

For the last 3,000 years or so, tales of Medea have inspired sympathy and loathing among those listening to the legend or seeing it acted out. The scorned sorceress who kills her children and her ...

Lyric Opera of Chicago launches its 71st season with the company premiere of Luigi Cherubini’s Medea, opening Saturday, October 11, 2025, at the Lyric Opera House. This monumental production—directed ...

EURIPIDES first “ received a chorus ” — that is, was chosen as one of three contending poets, each of whom was to present a trio of dramas at the festival of Dionysos — in 455 R. c. His literary ...