The L.A. Opera world premiere of 'Eurydice' unites the "genius" trio of composer Matthew Aucoin, playwright Sarah Ruhl and director Mary Zimmerman to retell the timeless Underworld myth. By Jordan ...

If one sign of the enduring vitality of a myth is how often it gets retold, surely another is how many different versions it inspires. Particularly, good new versions. For a case in point, see — and ...

No one writes tragedy like the Greeks, and the story of Eurydice is a first-rate example. In the classic Greek myth, Eurydice, the beloved wife of Orpheus, dies on her wedding day and goes to the ...

Liberty High School will host student performances of the play “Eurydice” by Sarah Ruhl, an artful adaptation of the tragic love story from Greek mythology, set loosely in the 1950s. “This is a more ...

Visit the New York theater scene in the past couple of years, and you likely won't be far from Stranger Things. This might be in the form of Stranger Things proper (the prequel play is now running at ...

Eurydice (Sydney Mancasola) arrives in the underworld in Boston Lyric Opera's production of "Eurydice." (Courtesy Nile Scott Studios) Memory is a delicate thing. Some of our recollections are so ...

The hit musical Hadestown provides an an utterly unique retelling of the myth of young lovers Orpheus and Eurydice. Although no knowledge of the Greek myth is needed, the show is based on myth of ...

If you really ponder the fate of Eurydice, swept back into death by her husband Orpheus’ eager glance, you’ll be struck by the sheer passivity of her situation. At least Lot’s wife looked back of her ...

A raining elevator deposits a bewildered young bride into the afterlife. A doting father builds for his daughter a room made out of string and pink helium balloons. A petulant Hades menaces his ...

The Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is the quintessential tale of love lost, nearly regained and then agonizingly lost again. When Eurydice dies on their wedding day, her musician lover Orpheus, ...

The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice has inspired operas from the beginning of the art form, more than 400 years ago. Tonight, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City plays host to a new iteration: ...