Performances in N.Y.C. Saheem Ali’s musical, about the goddess of music finding refuge and love at an Afro-jazz club in Mombasa, Kenya, has been nearly 20 years in the making. “Goddess ...

Before you step into the world of Hadestown, it helps to know that this Tony-winning musical isn’t just a love story—it’s a retelling of ancient Greek myths, reimagined with a soulful, folk ...

Fry also writes of the Greek myth about how the bee got its sting: At Zeus and Hera's wedding, a competition for "the best and most original wedding dish" saw a small, buzzing, winged attendee ...

The myth of the goddess Eurydice, in Greek mythology the wife of Orpheus, is a compelling one for Ziegler. She cited fellow playwright Sarah Ruhl’s “Eurydice” as “a really important play ...

The Sandman season 2's flashbacks show the famous Greek tale about Orpheus and Eurydice (Ella Rumpf) play out much as it does in mythology. Orpheus, Dream and Calliope's son, is married to Eurydice.

Entities magically endowed with life by the gods are not a rarity in Greek myth. Consider, for example, Galatea, a statue of a woman sculpted by Pygmalion as art, then brought to life by Aphrodite.

When cinematographer Daria D’Antonio first stepped into the role of director of photography on Paolo Sorrentino ’s film “The Hand of God” after working with him for many years (including ...

MEDUSA (The Myth of Monsters, Book 1), by Katherine Marsh When I teach contemporary rewritings of Greek mythology, I begin with a warning: The world these myths conjure is especially brutal for women.