The standup on studying Ancient Greek comedy at university, his worst gig and having the test scores shouted at him during sets ...

Tantalus was doomed to eternal thirst and hunger, standing in water that receded from his lips below branches of fruit just out of reach. His son, Pelops, was cut into pieces and turned into a stew ...

Actors Circle will present the ancient Greek comedy, Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata” March 13-16 and March 21-23 at Providence Playhouse, 1256 Providence Road, Scranton. The play’s heroine wants her ...

I am sorry to disappoint anyone who, hearing of the new series "Kaos," which Netflix styles as "KAOS," is expecting a "Get Smart" spinoff. We are instead facing the third series currently in ...

"Before they even added actors, it was just song, and that remained a big part through all the Greek tragedies and the Greek comedies," McGrath said. McGrath wanted his show to have a "Saturday Night ...

A notable figure who blazed the trail for Greek tragedy was a man named Thespis. A poet and actor, Thespis began to act out individual characters by switching between different masks. In its earliest ...

Thanasis Veggos (29 May 1926 – 3 May 2011) was a Greek actor and director born in Neo Faliro, Piraeus. He performed in around 130 films, predominantly comedies in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, starring ...

The greatest Hellenistic literary discovery since the Renaissance, crows Horizon about an exclusive story in its July issue. Readers with a classical bent or those who merely like a yarn about the ...