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A new restoration of a 1986 drama by the filmmaker Paul Vecchiali melds a candy-colored vision of the world’s oldest profession with a grim take on neoliberalism.
You don’t. They cut the horse. But while Hercules’ friend Pegasus may be gone, in almost every other respect, Disney’s latest ...
It’s a curious feature of Euripides’ great revenge tragedy Medea that in a story so intimately tied to a woman’s sense of isolation in a foreign land, the omnipresent Greek Chorus is a group ...
Very queer musical parody of mega-blockbuster stomps into Oasis with heels, wigs, claws, and plenty of nostalgic '90s hits.
In “Hercules,” on screen and stage, that’s embodied by the Muses, a five-strong Greek chorus of smart-mouthed, lung-busting Black women.
A Real Pain
In its second season, The Retrievals continues its exploration of how medical institutions routinely let women down.
In Greek mythology, Oceanids, or water nymphs are most commonly associated with water. They are daughters of Titans, the ...
The 2025 Florida Festival of New Musicals offers six new works in development, including a look at Disney’s first all-woman animation team.
Here are our critics’ top picks from the thousands of shows heading to Scotland in a few weeks for the Edinburgh Fringe and ...
The muses must spend the whole evening on costume changes, appearing in a series of fabulous frocks, each more spectacular than the last.
From thrilling page-turners to family dramas, books director Joanne Finney picks her favourite reads – perfect for long, hot ...