How does a play written in the 5th century B.C. still get produced in 2010? A play that's 2,500 years old and has never really left our collective consciousness? A play that's so famous, Freud used it ...

Mixing Greek drama with Elvis Presley’s greatest hits, “Oedipus the King, Mama!” took the stage this month as a playful collision of ancient tragedy and rock ‘n’ roll spectacle. The Getty Villa Museum ...

Improv/sketch/musical troupe the Troubadours has grafted many a contempo songbook onto such classic tales as “As U2 Like It” and “It’s a Stevie Wonderful Life.” But there’s no more snappy synergy than ...

This fall, the Getty Villa Museum and the Troubadour Theater Company will present Oedipus the King, Mama! for the 19th annual Villa Outdoor Classical Theater production. Performances are Thursdays ...

The ruler of a city ravaged by plague must solve the murder of his predecessor, and in doing so solve the riddles of his own hidden past. This Ancient Greek tragedy – written by Sophocles in the 5th ...

Tragedy and comedy make freaky bedfellows in “Oedipus the King, Mama!” This latest romp from Troubadour Theater Company turns the Getty Villa’s annual outdoor theater production into a Freudian ...

3 OH, MARY! Reveals Tour Dates and Cities For 2026-27 4 OPERATION MINCEMEAT Reveals 2026-27 Tour Dates and Cities The maternal musical mash-up of Sophocles's Oedipus the King with the music of the ...