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The director and playwright discusses his adaptation of the classic " currently on Broadway.
by Ben Schrager. Instagram: @ben.schrager. Bluesky: @ benschrager.bsky.social THEBES, GR - Readers of my column that I etch into literal columns on The Parthenon often accuse me of focusing …
Icke's version avoids the religious and ethical themes of the original but instead makes it a riveting thriller as the tension rises to almost unbearable heights " even if you know the outco…
The stage legends co-star in a new adaptation of the Sophocles tragedy from writer-director Robert Icke on Broadway.
In Sophocles' classic play, Oedipus tries to circumvent the fate the gods have ordained for him. He will kill his father and marry his mother. Tragically, he can't because he has already ful…
Academy Award winner Robert DeNiro visited Mark Strong, Lesley Manville and the cast of Oedipus on Broadway. See photos of DeNiro with the cast!
Robert Icke's new adaptation of Oedipus is no…
Get ready for Oedipus after Sophocles, adapted and directed by Robert Icke. In this video, Roundabout Theatre Company Teaching Artists Jason Jacobs and Susanna Stahlmann dive into the origi…
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Broadway " Studio 54: 254 West 54 Street. Nov. 13-Feb. 8, 2025. Drama. Author: Robert Icke adapting Sophocles. Director: Robert Icke. Critic: David Sheward (Nov. 2025). **** The countdown cl…
By Paulanne Simmons
November 20, 2025: The story of Oedipus has terrified and troubled people for generations. But it has never been more troubling and terrifying than in Robert Icke's adap…
Robert Icke's adaptation of Sophocles ventures into the arena of modern-day electoral politics.
Mark Strong as Oedipus and Samuel Brewer as Teiresias in Oedipus. Courtesy DKC/O&M. Photo…
The British directing star Robert Icke specializes in contemporary adaptations of classics. He writes and directs them, proudly insisting that they only deserve attention if they hold their …
By David Sheward
November 19, 2025: The countdown clock in Hildegard Bechtler's sterile set for Robert Icke's explosively dramatic adaptation of Sophocles' Oedipus was ticking down to the f…
The Broadway Theatre Review: Oedipus on Broadway By Ross The moment that Mark Strong's handsome frame fills that massive opening screen, a sensation passes through Broadway's Studio 54 Theat…
By Carol Rocamora… Icke's modern-day version of Oedipus is even more horrific than the original, written millennia ago How can we bear to sit through another production of Oedipus, since w…
Robert Icke's new adaptation of Oedipus is now open on Broadway, starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville at Studio 54. In this new retelling, Icke transforms Sophocles' epic tragedy into a …
Icke, Strong, and Manville update Sophocles for a modern political tragedy. In 1959, Elmer Rice wrote Cue for Passion, a Broadway play that adapted Shakespeare's Hamlet into contemp…
Robert Icke's new adaptation of Oedipus is now open on Broadway, starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville at Studio 54. In this new retelling, Icke transforms Sophocles' epic tragedy into a …
The stars came out on November 13 to take in the triumphant opening of Oedipus on Broadway at Studio 54. Director Robert Icke's modern retelling of Sophocles' Greek tragedy stars Mark Str…
Mark Strong, Lesley Manville and celebrate bringing Robert Icke's OEDIPUS to Broadway on opening night.
Get tickets to OEDIPUS: https://www.broadway.com/shows/oedipus/
Icke dusts off the classics the way a restorer brightens an old master painting. His latest project stars Mark Strong and Lesley Manville.
It's early on Election Day, and Oedipus, populist candidate confident that he'll be swept into office, makes two off-the-cuff public promises that will blow up in his face: He will release h…
Robert Icke's modern take on Sophocles' Oedipus is officially open on Broadway at Studio 54. Reimagined as a tense political thriller that takes place on election night, Olivier winner and T…
Bernadette Peters, Olivier-winning star Lesley Manville, Donna Murphy, and more celebrated on the red carpet November 13.
