The sassy new quasi-teen musical hails from composer-lyricist Lewis Flinn and book writer Douglas Carter Beane ("Sister Act"). By David Rooney Chief Film Critic The show is an update on Aristophanes’ ...

Producers Paula Herold and Alan Wasser made the casting announcement on Sept. 7. Previews, as previously announced, begin Nov. 12. Lysistrata Jones, a twist on the ancient Greek comedy Lysistrata, ...

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NEW YORKNEW YORK — Backstage in a tiny room at the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway, four theater buffs are geeking out. “This is Angela Lansbury’s dressing room!” one says, referring to the time when ...

History has proven at least one truth about warfare: it’s easy to instigate but difficult to terminate. Among the longest wars of history is the Peloponnesian War, waged between ancient Greece and the ...

Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre will present Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata,” translated by Sarah Ruden, April 19-28 at West Rutland Town Hall Theatre, at 35 Marble St.

In the musical, The Athens University basketball team hasn't won a game in 30 years. But when spunky transfer student Lysistrata Jones (Patti Murrin) dares the squad's fed-up girlfriends to stop ...

The male characters of Aristophanes’ classic Greek comedy Lysistrata have a painful decision to make, thanks to their wives. They can either make war or make love. That’s the gist of the plot of this ...

This is the fourth and final story in a series following the CSUF production of “Lysistrata,” which runs through May 5 at Hallberg Theatre. This story focuses on the dress rehearsal and opening night ...

American composer-librettist Mark Adamo made his mark on the opera world in 1998 with the debut of his first work Little Women. His second opera Lysistrata premiered 20 years ago in 2005 by the ...