A number of productions of Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata” open with the stage in total darkness, the characters entering one at a time, sometimes carrying lit candles that seem to float. But director Gary ...

The motivation for TOOP’s production is the opposite of the traditional gender roles the plot reifies. It is a painting of contradictions. Read More ...

Cialis would have been a hard sell in ancient Athens - at least according to the Cripple Creek Players, whose recent production of Lysistrata at the AllWays Lounge abounded in erections of mammoth ...

Melanie Prapopoulos, founder and director of North Miami’s The CAMP Gallery, says she has been thinking about the Aristophanes play, “Lysistrata” — the imagined sex strike by Athenian and Spartan ...

Empty beer bottles littered the ground, while the crowd’s playful jeering and loud laughter resembled that of an ancient Greek theater. This is no frat party, just an imitation — this is “The Boys.” ...

The state needs guidance, and only a poet can save it. David Greenspan's new play based on Arisophanes extends the cultural and political crisis of Aristophanes' Athens to the present. Classic Stage ...

Framed as a rediscovered Aristophanes play about the Olympics, Spike Theatre takes the audience on a bizarre and unpredictable journey through Ancient Greece in The Games. The Games is pure ...

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.