The original play has a hilarious, bawdy plot of a woman, Lysistrata, taking the initiative to bring an end to a festering war between Greek city states by calling for a sex strike. Gathering together ...

The annual Prithvi Festival kicked off on Saturday evening with a special soulful presentation of Kabir’s songs in Malwa folk style by Prahlad Tipaniya and his group. The festival, which believes in ...

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 ...

Literate Boomers and maybe a few other people who read this blog will know that Lysistrata was the lead character in an ancient Greek comedy of that name written by Aristophanes and performed in ...

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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 ...

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.

Ancient Athen’s comic-playwright Aristophanes would most likely approve of just how far NCRT’s (obviously fearless) ensemble cast is willing to take their boldly naughty performances in an up-dated ...

In Mark Adamo's Lysistrata, or The Nude Goddess, Houston Grand Opera boldly romps its way through the minefield of domestic and international politics. At once provocative, hilarious, bawdy and tender ...