Hercules: In Search of a Hero

Hercules (Luke Couzens) encourages Admetos (Demetri Bonaros) to take Alcestis (Luisa Alarcón), who has returned from the dead in EGTNY’s production at Abrons Arts Center. Original photo by Selim Cayligil.
A pleasant mix of classical and experimental theater combining live, traditional oration and song with a modern set, projected video and recorded audio

By Andrew Andrews

Perhaps it’s unfair to compare New York’s love of Shakespeare to the relative obscurity of classical Greek theatre here.

After thousands of years it’s obvious that the art and science of theatre would evolve, making the Bard’s words and devices stronger than those of Aeschylus or Sophocles.

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Andrew Andrews attended Hercules: In Search of a Hero at Abrons Arts Center Experimental Theater in New York on Friday, February 1, 2019 @ 7:30pm to write this review.

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