Review: Euripides' 'Bacchae' is spellbinding in modern update at the Getty Villa
The surviving Greek tragedies pose inordinate challenges to contemporary theater practitioners, but Euripides' "Bacchae," one of his most beloved works, may be the trickiest of all to stage. It's sneaky hard. The success rate in the theater (in my experience) is close to nil. No one seems to have...