Signature Theatre’s latest production retells Homer’s epic through the eyes of the queen of Ithaca, proving once again that Penelope is a hero in her own right. Bechtel and his collaborators have set ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- They were relatively marginal characters Homer's "The Odyssey," but now the faithful queen Penelope and her maidens are having their story told. As the epic poem tells us, the Trojan ...

The twelve hanged maids of Penelope get their revenge in this ancient Greek story of heartbreak and sacrifice. At the end of the Odyssey, Odysseus returns to Ithaca and kills the suitors of Penelope.

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Chicago playwright Aline Lathrop's play "Queen of Ithaca" will be presented ...

The world premiere of “Penelope” a new musical about Penelope, the wife of Odysseus, begins performances this weekend at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival in Garrison, New York. It runs there through ...

Universal Pictures has finally shared the official photos from The Odyssey, the next epic drama from acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan. The highly anticipated movie is slated to arrive in theaters ...

Penelope spends most of the 24 books of Homer’s “Odyssey” waiting. While her husband, Odysseus, spends two decades fighting in the Trojan War, then outsmarting sirens, sea monsters, and lotus eaters ...

Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes, two of the greatest global actors of their generation or any, stage an “English Patient” reunion with Uberto Pasolini’s stately and somber “The Return.” The epic ...

Matt Damon plays Odysseus is the king of Ithaca and the central figure of Homer’s epic. Recognized for sharp thinking, he came up with the idea of the Trojan Horse. Following the conflict, a ...