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Antigone 2019

Run Time:
1 hour, 45 minutes
Opened: September 25, 2019
Closing: October 06, 2019

Antigone - 2019 Off-Broadway History , Info & More

Sophocles created characters with psychological depth and complexity in this universal play that are as resonant now as when it was written nearly 2,500 years ago. The Greek tragedy hinges on a young girl disobeying the king by giving her brother the same funeral rites that he had been denied after a fratricidal combat, challenging the injustice of men to obey the laws of the gods and following her heart by putting his soul to rest. What followed was an intense exploration of humanity, morality, law, and justice that left few unharmed.



Famed Japanese director Satoshi Miyagi creates a new version of this fabled mythology that looks at this ancient play through the prism of Japanese culture. He turns the stage into a flowing river of water, known in many spiritual beliefs to separate the world of the living from that of the dead. This fresh take presents a riveting play about loss and memorialization in a way that is both timeless and timely, mixing the foundational principles of Greek tragedy, Japanese Noh theatre, Indonesian shadow play, and the Buddhist philosophy to negotiate the boundaries of intercultural encounters while creating a new theatrical universe of globalized proportions.


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BWW Review: Satoshi Miyagi's Entrancing Staging of ANTIGONE Arrives From Japan
by Michael Dale - September 29, 2019


Even the most jaded New York playgoers who may start feeling a bit blasé about entering a theatre and seeing a large pool of water on the stage (Jeremy O. Harris' DADDY and Lucas Hnath's RED SPEEDO are two recent examples) will undoubtedly be intrigued by the sumptuous display of aquatic symbolism greeting them at the Park Avenue Armory for director Satoshi Miyagi's entrancing staging of Shigetake Yaginuma's translation of Sophocles' Antigone.

Antigone History

Other Productions of Antigone

1946   Broadway
Broadway
1971   Broadway
Broadway
2012   West End National Theatre Production
West End
2015   Off-Broadway Barbican and Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg Off-Broadway Production
Off-Broadway
2019   Off-Broadway Park Avenue Armory Off-Broadway Production
Off-Broadway

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