Jul 18th, 2008 · Poor Iphigeneia. She comes from Greek drama's most dysfunctional family — matricide, patricide and madness. It's all in her past, but somehow she triumphs in Christoph Willibald Gluck's emotional drama, Iphigénie en Tauride, from the stage of the Paris Opéra.
Jul 17th, 2008 · The folks directing, scripting and producing Mamma Mia! are the same ones who did the show on Broadway. They are not movie people, and it shows at times: The performers have been encouraged to overdo, play to the back row, and belt songs into each other's faces.
Jul 10th, 2008 · Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA), Inc., the oldest Greek-letter black sorority, celebrates its centennial this year. Barbara McKinzie, the group's international president, is joined by sorority member Aundrea Mial, to discuss the group's 100 years of sisterhood and public service. The two also respond to those who argue that groups like AKA are elitist.
Jun 4th, 2008 · Though she waves the flag of her Greek heritage proudly, Nicole Spiridakis says, she never liked feta — until she went to Greece last summer and really tasted it. She bit into a slab of the fresh, creamy Greek cheese, sat straight up and paid attention.
May 18th, 2008 · Jacki Lyden speaks with Rabih Alameddine about his new book The Hakawati. As the protagonist sits by the bedside of his dying father, the reader is pulled into an otherworldly web of stories, inspired by Arab legend, Greek myths and the Bible.
Apr 1st, 2008 · For nearly 25 years, Cyprus has been divided -- Greeks in the south and Turks in the north. But leaders on both sides have agreed to open a crossing, which reporter Mike Theodulou says is a step toward reuniting the island.
Mar 24th, 2008 · The Olympic torch is now on its 85,000 journey to Beijing, despite attempts by human rights protesters to disrupt the torch-lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia, Greece.
Mar 15th, 2008 · Eliot Spitzer had no alternative but to resign as New York governor after it was reported he was involved in soliciting prostitution, former New York City Mayor Ed Koch says. "It's a Greek tragedy," Koch tells Scott Simon.