Friday, May 24, 2013

An Iliad
Syracuse Stage
Penny Metropulos, director

Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

An edgy adaptation of Homer's epic story told by a single poet, adapted from Homer by Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare, translation by Robert Fagles.

This remarkable interpretation of Homer's account of The Trojan War vivifies the tale's epic power while capturing the immediacy of a story told around an open fire. A lone poet, an ancient story-teller, weaves contemporary speech with evocative poetry to create an electrifying encounter with this profoundly resonant chronicle of a distant conflict. Director Penny Metropulos (Up, Picasso at the Lapine Agile, and Red) and actor Joseph Graves (Red) return for this taut and critically-heralded adaptation.

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