Twist on a Greek classic opens Gulfshore Playhouse season Gulfshore Playhouse kicks off a new season of professional theater with “An Iliad,” a modern retelling of Homer’s soaring epic, running Oct. 20-Nov. 4 at The Norris Center in Naples. In the one-man play Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare, an embattled storyteller grapples with the timeless...
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Naples theater’s ‘Iliad’ a different odyssey from classic
Naples theater’s ‘Iliad’ a different odyssey from classic Note to high school honors students: You will not get an easy Cliff Notes version of Homer’s classic when Gulfshore Playhouse opens “An Iliad” this week. You will get the distillation to its most precious nugget of truth, however: That war is a bloody zero-sum game, often the territory...
Review: Gulfshore Playhouse ‘Iliad’ is tragedy for today as well as for ancient Greece
Review: Gulfshore Playhouse ‘Iliad’ is tragedy for today as well as for ancient Greece One of the major hurdles to appreciating the drama “An Iliad” is its title. You’re probably even looking at this review and saying, “Done that already.” But you haven’t. Even those of us who have read the entire Greek classic poem...
War: What is it good for? ‘An Illiad’ retold at Gulfshore Playhouse
War: What is it good for? ‘An Illiad’ retold at Gulfshore Playhouse This is the one they’re all going to be talking about. It’s a knockout play, one that socks you right in the gut. It is so singular, so striking, it’ll surely wind up on many “Best Of” lists at the end of season....
Photos: Gulfshore Playhouse rehearses for one-man performance of An Iliad
Photos: Gulfshore Playhouse rehearses for one-man performance of An Iliad Jeffrey Binder rehearses his one-man performance for Gulfshore Playhouse’s upcoming production of “An Iliad” at The Norris Center in Naples on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018 Naples Daily News Read More