Hello mother, goodbye father: Oedipus el Rey doesn't work as a tragedy

Published Feb. 17, 2010 at 6:00 a.m.

Luis Alfaro isn't the first playwright to apply an ancient Greek template to a modern American story. Nor will he be the last to end up with an uneven play on his hands as a result. In Oedipus el Rey, now making its world premiere at the Magic Theatre, Alfaro takes the raw materials of Sop...

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