3 OH, MARY! Reveals Tour Dates and Cities For 2026-27 Shortly after he wrote the long poem "L'Ange Heurtebise" in 1925, Cocteau adapted the legend of Orpheus and his descent into Hell to rescue his ...

Ontological Theater, 131 E. 10th St. Through July 28. (212) 533-4650. YESTERDAY’S scandalous plays can be a problem when staged today. Are they still outrageous, or are they merely quaint? Should we ...

In Jean Cocteau’s 1949 film version of the Orpheus myth, the poet Orphée grieves his wife Eurydice, saying, “I would follow her to hell!” Heurtebise, death’s chauffeur, replies, “You needn’t go that ...

The poet Jean Cocteau is lost in space-time. He has been in the 18th century and is now turning up at different moments in professor Langevin's life. The professor has invented some bullets, which ...

At one point in English National Opera’s staging of Philip Glass’s 1993 opera Orphée, a character says, “Don’t look to me for help. I don’t know much more than you.” I know the feeling: the opera’s ...