The music gives complexity and dimension to this gritty and decadent tale. But the production has shifted the action to fascist Italy of the 1930s, setting up weird geographical and chronological ...

Lyric stages Richard Strauss's twisted but thrilling Salome, based on Oscar Wilde's play, for the first time in 20 years.

Theater an der Wien is presenting a new version of Salome that features puppets! The characters of Salome and John the Baptist are both portrayed by puppets. Check out photos from this unique ...

Original director David McVicar’s famous production of the Richard Strauss opera gets its bloody, eye-popping U.S. debut in ...

Still in the mood for a Wicked-style fan fiction that rivals its source’s weirdness? What about the criminally rotted horniness of Nosferatu? Imago Theatre satiates these lusts with an English ...

Salome: Tragedy. By Oscar Wilde. Directed by Mark Jackson. (Through Oct. 1. Aurora Theatre, 2081 Addison St., Berkeley. 90 minutes. Tickets: $38. Call (510) 843-4822 or go to www.auroratheatre.org).

A despotic king lusts for his step-daughter. An impetuous princess lusts for a prophet. A loyal soldier lusts for his comrade-in-arms. Oscar Wilde definitely turned up the heat when he penned his ...

A tale out of the Bible has been radically reimagined by London’s National Theatre. In the Bible, “Salomé” tells the story of the beautiful but ruthless dancer who demands, and gets, the head of John ...