Oedipus Rex might be the only play in Western drama that doesn’t need a spoiler alert. Sophocles’ ancient tragedy makes a slow and inevitable political prophecy, forecasting how we’ll sow the seeds of ...

Sam Shepard tells two stories in his new play, “A Particle of Dread (Oedipus Variations),” which opened Sunday at the Pershing Square Signature Center. One story, obviously, has to do with Oedipus; ...