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Greek actress Tzeni Karezi was one of the most prolific actresses of the "Golden Age" of Greek cinema, which ran from the '50s to the '60s.

Karagiozis is the main character of Greek shadow puppet theater shows, and has been a constant for generations of children in Greece. 

The ancient Greek city of Thouria, located in the southern Peloponnese, Greece, thrived throughout antiquity, but was only discovered in 2007.

Greek-English actor Theo James, born Theodore Taptiklis, best known for his roles in blockbuster movies like "Divergent", will make his musical theatre debut in London with "City of Angels". James became a breakout star thanks to the "Divergent" movie series...

Greece's oldest actress died on Saturday, October 19. Her name was Titika Nikiforaki and she was born in Heraklion, Crete in 1914. She first appeared as an actress at the Greek National Theater in 1935, at the age of 21. She played...

Liana Mesaikou's one-woman comedic show, "Fifty Shades of Melania", makes its New York City debut on October 10. The show will premiere as part of the New York International Fringe Festival BYOV. LA-based Greek writer and actress Mesaikou made waves when...

A series of performances of Greek traditional dances will start on Sunday, August 18 in Athens and will continue until September 22. In central Athens' Philopappou Hill, at the ''Dora Stratou'' theater, performances will be held for five days every...

The Ancient Greek Theater Festival of Carnuntum, featuring Melina Mercouri, began on Saturday, at the amphitheater of the ancient Roman city of Carnuntum, today's Austrian city of Petronell. Mercouri was described at the festival as the ''most important Greek woman of...

Jamie-Lynn Sigler is going back to her theatrical roots, as she will lead a staged reading of MANHATTANonPATRICK on September 27, at the Weinberg Center for the Arts in Washington D.C. Perhaps best known for her role as Meadow Soprano...

An ancient Greek temple dedicated to the goddess Nemesis has been discovered in the ruins of an ancient theater in Mytilene, AMNA news agency reported on Thursday. The remains of the temple were found in the south entry passage (párodos in...