Dressing a Greek Classic for Tomorrow - How Lex Liang transports 'Antigone' into the future through costumes
How Lex Liang transports Antigone into the future through costumes---Lex Liang had never seen a production of Antigone when director Carl Cofield invited him to design the costumes for the Classical Theatre of Harlem's take on Sophocles' tragedy. That was probably a good thing since this is far from a traditional mounting. The company's politically charged, Afropunk-styled staging in Marcus Garvey Park is set in a dy…