Once upon a time, there lived a princess who was to be married to a prince who lived far away. Before she left, her mother the queen gave her riches, a waiting-maid for company, and three drops of ...
WATERLOO | Each night, 12 beautiful princesses are safely locked in their bedroom. But each morning, their dancing slippersare found falling to pieces in Black Hawk Children Theatre’s production of ...
“Rapunzel’s” roots lie in the Italian story of “Petrosinella,” which was written by Giambattista Basile and published in 1634 — and honestly, I prefer Basile's tale. Like Rapunzel, Petrosinella is ...
There was once a boy named Jacob, who irritated his mother so greatly that one day she ordered him to leave home and find a master, even if it was the devil himself. He set out to find an ...
There are few photos more iconic than that of a tuxedo-clad John Travolta, wildly famous after starring in Grease and Urban Cowboy, commanding the dance floor alongside his partner, Princess Diana, ...
Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. A few years back, Dear Readers, I stumbled on ...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Happily ever after isn’t always so easy. That's the plot to MNM Theatre troop's latest production called "Disenchanted." This adult comedy challenges the fairy tale norms of ...
As much as I love fairy tales, I'll be the first to admit that they're often hella misogynistic in the treatment of their female characters, sometimes even violently so. There's one little-known fairy ...
Elizabeth Lim, the author of “Six Crimson Cranes,” recommends some of her favorite retellings of classic fairy tales. By Elizabeth Lim Fairy tales made me fall in love with reading. When I was a kid, ...