Picture a postmodern Cinderella -- start with her ugly step-drag queens. "I know more about drag than any other choreographer around right now and I can make it work," says Peter Anastos, whose ...

Well, it’s time that fairy tales are updated, according to “Shrek the Musical.” And an ogre named Shrek is at the center of this happy show that kicks off the summer season at The Little Theatre on ...

The Premier Arts Academy is holding another fun performance tonight, the Fable Fest! The show features 75 4th to 6th graders at the academy showcasing performances based around classic fairy tales ...

Great deeds start out as current events, move on to history, and eventually, with some craft and embellishment, become folklore and legend. This process is central to the structure of Bryan Singer's ...

I enjoy being a part of the fun today’s authors have creating new twists to age-old and familiar fairy tales. It’s obvious, of course, that in order for our children to understand the changes, they ...

LOS ANGELES -- "Disenchanted" is a sequel that has been a long time coming. The origin film "Enchanted" was released in 2007. Now, Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey are back, with some old friends and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Abilene Christian University Theatre is bringing everyone’s favorite ogre to life with its fall production of Shrek The Musical, ...

The classic tale of a poor boy that traded his cow for a handful of magic beans comes to life this Sunday at 9 p.m. The real story of “Jack and the Beanstalk” is told as never before. This innovative ...

When we were kids, "fairy tales" were the cutesy purview of Disney movies and children's books. Princesses sang to animals and princes gallivanted around with their privilege wildly unchecked. Fairy ...

The folk tale tradition—from fairy tales to ghost stories—has origins stretching back to the start of human speech. The art of oral storytelling predates the written word, and has been used for time ...

Remember the childhood tale of “The Billy Goats Gruff” in which three young goats are bullied by a troll who blocks the bridge they use to canter home? In the tale, the youngest one, a girl goat, ...