“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 ...

Ahead of its Feb. 18 stop at the Capitol Theatre, Disenchanted playfully and pointedly revisits classic fairy tales to challenge the myth of “happily ever after,” giving princesses the chance ...

In this Danish rendition of the Princess in a Coffin tale type, you observe a king and queen that are unable to naturally bear a child, so they must seek the help of a wise old woman to fulfill their ...

The idea for “Disenchanted!” began when Dennis Giacino was a history teacher. “I taught about Pocahontas in my class back in the 1980s,” Giacino says. “That’s where the seed started. In the mid-1990s, ...

Brides-to-be can now create their dream happily-ever-after fashion moment thanks to Disney's new 2021 Fairy Tale Wedding Gown collection. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the classic Beauty and ...

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 ...

The second 2026 Disney Fairy Tale Weddings gown unveiled Feb. 18 is inspired by Beauty and the Beast ’s Belle, including ...

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 ...

If you are going to make an overly frenetic musical out of the Britney Spears songbook in which Betty Friedan is a fairy godmother who turns Cinderella and Snow White into feminists and Prince ...

Yesterday I wrote about the possible effects of the box-office success of Alice in Wonderland on fairy-tale revisionism in family films to come. The flip side is the box-office disappointment of ...

Jon M. Chu will direct a screen adaptation of Wicked, with the release date yet to be set. For all that Frozen has feminist moments and rejects some of the classic Disney trappings, it hedges its bets ...