In one of the most memorable and meaningful scenes from the Academy Award-winning movie Zorba the Greek, the title character Alexis Zorba is asked by his uptight, existentially challenged boss, Basil, ...

“The story of Zorba had a very profound effect on me. A man who can rediscover the sunny side of life through dance even after the deepest distress, who finds his feet again after every setback – I ...

Mikis Theodorakis, the celebrated Greek composer of “Zorba the Greek,” “Z” and “Serpico” and among the most politically active of all 20th-century composers, died Thursday at his home in Athens. He ...

Someone forgot to tell Producer-Director Harold Prince that Zorba isn’t Jewish. Prince could not resist the temptation to try to fashion a sequel to his own Fiddler on the Roof, thinly camouflaged ...