Excerpted from The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales by Franz Xaver von Schönwerth, edited by Erika Eichenseer, translated by Maria Tatar. Out now from Penguin Classics. The ...

Speaking of rhymes, Biguenet has written the entire script in verse, rhyming couplets cast in iambic pentameter. While this might come off as a mere clever gimmick, it fits the character well, with ...

Once upon a time there was a set of twins, a boy and a girl, whose father remarried after their mother’s death and had several more children. The stepmother was cruel and decided to send them to a ...

There were once three princesses who were kidnapped by an evil witch, and who in their time of captivity learned a few magic tricks from her. One day, a young prince was lost in the woods, and the ...

There is something creepily familiar about the indie fantasy-horror film “Scarlet’s Witch.” And, no, that is not just because much of the movie was shot in a scant 12 days around Kleman Plaza, the ...

Jean Thompson works a strange alchemy in her newest collection, “The Witch and Other Tales Re-Told.” Part of a long tradition of fairy tale retellers such as James Thurber and Angela Carter, Thompson ...

3D Blu-ray widescreen, 2D Blu-ray widescreen, DVD widescreen, UltraViolet digital copy, 2013, R for strong fantasy horror violence and gore, brief sexuality/nudity and language ARE YOU A good witch or ...

"Broomstick," the latest work by New Orleans author and playwright John Biguenet, received its regional premiere over this past weekend courtesy of Southern Rep. In the play, which continues through ...

The quote is not verified but it's popular nonetheless: It's Albert Einstein saying, "If you want to raise intelligent children, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read ...

We all know what happens after those words are spoken. But it’s hard to say what happens after “happily ever after.” All those fairy tales, so many wishes granted. The Cloverdale Playhouse's staging ...

airy tales date back 6,000 years, yet they continue to pop up in our psyches and the news. The tropes are timeless. A poisoned apple? Understood. A red cape? We get it. But fairy tales also endure ...