The great innovation of Shakespeare’s King Lear is that its patriarch has no sons. This problem — Lear has a vast estate, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. (Paramount) With Paul King's Wonka, audiences will soon learn how a young ...

Netflix and Sony Pictures have announced Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory, a new take on the classic children's story set to ...

I first met the salesman Willy Loman in 1975. I was 15 when I sat beside my father at the Circle in the Square Theater. I’ll ...

With the new revival of Death of a Salesman now open on Broadway, we are highlighting some of the most interesting connections between actors who have played the iconic role of Willy Loman. Find out ...

HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES -- The original 1971 version of "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Gene Wilder brought Willy Wonka to life in a film based on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" debuted over 50 years ago. Gene Wilder was well known when he played Wonka, and he ...

Attention, armchair fan theorists, it’s time to break out the tinfoil hats and start tying long pieces of string to pushpins on an increasingly disheveled looking bulletin board! Today we’re looking ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with novelist Willy Vlautin about his new book "The Left and The Lucky" and focusing his writing on working class characters.

Welcome to Childhood Fact Check, where we revisit (and maybe ruin) our childhood faves. Today we take a look at Free Willy (1993), the epic adventure of boy and whale. Although I definitely watched ...