“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 ...
Children’s author Emberli Pridham has just released the fourth book in her acclaimed “A Real-Life Fairy Tale” series, A ...
As much as I love fairy tales, I'll be the first to admit that they're often hella misogynistic in the treatment of their female characters, sometimes even violently so. There's one little-known fairy ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...