Theatre

BOBBY KNIGHT ISN'T THE ONLY HOSTILE HOOSIER

Two retro-cool screen idols, James Dean and Steve McQueen, were Hoosiers of about the same age but they were never pals. McQueen, born in 1930, grew ...

COMEDY, THY NAME IS EINSTEIN

For actor-director Albert Brooks, whose real surname is Einstein, comedy may be genetic. His father, Harry Einstein, was a radio comedian who died ...

IS IT SUSHI?

Kabuki. (Pronounced Kah-boo-kee). Nope, it's not an Asian form of self-defense or a type of sushi. It's Japanese musical theater. It began as ...

WHERE DO OLD SCORES SETTLE?

Ever wonder what happens to the original scores of musicals, such as "No, No Nanette" and the "Sound of Music" after the show closes? Or perhaps you ...

THIEF TUTORS HOLLYWOOD STAR

To learn the secrets of stealing cars, movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer hired a 20-something car thief serving time in Folsom Prison. The inmate, ...

AND YOU THOUGHT BROADWAY TICKETS WERE EXPENSIVE

In the 2,500-year history of theater (give or take a few years), no play has ever been staged like the event that Sir Peter Hall, the Royal ...

NOT EXACTLY A GEM OF A MOVIE BUT IT DOES HAVE JEWEL

"Ride with the Devil," a feature film about Southern bushwhackers who fight the Union during the Civil War, never made it to wide release because, ...