"Even by fairy-tale standards ... stands out as especially bleak," said Dave Fargnoli in The Stage. "The Red Shoes" (1845) is about an orphan girl who is bewitched by a pair of red shoes, and ...

If you're looking for something new to read with your kids, these modern fairy tales are worth adding to ... In The Little ...

Choreographed by Australian-born Sir Robert Helpmann of the Royal Ballet Company, and partially conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, the story is based on the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale of a young ...

The musical, whose music and lyrics were written by Stephen Sondheim, incorporated different stories from the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. More than 90 students ... Jack from “Jack and the Beanstalk” ...