Musicians have marked inspiration as if the divine were using them as a vessel in order to get a song out into the world, while others have described it as something that drops from the sky that needs ...

It’s hard to go wrong updating Shakespeare. He’s been adapted into everything from Broadway musicals and comic books to gritty TV dramas and the occasional porno flick. Aside from a few specifics that ...

The truly stunning element in Oakland Theater Project's "King Lear"--for some, Shakespeare's most heart-wrenching play--is one character: the Fool. It's brilliant that director (and OTP ...

John Amos was fired from "Good Times" after clashing with the writers, so why did creator Norman Lear hire him for another sitcom two decades later?

When John Amos was fired from the the hit '70s show "Good Times," it appeared as though his relationship with prolific sitcom creator Norman Lear was over. According to Amos, a rift opened over the ...