In the early 1970s, Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan wrote and recorded songs for the English version of Italian director ...

Judi Dench reflects on performing theater’s greatest romance in an excerpt from ‘”Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent,” a ...

We all know the tale of the two star crossed lovers of fair Verona, as “Romeo and Juliet” — just like any Shakespeare play — ...

Franco Zeffirelli, one of the world's best-known opera directors, yesterday branded the inaugural season of the newly refurbished La Scala opera house a disgrace. Pirandello lived in a twilight ...

Movies date themselves for all kinds of reasons. Franco Zeffirelli’s take on the Shakespeare play is both daring and ...

Good hotels are in the business of cherishing their guests. Which means that they know how to cherish mothers too.

I saw the chamber version of John Adams’s EL NINO—dubbed EL NINO: NATIVITY RECONSIDERED—at the Cathedral of St. John the ...

Literary adaptations are everywhere these days and always have been, but one gets repurposed for the screen more than any ...

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The documentary relates the decisive moments the turning points and the rollercoaster ride of a brilliant eventful international career and the extraordinary life of a great Italian artist From ...

Franco Zeffirelli was to be the director, and although he had produced opera, he had never directed a Shakespeare play before. Franco didn’t reckon the poetry of it—he had no interest in the ...