Jill Rudy was surprised when she heard her 2-year-old niece utter the phrase, “Once upon a time.” This moment made her realize that fairy tales seep into people’s lives at an early age, even as they ...

In Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985), the young female narrator stumbles upon a book of fairy tales and recoils at the story of Beauty and the Beast, musing: There are men in ...

"The thought of bringing that to life was a feeling I couldn't shake." Kris Isham is the Beast in the Arts One Presents production opening July 18. (Courtesy Photo/AOP) In Disney's fairy tale of ...

Chico >> Learning to love and be loved in return is the heartwarming theme of California Regional Theatre’s next musical, “Beauty and the Beast.” The well-known and loved show will appear on stage at ...

Rosamund Hodge's debut novel Cruel Beauty (Balzer + Bray) is sure to appeal to the fairy-tale hungry YA fans, but it's certainly not just another bland entry into the subgenre. By blending Greek ...