The movie and "Mary Poppins" soon thereafter "set up an image of Julie Andrews," Elkins said. "Who is this woman who comes into these family houses and heals them? Why is this woman always the ...

The hills are alive! Literally. In “Fraulein Maria,” the Alps are represented by a sinuous, moving wall of people and fabric, with a few miniature sparkly evergreens thrown in for good measure. Just ...

The year was 1957. The song was “Fraulein,” and it brought country music immortality to its writer: Fort Worth’s Lawton Williams. Lawton Edgar Williams was born in Tennessee in 1922, son of a ...

LA JOLLA — In the early days of Sigmund Freud’s musings about the mind, fellow Austrian Arthur Schnitzler, a doctor and writer, covered similar territory in his plays and novels. Today, Schnitzler is ...

The New Yorker calls Fräulein Maria-- which wraps its short run with shows this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday as part of the '08 Dancemopolitan Holiday Series at Joe's Pub -- "a parody of, and a love ...

Freud regarded Arthur Schnitzler as his literary “double.” He confessed he envied the writer for his insight into the inner workings of the mind. Unfortunately, chances to see Schnitzler’s work and to ...

When the crowds shout "Show us your shoes!" at this year's Battle of Flowers Parade, Fiesta duchess Lizzie Green will oblige with the perfect Fiesta fashion statement. That would be a pair of San ...

In adapting a novel to the stage, faithfulness can be a double-edged sword, and "Fraulein Else" at the La Jolla Playhouse demonstrates both blades. It would be hard to imagine an adaptation more ...

On that date, Harvey will join the previously announced country music star Orville Peck and two-time Tony Award nominee and GRAMMY Award winner Eva Noblezada as ‘Emcee’ and ‘Sally Bowles.’ Harvey most ...

This week in 1957, Sugar Ray Robinson regained his middleweight title for the fourth time, defeating Gene Fulmer; Alan Freed hosted “Rock n’ Roll Show,” a first primetime network special on rock music ...

Steaming in through San Francisco’s Golden Gate, last week, came the President McKinley, bearing a petite, blue-eyed German Fraulein of twenty-two. Resting an elbow on the ship’s rail and cuddling her ...