On a list of heinous crimes, cannibalism and filicide sit right at the top. But in a fairy tale, it's business as usual. The Brothers Grimm collected and published over 200 folktales in the early 19th ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The play begins with Hester (Josie Seid), an abortionist, cleaning the blood off ...

If you never want to sleep again – or to enjoy digging into a nice steak dinner – I highly recommend reading the fairy tale “The Juniper Tree,” which makes every list of “creepiest fairy tales” a ...

A headless dress form looms behind two rooms. That’s what audiences see at the beginning of Shaking the Tree Theatre’s production of Blood Wedding. On the dress form is a long gown that seems to be ...

It’s Wednesday, Aug. 31. Samantha Van Der Merwe, founding artistic director of Shaking the Tree Theatre, is guiding actors Josie Seid and Briana Ratterman through a scaldingly intense scene in ...

About halfway through Fucking A, a character named Butcher (John San Nicolas) delivers a language-bending monologue that lists every law his daughter has broken. The offenses range from the severe to ...