February 14 marks the anniversary of the original Broadway production of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes, which opened in 1939 at the National Theatre (now the Nederlander). The original production ...

I don’t know that I have ever read this good a rescue job. Columbia historian Alice Kessler-Harris’s biography of dramatist and screenwriter Lillian Hellman made me feel like a stupid cliché: just ...

A fierce playwright, a fiery socialist and a pioneering feminist, Lillian Hellman lived unapologetically. But today she's remembered as a fabulist... Lillian Hellman: A 'Difficult,' Vilified Woman ...

Who would guess that by uttering a few harmless words you could trigger lawsuits in the millions, a furor in the literary world, and a Broadway show? Nora Ephron’s play “Imaginary Friends,” about the ...

The Pasadena Playhouse has a new tribute to Herman, the composer of “Hello, Dolly!,” and Tomei turns up in “Beirut” and “Three Hotels.” By Elisabeth Vincentelli The first coronavirus shutdown caught ...

The 1970s talk-show host stars in a new play based on the lawsuit between authors Lillian Hellman and Mary McCarthy. By Jordan Riefe Hellman v McCarthy Production Still - H 2015 “If I had just said is ...

Lillian Hellman, self-promoter par excellence, would have been a terror on Twitter. “I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year’s fashions,” the ...

EXCLUSIVE: Lillian Hellman’s 1934 play The Children’s Hour, set in an all-girls boarding school, is getting a shot at the small screen with Anonymous Content and Bess Wohl adapting. The play was ...

Lillian Hellman has written 13 shows including The Children's Hour (Playwright), Days to Come (Playwright), The Little Foxes (Playwright), Watch on the Rhine (Playwright), The Searching Wind ...