John Earle--or Earles, as he signed his name--was an Anglican clergyman who is chiefly known for his Micro-cosmographie. Or, A Peece of the World discovered; in Essayes and Characters (1628), an influential book of "characters"--the short, witty...

A confessed bank swindler who thought he was answering a parole violation summons fled the courthouse after he apparently spied some documents showing he was about to be arrested.John Earl Petersen, 54, left the federal courthouse, got into his black 2007 Cadillac and drove away...

August Wilson’s extraordinary first play, Jitney (1982), born in the chains of slavery and the necessity of memory, was a tragedy of small and profound lives lived out in good humor and mortal struggle and amazing grace, as if the fragility of life were a...

Let me welcome the new year by celebrating August Wilson's underestimated, fantastic, risky achievement of Gem of the Ocean (directed with such assurance by Kenny Leon at the Walter Kerr). Any serious play needs all the help it can get nowadays and, astonishingly, Gem had...

Spring Awakenings was this morning's big winner when the nominees for 2007 Tony Awards were announced. Here's a handy round-up of early observations: Kristin Chenoweth was robbed! Kristin Chenoweth was robbed! Kristin Chenoweth was robbed! Kristin Chenoweth was robbed! Nominations for the 2007 American Theatre...