Call me disappointed. It is not impossible to adapt or reimagine “Moby-Dick.” Herman Melville’s narrative is the polar epic of modern consciousness: on the one extreme, Ishmael’s adrift apathy, that ...

The film, released 70 years ago, starred Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab and cost about $4m (£3m).

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s 2010 adaptation of Melville’s unruly novel opens this week at the Metropolitan Opera. By Wendy S. Walters When ...

Herman Melville's 1851 epic "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale" remains, to this day, one of the best pieces of American literature ever produced. Melville's dense prose and thickened metaphor for the divine ...

Instead, theatergoers a hundred years ago were introduced to a new character: Captain Ahab’s evil younger brother, Derek. Yes ...

Unlike some American high schoolers, Wu Tsang avoided reading “Moby-Dick” in English class. She didn’t discover Herman Melville’s novel until adulthood, and even that encounter was mediated: she ...

It seems safe to say we’re in a golden age of puppetry. Newton’s Julie Taymor got the ball rolling in 1997 with her brilliant stage adaptation of “The Lion King” (which is still running on Broadway, ...

This is the cast of “Moby Dick: a Sea Shanty,” a world-premiere musical that will run March 26 through April 19 at Music Theater Heritage in Crown Center. Tim Scott Music Theater Heritage For a book ...

Encore has officially thrown its hat into the original programming ring. Starz's sister channel announced on Wednesday that it will be launching its Encore Originals slate with three projects -- an ...

Call me disappointed. It is not impossible to adapt or reimagine “Moby-Dick.” Herman Melville’s narrative is the polar epic of modern consciousness: on the one extreme, Ishmael’s adrift apathy, that ...