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The Long Shadow of History Falls Over Copenhagen and the Race for the Atomic Bomb in World War II by Bruce Chadwick
1960s Midwest Drama Burns Slowly on Stage by Bruce Chadwick
Death in the End Zone: NFL Concussion Crisis Play Packs Wallop by Bruce Chadwick
Chicago, 1959: This Old House It’s Not by Bruce Chadwick
Sports History Gets another Look with Magic/Bird Basketball Drama by Bruce Chadwick
"The Soap Myth" Does Not Cleanse the Nazis or Holocaust by Bruce Chadwick
Where are History Plays Born? Interview with History Playwright Alex Borinksy by Bruce Chadwick
Will Ozzie Guillén Go the Same Way as Al Campanis? by Murray Polner
"The Best Man": Does the Convention Always Nominate Him? by Bruce Chadwick
Judy Garland Goes Over the Rainbow in Powerful Play about the Show Biz Legend by Bruce Chadwick
"The Great Gatsby" and the Roaring Twenties Are Back, Green Light and All, On Stages and Screens Near You by Bruce Chadwick
Lenin, Joyce and the Dadaists in Zurich Together in 1917 in the at Times Brilliant and at Times Very Confusing "Travesties" by Bruce Chadwick
History Resonates through the Lives of Families in "The Big Meal" by Bruce Chadwick
Was Shakespeare an Anti-Semite? by Glenn Speer
Little Known World War II Court-Martial Gets Vibrant New Hearing by Bruce Chadwick
"To Kill a Mockingbird" at Fifty by Thomas Doherty
Nuke York, New York by Mick Broderick and Robert Jacobs
Could HBO's "Game Change" Change the Game of Politics? by Robert Brent Toplin
"Damn Yankees" Musical about 1950s Hits Home Run by Bruce Chadwick
Postcard from Potsdam: Frederick the Great Gets the Full Museum Treatment by Kevin Kennedy
I Love Downton Abbey, Because the Granthams are (Essentially) My Ancestors by Pearl Duncan
"An Iliad" for the Ages Takes History Lovers Back to the Trojan Wars by Bruce Chadwick
Albee’s 1980s "Lady from Dubuque" Gains Ground as a History Play in 2012 by Bruce Chadwick
World War II Sailors Chase Victory—and Lots of Women—in 1944 New York by Bruce Chadwick
Will "The Help's" Oscar Revive Interest in "The Long Walk Home"? by Peter Dreier
Galileo, the Earth, the Sun, the Catholic Church and Injustice by Bruce Chadwick
Antiwar Critics Forgotten on Oscar Night by Adam Hochschild
History Films Are Back at the Oscars by Bruce Chadwick
If History is Any Judge, the History Movie is a Big Winner at Oscar Time by Robert Brent Toplin
The Last Bow for 35mm Film by Thomas Doherty
TV's "Smash" is a Winner, But It Needs More History by Bruce Chadwick
"The Convert": a Disturbing, Moving Look at Colonialism in Zimbabwe in the 1890s by Bruce Chadwick
"Red Tails": World War II’s Tuskegee Airmen Fly Again in Film and on Stage but Much History is Ignored by Bruce Chadwick
Chilling New Play "Oswald" in Los Angeles Tackles the Kennedy Assassination by
Horatio Alger Theater Festival Explores Ninteenth-Century Rags-to-Riches Theme by Bruce Chadwick
The Return of Radical Writer Susan Sontag: History Ignored by Bruce Chadwick
Brutal 1973 "Goodbar" Murder Now Subject of Confused Musical by Bruce Chadwick
The Lost Decade: The 1950s Comes Back with a Roar by Bruce Chadwick
It’s the Holidays and Time for History’s Dark Fairy Tale Champs, Hansel and Gretel by Bruce Chadwick
"War Horse" a Winner Whether on Stage or Screen by Bruce Chadwick
Why is Penn State Playing Football in the Midwest Anyway? by Carl Abbott
On Lonesome Highways: Haunted by History, an Interview with Writer/Photographer James A. Reeves by Robin Lindley
2,400 Years Later, Greek Vixen Lysistrata Rides Again, This Time on the Basketball Court by Bruce Chadwick
On Christopher Hitchens, Atheism, and Inanity by James Livingston
A Cold Christmas for this "Christmas Carol" by Bruce Chadwick
For Thomas Jefferson and Maria Cosway, It’s Love on the East Side by Bruce Chadwick
Bonnie & Clyde Shoot Up America in the Great Depression by Bruce Chadwick
"J. Edgar" Fails to Deliver the Historical Goods by Aaron J. Stockham
Merry Christmas to All: the American Theater Recycles Films of the Past for Historic Holiday Cheer this Season by Bruce Chadwick
"Brian’s Song": What Really Happened by Barron H. Lerner