The movie and "Mary Poppins" soon thereafter "set up an image of Julie Andrews," Elkins said. "Who is this woman who comes into these family houses and heals them? Why is this woman always the ...

The year was 1957. The song was “Fraulein,” and it brought country music immortality to its writer: Fort Worth’s Lawton Williams. Lawton Edgar Williams was born in Tennessee in 1922, son of a ...

The hills are alive! Literally. In “Fraulein Maria,” the Alps are represented by a sinuous, moving wall of people and fabric, with a few miniature sparkly evergreens thrown in for good measure. Just ...

That’s what Hartford Stage is saying in announcing early (and in time for holiday giving) one of its SummerStage shows: Doug Elkins & Friends’ “Fraulein Maria,” the award-winning and very playful ...

Never mind the pesky lark who is learning to pray. In virtually every way, “Fraulein Maria” is a dance lark with a big smile and an enormous heart. The work is Doug Elkins’ cheeky, sweet and disarming ...

This week in 1957, Sugar Ray Robinson regained his middleweight title for the fourth time, defeating Gene Fulmer; Alan Freed hosted “Rock n’ Roll Show,” a first primetime network special on rock music ...