Did you know that the Italian Cinderella murdered her stepmother? Or that Sleeping Beauty had twins before marrying the prince? Or that the cats in Italian Puss-in-Boots stories were female? While ...

Italian director Alice Rohrwacher, whose “The Wonders” and “Happy as Lazzaro” are both Cannes prizewinners, will direct her first TV series that, similarly to her fable-like films, will explore the ...

The term “fairy tale” was coined in the 17th century. It refers to a fictional story involving magical creatures and ...

Here's a fairy tale for you: A middle-aged, hard-working, sometimes lonely chef goes to Venice on a working trip. Everyone, she notes, is in love with Venice, "except me." But while this skeptic is ...

We've got Italian cookbooks, Italian TV shows and Italian hit stage shows, like "Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding." Why not, then, an Italian version of Cinderella? Produced by the New York State Theatre ...