I love classics, and I love modern fiction, so it’s no surprise that I’m obsessed with modern retellings of classic novels. After all, many classics are classics because they contain themes that still ...

Sometimes a story is just so dang good, it bears repeating. From James Joyce’s Ulysses to Bridget Jones’s Diary, you’ve probably read a book that was just a modern retelling of a well-established ...

In 2015, Penguin Random House launched the Hogarth Shakespeare Project, a series of retellings each based on the premise of a Shakespeare play set in the modern day. A modern author was commissioned ...

A few weeks ago, my daughter and I were watching the movie "Pride & Prejudice and Zombies," and she turned to me and said, "I know this story." She is 12. There was no way she read Jane Austen. But ...

Through October 7, Performance Network, Ann Arbor”s best-kept theatrical secret, is featuring “Taking Leave,” a play by Nagle Jackson. “Taking Leave” is the story of a man”s struggle with Alzheimer”s ...