Inherit the Wind News

With a couple of recent celebrity scandals, a troubling aspect of the American character has reared its head once again: a moral absolutism and extremism fostered largely by the fanatical religious right -- be they fundamentalist, evangelical, or the more orthodox wing of the Catholic Church.

The " Night at the Movies - Thrillers " series ticks on Friday the 23rd, this time featuring gothic chillers on Turner Classic Movies .

Edward Larson on the set of Inherit the Wind at the Segal this past Sunday, Ovtober 18, giving his speech.

Director Greg Kramer, on the set of Inherit the Wind at the Segal Centre theatre, says the play is less about creationism than it is about intellectual freedom.

Theater fosters talk on civil liberties A classic movie about the first high-profile trial for the American Civil Liberties Union will be the subject of a special screening and panel discussion Tuesday at Film Streams' Ruth Sokolof Theater, 14th and Webster Streets.

Inherit The Wind is one of my favorite movies of all times. You have Spencer Tracy fighting against the ignorance and intolerance of religious bias.

Stanley Kramer's Inherit the Wind is the perfect ode to Darwin. I did a double-take when I read the Telegraph headline "Charles Darwin film too controversial for religious America". The film in question is the British-made Creation, with Paul Bettany as the legendary naturalist whose theory of evolution gave us the first scientifically rooted ...

In the year in which we're celebrating the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the first edition of On the Origin of Species, it's a pity that no one has mounted a season of movies touching on his life and work.

Kevin Spacey's timing is exemplary. Not just in his personal performance but in bringing to the Old Vic such a dynamic production of the 1955 American war horse ' Inherit The Wind ' - a courtroom drama based on the true-life story of a young Tennessee school teacher arraigned for promoting the evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin against the ...

Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey and David Troughton begin performances Sept. 18 at London's Old Vic in Trevor Nunn's revival of Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Lee's Inherit the Wind .

A winning young player of films and TV, tall, curly haired actor Tom Everett Scott grew up being told of his resemblance to Tom Hanks whom he adored watching on the sitcom "Bosom Buddies". Sharing the same laid back.... A winning young player of films and TV, tall, curly haired actor Tom Everett Scott grew up being told of his resemblance to Tom ...

1952 Gertrude Lawrence dies. She was starring as Anna in The King and I at the St.

Troughton will join Kevin Spacey in Trevor Nunn's new production of Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Leea s modern classic Inherit the Wind , which runs at the Old Vic from October 1 to December 20, 2009.

Troughton will join Kevin Spacey in Trevor Nunn's new production of Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Leea s modern classic Inherit the Wind , which runs at the Old Vic from October 1 to December 20, 2009.

Troughton will join Kevin Spacey in Trevor Nunn's new production of Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Leea s modern classic Inherit the Wind , which runs at the Old Vic from October 1 to December 20, 2009.

Born in Macon, Georgia as Melvyn Edouard Heselberg, Douglas went on to become one of the more accomplished stage actors of his generation.

Westport Country Playhouse will reunite six audience favorites---playwright Alan Ayckbourn , director John Tillinger , and cast members Paxton Whitehead , Cecilia Hart , Geneva Carr and Carson Elrod ---in the classic comedy, "How the Other Half Loves," playing July 28 through August 15.

The Week In ScienceBlogs: Sign up for our newsletter. Tomorrow @ AFI Theater: Discussion of Inherit the Wind Tomorrow night, watch Spencer Tracy argue in defense of evolution.

WEDNESDAY: The NIH Disease of the Week film series is veering into other scientific territory - namely, evolution.

John Tillinger, a veteran Broadway actor and director who also had a 24-year association with the Long Wharf Theater beginning in the early 1980s, is now ensconced at the Westport Country Playhouse , directing two plays this season.