Edgar Allan Poe News

In this well-wrought house of mirrors, a self-righteous, overprotective doctor splinters family and friends In Lauren Grodstein's novel, a father tries to end an affair between his 21-year-old and a friend's older, troubled daughter.

Special to The Union Three of the most obscure but bone-chilling tales from the Master of the Macabre, Edgar Allan Poe, are showcased in the acclaimed European fantasy-chiller "Spirits of the Dead," having its local premiere this Halloween weekend at the Off-Center Theatre at The Center for the Arts in Grass Valley.

This was definitely the first time Paramore played a show for the Super Mario Brothers.

Edgar Allan Poe's 200th birthday is being celebrated when The Big Read comes to Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park.

A woman in the audience said it best in the Q&A session following the Saturday matinee of Tell-Tale Electric Poe.It was like watching Saw III, she said by way of complimenting actor Bruce Roach.She was referring to Roachs extraordinary performance of the Edgar Allan Poe story The Pit and the Pendulum at the Coterie Theatre.

Saturday, August 15, 2009 Fringe '09: Fall of the House of Usher Madness, consumption, and premature burial are familiar topics to Poe scholars, but not typical musical theater motifs.