"Highballs?" asks the head waiter at a restaurant Gatsby visits with gangster Meyer Wolfsheim. (A scotch and soda is an archetypal version of the cocktail.) "'Yes, highballs,' agreed Gatsby." ...

In this era, a gangster class emerged – of which Gatsby is an example – to fulfil the illegal demands of American boozers. It all corresponded to a peak, in the late 1920s, in American income ...

In performance this Gatsby turns out to be a sleek ... where swirling trenchcoats accompany Shady, sung by the gangster-bootlegger Wolfsheim, is baffling though. Wolfsheim is played with ...

Gatsby is new money. Having pulled himself up ... 50s-60s - Wolfsheim is a larger-than-life gangster who is equal parts warm and menacing. A strong mover. Vocal range: strong, character-driven ...

Fitzgerald lived in a much more modest house just a few miles away when he was writing "The Great Gatsby." The Schietingers, though, believe the author must have visited here. They imagine him ...

My answer, predictably enough, is that The Great Gatsby is not simply some chore to be endured at a formative point in education, but one of those rare books that can be appreciated, even loved ...

“The Great Gatsby,” published 100 years ago this month, is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most perfectly realized work of art. It reveals a new and confident mastery of his material, a fascinating if ...

There's a high likelihood you read The Great Gatsby in high school. But you probably didn't have a lesson like the one taught by Brian Hannon last week. Hannon teaches AP English Literature at ...

In the spring of 1940, F. Scott Fitzgerald was worried about “The Great Gatsby.” It had been fifteen years since the novel was published, and the author had little to show for it.

The World Ballet Company's adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" will premiere in Columbus on Tuesday. The ballet features 40 dancers, multimedia effects and acrobatics. The production aims to stay ...