One of Hollywood’s most iconic movie palaces, the Egyptian Theatre is set to re-open Nov. 9 with a special screening of David Fincher’s “The Killer.” ...

Many self-professed champions of freedom throughout the centuries have looked to ancient Sparta as an inspiration. The doomed stand of 300 Spartan warriors against the Persian Empire at ...

Many self-professed champions of freedom throughout the centuries have looked to ancient Sparta as an inspiration. The doomed stand of 300 Spartan warriors against the Persian Empire at ...

When the Egyptian Theatre opened in 1922 with the extravagant premiere of Douglas Fairbanks ‘ “Robin Hood,” it marked a number of beginnings. First movie theater in Hollywood. First red carpet.

Built in about AD 140 in what was then the country's third-largest town, the theatre is thought to be the only example of its kind in Britain, having a stage rather than being an amphitheatre.

The rivalry between ancient Athens and Sparta is infamous—but they may have been more 'frenemies' Despite being rivals, many Athenians admired the government, clothing, and austerity of the ...

Audience fines playwright Take, for example, ancient Greek theatre. Audiences in the theatre of ancient Greece were active and vocal participants in the many dramatic festivals.

Leonidas, king of Sparta, commanded the ground forces at Thermopylae: 300 members of his royal Spartan bodyguard, called the hippeis —the subjects of countless books, movies, poems, and songs ...