Glen Keane draws. It’s the way he communicates. It’s how he started at Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1974, how he sketched Ariel in “The Little Mermaid” and the Beast’s transformation in “Beauty ...

Two snakes, a Buddhist monk and a pair of lovers took the stage in the Crescent Underground Theater as “Qing Bai: Innocence,” a play performed entirely in Mandarin, opened to a sold-out audience ...

HAMMOND — Tori Andrews moved with other performers in a line that slithered like a snake. The 9-year-old was practicing the dragon dance — one of two she will perform during The Octavian Foundation ...

MISSOULA — While “Jumping into Fire” is a new drama and dance production, it takes on an ancient tale and gives a glimpse into one of the world’s first forms of theater – Chinese opera. Writer and ...

Explore the world of Taiwanese and South-east Asian folktales of metamorphosis in the play Tall Tales: Bananas & Ang Ku Kuehs ...

BEIJING — Top Chinese TV producer Zhang Jizhong has signed up best-selling author Neil Gaiman to write a script for a $300 million adaptation of the ancient Chinese folk tale “Journey to the West.” ...

This slim collection of Chinese folk tale adaptations by Atangan would have made a fine first or second comic book by a newcomer, but published in a deluxe hardcover format, it collapses under the ...

A version of this story about “Over the Moon” first appeared in the Oscar Nominations Preview issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine. Glen Keane draws. It’s the way he communicates. It’s how he started at ...