Comedy also stimulates the mind—our brains enjoy solving puzzles, and jokes often present mini riddles to crack. For many, ...

The Quad Cities’ Genesius Guild theater opens its 69th season of free theater with the classic Greek tragedy “Oedipus Rex” this weekend. Performances are June 7, 8, 14, and 15 at ...

Raj Kapoor, who passed away on June 2, 1988, was a legendary actor, director, and producer hailed as the "Greatest Showman of ...

There’s nothing like ending a day full of doomsday anxiety spiralling by popping on a feel-good movie. In a time when every media channel seems to produce an endless stream of nail-biting and forehead ...

In Nobody Asked for This, Georgia Toews blends tragedy with comedy, against a familiar backdrop in Toronto. The story’s narrator, Virginia, is a 23-year-old aspiring stand-up comedian who dreams ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s overwrought remarks, like many made in public discourse about autism, reduce complex human stories to simple tragedy. They paint individuals and families as broken.

As alluded, ritual overlaps with theatre, where the faces of tragedy and comedy are emblematic ... When I wear a mask, it’s so you see only the art and character, not the person behind it.

The art form has had a bit of a revival since ... He’s also designed the set, a simple affair with a red curtain onto which comedy and tragedy masks are projected and which allows the actors to make ...

This came in direct contrast with the solemn themes associated with its dramatic counterpart, tragedy. This genre ... of a seated poet (Menander) with masks of New Comedy, 1st century BC. Credit: ...

“Reflecting on the last few days, we, the parading captains, are reminded of the twin masks representing tragedy and comedy, one crying ... featuring some of the greatest known works of art, ...

He said: "I think comedy is very powerful. "If you get an audience to laugh, you get them to open up their hearts to you - and then you can rip them apart with tragedy at the end." The play has ...

“Whether it was just trying to have good time with friends or trying to mask my insecurities, that was just kind of my role.” ...