King Henry VIII’s first letter to his future second wife, Anne Boleyn, is as sweet as any lovestruck suitor’s. Like a heated exchange on Tinder, it offers no clue of the nastiness that would one day ...

The oversexed soap opera that history remembers as 'The Tudors' migrates from Showtime, the natural home to the sordidly sexual, to the big screen in 'The Other Boleyn Girl.' It's lovely period piece, ...

The oversexed soap opera that history remembers as "The Tudors" migrates from Showtime to the big screen in "The Other Boleyn Girl." It's a lovely period piece, but the major motion picture has the ...

How can I begin to describe the triumph that is Lyric’s Anna Bolena? Written in the Italian bel canto style, Gaetano Donizetti’s opera is exciting for its sheer athleticism—sky-high tessituras, ...

I've always been amazed by the fact that when Hollywood makes a film set earlier than, say, the Civil War, it's supposed to be a lavish, period piece designed to appeal to only those who frequent the ...