“Theater is a big bust,” Sam Shepard told Newsweek in 1967, just as his star was rising in the off-Broadway world. “Nobody is taking big chances.” It was a bold statement for Shepard, who in the years ...

A new biography of Sam Shepard, an EGOT-level talent as a playwright and performer, traces the career he forged after leaving the San Gabriel Valley without fully establishing the power of his work.

At one point in "Action" at Undermain Theatre, Shooter (Taylor Harris), right, acts like a dancing bear to the astonishment ...

WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley credits this controversial former WWE personality for helping create the move that introduced ...

Patti Smith was in her early teens when she renounced the church. Raised as a Jehovah’s Witness, she would sit in turmoil in Bible study classes as the elders said there was no place for art in Christ ...

“Just Kids” is a memoir of Smith’s early years in New York and her relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe. They ...

Patti Smith has created a memoir which reads more like a gospel or beat prose-poem than a conventional autobiography. Which ...

Undermain Theatre opened Sam Shepard’s Action on Nov. 6, an early play by the prolific writer. At less than an hour, a whole ...

Patti Smith talks about 'Bread of Angels,' her latest book. Smith wrote the book over a 10-year period, chronicling her ...

Gunfights, outlaws, and jaw-dropping cinematography define the best modern Westerns, including 3:10 to Yuma and Hell or High ...

Oscar winner Sissy Spacek explains why she continues to use the nickname her brothers gave her as a child rather than her ...