The term “fairy tale” was coined in the 17th century. It refers to a fictional story involving magical creatures and ...

Two wildly different shows, The Tree of Light by Slingsby Theatre Company and Meow Meow's The Red Shoes, re-imagine classic ...

Two new middle grade novels insist Hans Christian Andersen got it all wrong. From “The Little Match Girl Strikes Back.”Credit...Lauren Child Supported by By Jennifer Howard One might think Hans ...

Every Little Mermaid Halloween costume, every reference to “Ugly Duckling Syndrome,” and every use of “the Emperor’s New Clothes” as an idiom ultimately has its roots in the fairy tales of Hans ...

Wirtz Theatre productions at Northwestern University featured a love letter to the art of storytelling on Saturday with the opening of their new musical “Hans Christian Andersen.” This new stage ...

Hans Christian Andersen was a dreamer who migrated between the worlds of fantasy and reality while becoming one of the world's best-known fairy tale authors. He died in Copenhagen on August 4, 1875 ...

Thousands of people lined the cobblestone streets of fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen's town of birth Saturday to welcome royals, movie stars and actors marking the 200th birthday of the ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Hans Christian Andersen, the "greatest of Danes" (as recently voted by his countrymen in a poll that gave new meaning to the term ...

Andersen, creator of “The Princess and the Pea” and “The Ugly Duckling,” receives treasury treatment in this latest entry in Norton's series of annotated classics, replete with margin notes attentive ...

The H.C. Andersen House is open to the public on a limited basis in the writer’s hometown of Odense, Denmark. The H.C. Andersen House in Odense, Denmark. Photo: Laerke Beck Johansen. Artnet News ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michele Herrmann reports on hotels, attractions and food/drink news. Hans Christian Andersen is well-represented in many locations ...