History

In this engaging one-man show, actor Phil Johnson takes viewers through President Theodore Roosevelt's uphill battles during the coal strike crisis of 1902.

The first English translation of a book by Israeli novelist Yishai Sarid – a tale of a modern-day Holocaust historian – appears at an opportune time.

This remarkable new recording from the choir Cappella Romana uses digital processing to recreate Byzantine chant as worshipers in Hagia Sophia would have heard it.

Four singers and a pianist swung from romance to riotous humor to wartime pathos, delivering musical settings of letters from different eras with force and feeling.

This rich drama by Lauren Gunderson shines a light on the pioneering astronomical work of the women of the Harvard Observatory.

On your next London trip, go see the house where Sigmund Freud spent the last year of his life.

As you visit Dickens' home, you're more likely to find yourself in a festive mood rather than in a "Bah, humbug!" mindset.

As world leaders gathered in England and France to solemnly mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of France on June 6, 1944, it is necessary and compelling to remember those lost.

Though colorful and energetic, this collage-like look at Eliza Lynch, the real-life "Queen of Paraguay," falls mostly flat.

It seems to happen every year when Memorial Day comes around again – people do not understand why we celebrate this holiday.