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Susan Shillinglaw is a professor of English at San Jose State University and a scholar in residence at the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas, Calif.

John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells and Mike Smith star in Trailer Park Boys 3: Don't Legalize It John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells and Mike Smith star in Trailer Park Boys 3: Don't Legalize It For Canada's most beloved miscreants, the screen is almost as inevitable as prison time.

According to James Franco , everything associated with his Broadway production of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is awesome except, apparently, New York Times critic Ben Brantley's review.

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GREENWAY ARTS ALLIANCE, Artistic Directors, Whitney Weston and Pierson Blaetz present, as part of Greenway's Workshop Series, a Workshop Production of CARDBOARD CAPITAL, written by Gabriel Rivas Gomez, directed by Madeleine Dahm and produced by Ty Donaldson.

PHOTO CALL: Of Mice and Men , Starring James Franco and Chris O'Dowd, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party The Broadway revival of John Steinbeck 's Of Mice and Men , which marks the Main Stem debuts of co-stars James Franco and Chris O'Dowd , officially opened April 16 at the Longacre Theatre following previews that ... (more)

Anyone who doubts that star power is driving Broadway these days need only check the current box-office figures.

Irish actor Chris O'Dowd has received rave reviews for his performance as Lennie in the new Broadway version of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men.

The Telegraph : To its credit, in spite of its star wattage, this production doesn't aim for fireworks: it's an affectingly quieter, lower key affair.

Directed by Tony Award winner Anna D. Shapiro, the new Broadway production of Of Mice and Men officially opens tonight, April 16, 2014 at the Longacre Theatre.

The Broadway revival of John Steinbeck 's Of Mice and Men , which marks the Main Stem debuts of co-stars James Franco and Chris O'Dowd , officially opens April 16 at the Longacre Theatre following previews that began March 19. "I think I could identify with a lot of the characters," Franco told Playbill.

From left, Doris Bowdon, Jane Darwell and Henry Fonda in John Ford's Oscar-winning 1940 "The Grapes of Wrath," an adaptation of the John Steinbeck novel that turned 75 on Monday John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath," the fictional story of the Joad family's exodus from a Dust Bowl-ravaged Oklahoma farm to exploitation as itinerant workers in ... (more)

The decision to keep John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" in the Brainerd school curriculum was upheld Monday by the school board.

James Franco, Chris O'Dowd and Leighton Meester discuss - and debate - 'Of Mice and Men' as they prepare for new Broadway production of Steinbeck classic Chris O'Dowd, left, James Franco, and Leighton Meester, star in the new Broadway production of 'Of Mice and Men' at the Longacre Theatre.

Dav Pilkey's kids' series, "Captain Underpants," about a mean school principal who changes into a nice superhero wearing only a cape and underpants, topped the American Library Association's "Top Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books" in 2013.

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Arthur Rothstein took this iconic photo of a farmer and his son in the midst of a dust storm in Cimarron County, Okla., at the height of the Great Depression.

Editor's note: This is the second installment in a year-long series commemorating the 75th anniversary of the publication of Pulitzer prize-winning book "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck.

Much has been said and written about the Dust Bowl, but if you want to get a visceral feel for how it all began and the way it affected the people who experienced it, you need go no further than the opening pages of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath : Men stood by their fences and looked at the ruined corn, drying fast now, only a little green ... (more)

Hollywood superstar and Broadway newcomer James Franco took some time out to pose for a selfie with some lucky fans at the swamped stage door of his current headlining gig on Broadway in the stage adaptation of John Steinbeck 's OF MICE AND MEN and the actor took to social media this weekend to share the shot.