John Steinbeck News

Peggy Roeder and Christian Conn star in Asolo Rep's production of "The Grapes of Wrath."

In that epic tome, farmers from across Oklahoma load up all of their earthy goods on to Model T's and flee the Dust Bowl for California in the midst of the Great Depression.

John Steinbeck 's Of Mice and Men is coming to Broadway's Longacre Theatre. Previews begin March 19 and it officially opens April 16 for a limited run.

Leighton Meester and Tony Award winner Jim Norton star in John Steinbeck 's landmark American play.

After his breakout performance in Bridesmaids , Irish actor Chris O'Dowd hopes to engage more gay fans this spring with his Broadway debut as oafish simpleton Lennie in Of Mice and Men , John Steinbeck's 1937 play about Depression-era migrant workers - even if they're mostly there to see James Franco.

Interesting to note that after 75 years, we still treasure books, but the authors are a little bit dusty, maybe even forgotten.

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, a 1977 graduate of DePauw University, is among Amazon.com 's "100 Books to Read in a Lifetime."

To celebrate its 75th anniversary, John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath" will be discussed – along with the larger social, cultural and historical issues it raises – in a symposium hosted by the UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance.

If you want to be an EGOT winner, then you've got to be a jack of all trades, or an actor of all mediums.

The faces might be browner, the language might be different and the clothing is probably more colourful.

I saw a DVD of "The Grapes of Wrath" the other night, thanks to Netflix. It still does that snail-mail thing.

A STORY by a Nobel Prize-winning author, a mid-20th century classic and a Lancashire comedy helped Bolton's Octagon Theatre notch up a record-breaking 12 months.

John Steinbeck is one of the greatest American writers, and he was also born on this day.

Paul Mason retraces the journey taken by migrant workers the Joad family which John Steinbeck described in his novel The Grapes of Wrath, to find out how it reflects the realities of America's current economic crisis.

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Screen stars James Franco , Chris O'Dowd and Leighton Meester are all making their Broadway debuts in Of Mice and Men this spring, and judging by their Instagram and Twitter feeds, the trio is already hard at work preparing for their new roles.

Google handed over its homepage Thursday to a short, interactive e-book honoring John Steinbeck .

Novelist John Steinbeck would have been 112 on Thursday and to mark the occasion, Google has created an engaging, interactive doodle for its search homepage that highlights some of the author's most memorable works.

Led by Asolo Rep Dramaturg/Literary Manager Lauryn Sasso, this comprehensive behind-the-scenes panel discussion will feature Asolo Rep's Producing Artistic Director/Director of The Grapes of Wrath Michael Donald Edwards, and Composer/Music Director/actor Tim Grimm , a world-renowned folk musician.

The UC Davis department of theater and dance will host "The Grapes of Wrath" Symposium from 10:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Friday, March 7, in Lab A of Wright Hall.