In 1990, Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman created Assassins , a musical about the nine men and women who have attempted--both...

Thanks to the efforts of renowned Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, Leon Trotsky gained political asylum in Mexico. In early 1937, the...

In 1858, actor-manager Laura Keene bought exclusive rights to Tom Taylor's comedy, Our American Cousin , which became the smash hit of...