It’s mid-summer, the time when theaters often break seasonal doldrums with something familiar, yet different: the melodrama. It’s familiar in its stock character — the snarling villain, the damsel in ...

If she succumbs, she perishes and Manfred wins Jerome’s castle. The set-up could easily slip into grim melodrama, but Jackman ...

CHEYENNE — If you’ve never been to a melodrama before, you should know there are two main rules: be vocal during the show, and embrace the chaos. Every year, the sheriff and card girls will remind the ...

Netflix is preparing to unleash a uniquely Filipino dramedy with Kontrabida Academy, a film that blends comedy, fantasy, and a playful take on the nation’s beloved soap opera tropes.

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The Winters Theatre Company (WTC) proudly announces its Fall production of “Phantom of the Opera House,” an original melodrama that promises a return of the classic fun of vaudeville ...

Kupferberg shows how she used to splice movie films. With so much talk about the various technologies used in presenting films these days, it’s easy to think that the earliest forms of film appeared ...