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The famous book reviewer Orville Prescott begins his review of “Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkühn, Told by a Friend,” with the following sentence: “Strange indeed are ...

Sometimes the right refute is 'why not?', and we’re choosing to respond to that more productive challenge.” Yet it doesn’t take long, when sitting in the candlelit intimacy of the Sam Wanamaker ...

4 ICYMI: Watch the Next On Stage: Season 6 Premiere They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions but for Dr. Faustus (Adam Mondschein) the shortcut forged by a writ in blood expedites a ...

Editor's note: David Ewing Duncan is an award-winning Bay Area author whose wide-ranging curiosity has led him to write books about the exploits of conquistador Hernando de Soto and the evolution of ...