Robbins was born in Blowing Rock, N.C., a resort town in the Blue Ridge Mountains. His grandfathers were both Southern Baptist ministers — one “would literally ride a mule into those hollers ...

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues author dies, aged 92 - Writer was known for his audacious metaphors and ‘seriocomic’ tone ...

Hollywood continues to churn out movie musicals based on big Broadway hits, and here, we're ranking the 10 best examples.

Musicals have stood out as a landmark genre in cinema ever since the first film with sound, The Jazz Singer. Since then, ...

"Promises," "They're Playing Our Song," "Jerome Robbins' Broadway," "The Sisters Rosensweig" and the 1998 Roundabout Theatre Company revival of "Cabaret." In London, he starred with Betty Buckley ...

Mr. Robbins kept his growing army of fans at arm’s length. Extremely private, he rarely sat for interviews or stood for photographs, and he only occasionally left his home, in the tugboat town ...

"Promises," "They're Playing Our Song," "Jerome Robbins' Broadway," "The Sisters Rosensweig" and the 1998 Roundabout Theatre Company revival of "Cabaret." "I was lucky enough to get in on the last ...

Tom Robbins, a one-time Richmonder who became an acclaimed novelist known for such witty works as “Another Roadside Attraction” and “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues,” died Sunday at 92.

Novelist Tom Robbins, whose counterculture works included “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and “Jitterbug Perfume,” died Sunday.