By Sally Hogarty ONSTAGE THEATRE in Pleasant Hill begins its 31st season with Mark Dunn's "Helen's Most Favorite Day." The romantic comedy takes place at a small town's summer carnival, where Helen meets and falls in love with a carnie worker who saved her and her sister from disaster on top of the Ferris wheel many years before.

By Pat Craig Hearing Paul Robeson's son's voice over the telephone immediately conjures memories of the legendary singer and actor.

By Margot Abbott VALLEY TIMES THE NINTH ANNUAL Eugene O'Neill Festival begins Thursday, Sept. 18. Last week I talked at length about this year's honoree, the late actor Paul Robeson, but didn't give you proper information about the festival.

By Christine Dolen, The Miami Herald Jul. 26--Just as the XXIII International Hispanic Theatre Festival winds up its three-week run, another theater festival -- shorter, but more geographically expansive -- is about to begin.

Ivan Dixon, an award-winning actor best known for his portrayal of Sgt. Kinchloe on the TV series Hogan's Heroes, has died at 76 in Charlotte, N.C. Variety.com said Dixon died Sunday after suffering a hemorrhage.