The year was 1957. The song was “Fraulein,” and it brought country music immortality to its writer: Fort Worth’s Lawton Williams. Lawton Edgar Williams was born in Tennessee in 1922, son of a ...

The movie and "Mary Poppins" soon thereafter "set up an image of Julie Andrews," Elkins said. "Who is this woman who comes into these family houses and heals them? Why is this woman always the ...

Never mind the pesky lark who is learning to pray. In virtually every way, “Fraulein Maria” is a dance lark with a big smile and an enormous heart. The work is Doug Elkins’ cheeky, sweet and disarming ...

The hills are alive! Literally. In “Fraulein Maria,” the Alps are represented by a sinuous, moving wall of people and fabric, with a few miniature sparkly evergreens thrown in for good measure. Just ...