This important Elven character from The Lord of the Rings may have not actually been an Elf in the novel version of The ...

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio — Dobama Theatre’s “The Hobbit” doesn’t just spark your imagination; it depends on it. Director Erin ...

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio — Staging “The Hobbit” is a tall order for any theater. Goblins, dwarves, wizards and a dragon don’t exactly fit neatly inside a 139-seat black box. But that challenge is what ...

Tolkien’s universe has gained such cultural notoriety and is so beloved by so many that it can be easy to forget that “The ...

Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” started life in the early 1930s as a story shared with family and friends. Tolkien (1892-1973) began writing it one day while grading papers, and — like his protagonists Bilbo ...

In addition to being a talented wordsmith, Tolkien also created many incredible works of art for his writings. Over the years, we’ve seen more of these pieces released in many ways. And that includes ...

This weekend's opening of the movie "The Hobbit," directed by Peter Jackson, has a lot of J.R.R. Tolkien fans excited. Many of them are fans of fantasy literature and movies, turned on to Tolkien by ...

Warner Bros. has officially announced its participation in this week's celebration of Tolkien Week and Hobbit Day by releasing more new photos from the upcoming release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected ...

What inspired the lush hills and unique names in The Hobbit? How about Kentucky? According to a recent article in the (Lexington) Herald-Leader, author JRR Tolkien was supposedly fascinated with the ...

Well, that’s more like it! While I remain unconvinced about Peter Jackson’s vainglorious project to inflate an adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1937 children’s story into a sprawling three-part prequel ...

"It is easy to see the beginnings of things, and harder to see the ends" is what the writer Joan Didion once said about her experiences traveling to a new land (in her case, New York City). It's also ...

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