Behind Snow White, the most adapted and re-interpreted fairy tale of all time has to be Charles Perrault’s “Cinderella.” Among the more successful attempts have been a popular Disney cartoon, three ...

"Cinderella" Director Kenneth Branagh discusses directing Lily James and Richard Madden in his live-action version of the Disney classic on the WSJ Cafe. Photo: Walt Disney Pictures After years in ...

Like a lot of fairy-tale princesses, Cinderella is best known for the classic animated feature from Walt Disney. The 1950 animated version of Cinderellabecame a huge hit, which is the biggest the ...

Compared to last year’s “Maleficent” and Stephen Sondheim’s subversive “Into the Woods,” or even Tim Burton’s weird 2010 film “Alice in Wonderland,” Disney’s latest live-action version of one of its ...

With Helena Bonham Carter as the Fairy Godmother and Cate Blanchett as the wicked step-mother Lady Tremaine, you've never seen Disney's Cinderella like this before. The first trailer for the ...

If you can get past the giant pumpkin in the ballroom — really, why bother to remake “Cinderella” in 2015 if you have no new spin on the material? — there’s a lot to like about director Kenneth ...

Cinderella, perhaps the sweetest and blandest of our most popular fairy tales, has always seemed to inspire a pastel-hued vision among readers and illustrators. The iconic Disney cartoon, of course, ...

What is it with Cinderella? For centuries her story has fascinated millions of women and been transformed into the world's most popular fairy tale. Generation after generation has been gripped by the ...

Countless versions of the Cinderella story exist to inculcate into little girls the possibility of happily-ever-after if they meet their Prince Charming. The ending, however, isn’t as simple in Olga ...

The “Hamilton”-ization of the American musical continues with this new, pleasant, if also lightweight “Cinderella” starring Cuba-born pop singer Camila Cabello, making her acting debut in the title ...

The show is a contemporary riff on the classic fairy tale, and deals with contemporary experiences, like immigration, language barriers in schools, and the expectations put on well-performing children ...