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It’s easy to see why theater insiders questioned in 1943 whether the new musical that composers Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein brought to Broadway would be a success. Hammerstein’s prior six shows had been flops. The 1931 Lynn Riggs play, “Green Grow the Lilacs,” on which the musical was based, hadn’t been well-received. The creators cast “Oklahoma” without any box-office stars that could help sell tickets.

Forklifts weave through a massive warehouse in Groveport, while metal scaffolding towers over the hundreds of workers busy below. This is what it looks…

The great Italian soprano Magda Olivero turns 100 on March 25. She is reported to be cheerful, in good health, still singing and living in Milan…

When Cleveland Heights native Lee Chilcote and his wife bought a townhouse in Cleveland's Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood in 2006, little did they know the housing market was about to collapse just a couple years later. "Right around the time we had our first child, the house that we were living in the value went down by about a third. So it was a real wake up call: 'Do we really want to stay here. Is this something that we want to do?'" Chilcote said.

Six international composers were invited to the Cleveland Museum of Art to explore the museum’s collection and draw inspiration for original compositions to be performed in Cleveland, but it didn’t quite work that way for composer Henry Threadgill.

Across California, people are facing challenges from two dozen large wildfires burning out of control — from poor air quality in the Bay Area to more potential evacuations in the south.

Writer Thrity Umrigar has heard from readers over the years who want to know: What happened to Bhima, the servant at the center of “The Space Between Us,” her 2006 best-seller? However, Umrigar wasn’t interested in writing a sequel, having already covered the unusual institution of domestic servants in India.

David Greene talks to columnist and commentator Cokie Roberts and Republican pollster Jim Hobart about the missed opportunities, and capitalized moments from the presidential campaign trail.

E.E. Ward Moving & Storage was founded in 1881. It holds the distinction of being the oldest continuously operating Black-owned business in the United States.

Have emergency rooms become the safety net of our healthcare system? We’ll speak with a doctor who says emergency care has turned into all care.