Before Helen Keller became a symbol of hope and possibility, she was a frustrated child unable to communicate — until her teacher, Anne Sullivan, unlocked her world. Their story of struggle, ...

There’s a point in William Gibson’s “The Miracle Worker” where Kate Keller commits the ultimate sacrifice of giving up her daughter. Most people know the story of Helen Keller, struck deaf and blind ...

The curtain will fall on Broadway's revival of The Miracle Worker after next weekend, say producers of the Helen Keller tale. The production will close at New York's Circle in the Square theatre on ...

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Rock 'n' roll lovers on a musical mecca throughout the South are likely, during their travels, to make a stop at the famed recording studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. But just a few miles away in the ...

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"The Miracle Worker" plays through Feb. 21 at Swift Creek Mill Theatre. All photos by Daryll Morgan. An early disability rights advocate, writer, lecturer and political activist, Helen Keller was a ...