Without his name on the credits, it would be difficult to identify the latest version of “Oliver Twist” as the work of Roman Polanski. Conventional, straightforward and very much within what used to ...

Oliver is regaining strength. Still terrified for him, Nancy promises that she will get him back to the safety of the Brownlows'. Oliver Twist is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, ...

Finding oneself trapped in an abusive relationship is rotten luck in real life -- but for any actress cast as Nancy in Oliver!, it's a passport to a moment of glory. Renata Reneé Wilson plays the ...

A good joke about musicals: In the 1989 movie "The Tall Guy," a struggling actor gets the lead role in a proposed musical adaptation of "The Elephant Man." The show's title? "Elephant!" Exclamation ...

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with ...