Composer, conductor, and librettist Daron Hagen recently created a new magic trick: An opera that’s not an opera about the director Orson Welles (Citizen Kane) but not necessarily about Orson Welles ...

If you have some interest in mid-20th century theater, radio or film, and (almost unbelievably) know next to nothing of the career of Orson Welles, then this facile yet breezily entertaining ...

If you’re already at least a moderate fan of all-around rogue genius Orson Welles, you probably don’t need Chuck Workman’s documentary Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles. But ...

— Orson Welles, on his first visit to a movie studio Pasatiempo's most popular online content from the past seven days ...

Genius. Madman. Trailblazer. Provocateur. There are nearly as many words to describe Orson Welles as there are rumors about the man who set Broadway, Hollywood and the broadcast airwaves afire with ...

Veteran filmmaker Chuck Workman shines a light on the extraordinary career of Orson Welles with a nimble narrative that combines a fascinating assemblage of clips from his films; rare stage footage; ...