To McKeen, the Boston University professor, there were two huge influences on a young Thompson’s life in Louisville: the ...

Maybe the best way to make sense of things in politics is to break out into song. Is this what Joe Iconis had in mind when he ...

Joe Iconis spent years writing “The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical,” before finally being invited to walk in the famed journalist’s footsteps.

Here & Now's Scott Tong speaks with Joe Iconis, playwright and composer, and Eric William Morris, star, of “The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S Thompson Musical.” This segment aired on June 19 ...

The vitality of his legacy, 20 years after he died by suicide in 2005, is the animating question of “The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical,” which is as unwieldy yet stubbornly ...

Signature Theatre’s high-octane rock musical paints Hunter S. Thompson as a counterculture icon, but leans too hard on hero worship and too little on meaningful insight. By André Hereford on ...

There are two times in my life when I felt Hunter S Thompson, the infamous gonzo journalist who wrote Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, had missed out on something big.The first was in 2000 when my ...

In a time of job titles, personal branding, and career ladders, Thompson’s words feel radical. They remind us that it's okay to change direction. It's okay to grow out of old goals.

Hunter S. Thompson pioneered a new style of writing in books like “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.” A new musical, now playing outside of Washington, D.C., takes on the gonzo journalist’s career and ...

Hunter S. Thompson pioneered a new style of writing in books like “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.” A new musical, now playing outside of Washington, D.C., takes on the gonzo journalist’s ...