Helen Keller was the young girl who was blind, deaf, and mute since infancy. She was in danger of being sent to an institution, that is, until a persistent and outspoken teacher named Annie ...

NEW YORK – Playwright William Gibson, whose "The Miracle Worker" has thrilled audiences for nearly a half-century with the true story of the deaf-blind Helen Keller's rescue from a world of ...

Sometimes, there’s a reason for tampering with perfection. In the case of the new remake of “The Miracle Worker,” airing Sunday as a “Wonderful World of Disney” presentation on ABC, it ...

Patty Duke, the acclaimed actress who starred as Helen Keller in the 1962 film The Miracle Worker and went on to headline her own sitcom, has died. Duke won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in ...

In 1979, Patty Duke returned to”The Miracle Worker,” but this time as Anne Sullivan While Patty Duke had been associated with “The Miracle Worker” throughout her life, she cut her teeth on ...

Her journey with The Miracle Worker came full circle in 1979 when she starred in a TV adaptation, in which she played the role of Helen Keller’s teacher, Anne Sullivan.

Caroline Self, longtime director of The Miracle Worker, said this season is one to watch. “Season 64 of The Miracle Worker at Ivy Green is shaping up to be one you don’t want to miss.

Coming full circle, “The Miracle Worker” was remade as a television film in 1979, with Duke in Bancroft's old role as Sullivan and Melissa Gilbert of "Little House on the Prairie" as Helen.