When Khaled Hosseini’s novel THE KITE RUNNER was published in paperback in 2004, it became an unexpected cultural phenomenon, soon selling well over a million copies and becoming the literary darling ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A stage adaptation of the bestselling book "The Kite Runner" is taking the stage at CIBC Theater on Tuesday. The show tells the story of two childhood friends who are torn apart in ...

The play is based on Khaled Hosseini's 2003 best-selling novel, set in Afghanistan and among Afghan migrants in the United States. 'The Kite Runner' brings life in Afghanistan to Broadway The Kite ...

Playwright Matthew Spangler’s adaptation of “The Kite Runner,” Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling 2005 novel about the friendship of two boys living parallel lives in Afghanistan, is a heartbreaker – but ...

Khaled Hosseini’s 2003 novel “The Kite Runner” was a massive hit in the United States, selling more than 10 million copies in this country to date. In 2022, the stage adaptation of that book, adapted ...

Salar Nader. Photo courtesy of the artist. Today’s subject Salar Nader is currently living his theatre life as the Tabla Artist in the national tour of The Kite Runner. The show will conclude it’s ...

Khaled Hosseini’s debut novel “The Kite Runner” was a sensation when it came out in 2003. Following one Afghan boy through the overthrow of the monarchy in Afghanistan, the Soviet Invasion, refugee ...

Thanks to the likes of Robert Breen, Frank Galati and Mary Zimmerman, Chicago theater long has been famous for its dramatic interpretations of novels. The list is long: “The Grapes of Wrath,” “The ...

The ties that bind musician Salar Nader to the “The Kite Runner” are musical and more. “Some people like to call me the witness between the audience and what’s happening on stage,” said the musician ...