Billy Hayes, author of the autobiographical book “Midnight Express,” on which the film directed by Alan Parker and written by Oliver Stone was based, disagreed with several of the assertions made in ...

Returning to New York directly from a sold out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Billy Hayes recounts the riveting true story of his arrest in Istanbul in 1970 for smuggling hash, his 5 years in ...

First he wrote the best-selling book. Then came the Oscar-winning movie. Now, performed by the man who lived it, Billy Hayes recounts his time in a Turkish prison and his amazing, harrowing escape.

Directed by John Gould Rubin, Riding The Midnight Express With Billy Hayes started previews on Jan. 22. Performances continue at the Off-Broadway venue through March 23. Barbara Ligeti produces. "For ...

What happens when two Paris-based North African musicians decide to rework the music from the movie Midnight Express using traditional Turkish instruments and techno? Hemdi is a secular Muslim ...

First he wrote the best-selling book. Then came the Oscar-winning movie. Now, performed by the man who lived it, Billy Hayes recounts his time in a Turkish prison and his amazing, harrowing escape.