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Women accounted for 52 percent of moviegoers in the U.S. and Canada in 2016, according to the most recent annual study by the Motion Picture Association of America. But on the internet…
The numbers are, to put it mildly, shite. "That gives us 85 percent male at our most conservative estimate and around 91 percent looking at our two more probabilistic estimates. That would m…
The first screenplay Jessie Nelson ever wrote was about a group of waitresses, a job she herself held for 10 years. But after the script was handed off to a team of men, they reworked it to …
The first screenplay Jessie Nelson ever wrote was about a group of waitresses, a job she herself held for 10 years. But after the script was handed off to a team of men, they reworked it to …
"Hamilton," the hit Broadway musical biography of Alexander Hamilton, helped its composer, writer, lyricist and star Lin-Manuel Miranda win a MacArthur fellowship, and many critics seem to t…
"Hamilton," the hit Broadway musical biography of Alexander Hamilton, helped its composer, writer, lyricist and star Lin-Manuel Miranda win a MacArthur fellowship, and many critics seem to t…
"Hamilton," the hit Broadway musical biography of Alexander Hamilton, helped its composer, writer, lyricist and star Lin-Manuel Miranda win a MacArthur fellowship, and many critics seem to t…
Was last season the year of women on Broadway? Based on Sunday night's Tony Awards, it might have been. This year, seven women won Tony Awards, the highest number in Tony history. The seven …
Was last season the year of women on Broadway? Based on Sunday night's Tony Awards, it might have been. This year, seven women won Tony Awards, the highest number in Tony history. The seven …
Cherry Jones, the two-time Tony winner and veteran Broadway actress, hasn't been to all 14 opening nights that Broadway played host to this month, but she estimates she's attended "oh, maybe…
Cherry Jones, the two-time Tony winner and veteran Broadway actress, hasn't been to all 14 opening nights that Broadway played host to this month, but she estimates she's attended "oh, maybe…
More than 400 years after Shakespeare wrote it, we can now say that "Romeo and Juliet" has the wrong name. Perhaps the play should be called "Juliet and Her Nurse," which isn't nearly as sex…
More than 400 years after Shakespeare wrote it, we can now say that “Romeo and Juliet” has the wrong name. Perhaps the play should be called “Juliet and Her Nurse,” w…
