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From the wise-cracking sidekick to the wily trickster, the just-out-of-reach love interest to the grizzled mentor, archetypal characters fit into age-old storytelling patterns. The most popular ...

You’ve likely heard of the male gaze, the concept coined by British film theorist Laura Mulvey in her 1973 essay “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.” In her writing, she notes that the ...

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For Tamilla Woodard, theater and science aren’t all that different. Though their methods may differ, these areas of study share a common aim: to elevate the human experience. The skills and ...

Mariska Hargitay has go-to advice for theater actors who show up on the set of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” for the first time: Though you’re used to playing to the back of the house ...

Bruce Wayne, Don Draper, and Lisbeth Salander: Gloomy, rebellious, and oh-so-enigmatic, these characters hook us by the heartstrings despite—or perhaps because of—their darker nature.

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When “A Chorus Line” opened on Broadway in 1975, audiences first heard the opening strains of “I Hope I Get It,” in which performance hopefuls sing about how badly they want a chance to ...

If you belt out “Don’t Rain on My Parade” every time it drizzles, break out in tap dance at the drop of a (“Chicago”-style bowler) hat, and know the best musical monologues by heart, you ...