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“Musicals can be very tricky,” Jeanine Tesori explains. “Because when you deliver something and you put a beautiful string section underneath it, it sways you. It sways you because of the physics of music, and the overtone series and the ways that music is embedded inside the science of being …

Jennifer Levin, 18, epitomized the term “victim shaming” in the wake of her 1986 murder at the hands of the 21-year-old Robert Chambers. On-and-off lovers, it was towards the end of the summer when the two met up at a bar, then decamped to Central Park. There, Chambers said Levin …

Comedy duo Tim & Eric announced their 2020 Mandatory Attendance Tour, which will take them through the United States, Canada and Australia with a new live show “filled with brand new spoofs, goofs and insanity.” The duo shared a characteristically surreal trailer for the run that (sort of) explained why …

Chrissy Teigen appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to discuss to talk about her recent spat with President Donald Trump on Twitter. After Teigen’s husband, musician John Legend, appeared on NBC to talk about criminal justice reform, the president tweeted, “Guys the boring musician @johnlegend, and his filthy mouthed wife, …

When we talk about the far right, it’s generally agreed upon that its (mostly white, mostly male) members aren’t born, but made, usually following an intense process of radicalization. But the radicalization process is akin to that of a frog being dropped in a pot of lukewarm water: The temperature …

History and fantasy join forces for Life on the Moon, the debut graphic novel by illustrator Robert Grossman. Grossman, who died last year at the age of 78, was a longtime Rolling Stone cover artist and creator of the iconic poster for 1980’s Airplane! [Find It Here] Published by Yoe …

In the weeks leading up to the August 17th Proud Boys rally in Portland, Oregon, many were unsure what to expect. Local law enforcement officials and many counter-protesters were concerned about the prospect of increased violence at the rally, particularly in light of a high-profile incident last June featuring right-wing …

Coco Ho grew up on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, surrounded by surfers, so it may not be a surprise that she first learned to surf as a baby. But she says the first time she took to a board on her own was at the age of eight. …

The long-running humor publication Mad Magazine will effectively shut down this fall after a 67-year run. The comedy mag will be pulled from newsstands after the release of issue nine in August and from then on will be sold exclusively via subscriptions and comic book store (Mad reset its numbering …

Andrea Bowers is an artist best known for her socially conscious art works and installations, much of which explores women’s issues — her work has touched on such topics as the Steubenville rape case and reproductive-rights activism in the era before Roe v. Wade. So it was somewhat surprising on …