Theater
BRIEF: Dance Treats Parkinson’s, Ian McKellen: Oscars So Straight, Sign Language & Shapespeare
Vanessa Hudgens Talks ‘Grease Live:’ ‘High School Musical’ Star More of a Sandy Than A Rizzo?
Last week Fox changed the game when they aired the spectacular 'Grease Live' musical event. Among the star studded cast of young talent was 'High School Musical' star Vanessa Hudgens who despite the death of her father one day prior still powered through the show. Before the show air, Hudgens opened up about getting the role and how she felt more like Sandy than Rizzo. Misty Copeland's 'A Ballerina's Tale' Contends Race in Ballet, Debuts on PBS
The sphere of ballet is often associated with seemingly emaciated, white ballerinas. As is the focus with the latest documentary about the world of dance--which premiered tonight, Feb. 8 at 10 p.m. on PBS--ballerina Misty Copeland shows what racism pervades the landscape and how being a black woman contends what the art's aesthetic.
