From Bianca in “Othello” to Fantine in “Les Misérables” to Nancy in “Oliver Twist” — the “hooker with a heart of gold” is a beloved trope in literature, high and low. That’s why J.F. Lawton went to ...

One day, Roy Orbison's first wife walked down the street to the store. By the time she returned, the rock 'n' roll pioneer had already written his... Mercy: Behind Roy Orbison's 'Pretty Woman' Mercy: ...

If you don’t know the premise for Pretty Woman, here is a quick summary (with a little spoiler). Vivian Ward (Ellie Baker) and her best friend, Kit De Luca (Rae Davenport), are sex workers on ...

On this day (October 8) in 1964, Roy Orbison was at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart with “Oh, Pretty Woman.” The song was his third to top the UK chart and stayed at the peak position for three weeks.

Playing through some songs at home one day working with songwriter and collaborator Bill Dees, Roy Orbison noticed his wife Claudette Frady getting ready to go out to buy something in town. When ...

APPLETON – A '90s romcom, brought to life on stage and set to an upbeat rock score is playing now through Sunday at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center. "Pretty Woman: The Musical" is based on the ...

The most memorable parts in “Pretty Woman: The Musical” aren’t the songs but the costumes and beat-for-beat scenes from the movie.

Fall in love all over again with one of the most beloved romances of the 90s - Pretty Woman: The Musical! The classic film, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, is now a hit musical! On stage at ...

Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman" came about effortlessly. At home one day, working on some songs with cowriter Bill Dees, Orbison's first wife, Claudette, passed through the room, announcing that she ...

Besides the big hits that were released in 1990, Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas came out as well as the first live-action Ninja Turtles movie. The latter was the highest-grossing independent film at ...