Roy Orbison‘s “Oh, Pretty Woman” came about effortlessly. At home one day, working on some songs with cowriter Bill Dees, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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