Pulling your hair into tight styles can lead to a type of hair loss called traction alopecia – here’s what to look for.

Broadway musicals have been on my mind for more than half a century. I discovered them in grade school, not in a theater but electronically. On the radio, every weeknight an otherwise boring local station would play a cast album in its entirety; on television, periodically Ed Sullivan’s Sunday night variety show would feature an […]

Broadway’s Bandstand is chock-full of 1940s glamour. The show—which recently snagged a Tony for best choreography for Andy Blankenbuehler’s swing-infused moves and depictions of soldiers post-WWII—has no shortage of charming women’s fashions from the era. But how do you transport a cast back in time 70-plus years to create an accurate look? We went backstage […]