A new study reveals the potential of a soft robo-glove in helping stroke patients to relearn dexterous tasks like playing music. Stroke is a leading cause of disability in the EU, affecting around 1.1 ...

Grace Yoo (Hillary Clinton) and Daniel May (Xue Xing) in "Soft Power" at Signature Theatre. (Courtesy of Signature Theatre, photo by Daniel Rader) A singing, tap-dancing Hillary Clinton. A bright-eyed ...

2020 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Book of a Musical David Henry Hwang 2020 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical Anita Yavich 2020 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Director of a ...

NEW YORK — Surely you know that telltale moment, at the start of many great Golden Age musicals, when the curtain rustles, the lights glow warmer and the violins start churning out the schmaltz.

The American musical — and America — are reconsidered in this powerfully smart and entertaining show. In Hwang’s very personal expression of cultural estrangement and connection, “Soft Power” does ...

There is a moment in “Soft Power,” the new “play with a musical” at the Ahmanson, when the disquiet hits you. The show has a lovely time acknowledging musical theater tropes, discussing the power of ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A new musical called "SOFT POWER" is opening up Wednesday night at the Curran Theater in San Francisco. "A Chinese executive in 2016 America finds himself falling in love with a ...

Soft Cell star Dave Ball has been praised as a “wonderfully brilliant musical genius” by his bandmate Marc Almond, following his death aged 66. Ball’s death was confirmed by the band on Thursday, with ...

David Ball, electronic music pioneer and one-half of Soft Cell, has died at the age of 66. The musician and producer, who also performed with acid house act The Grid, passed away at his home in London ...

A front page ad in Billboard says it: “Initial orders promise it will attain the instant solid gold status of their first three albums.” It looks like it will, but not because anyone listened to the ...

Dave Ball, who served as half of the English duo Soft Cell and perhaps best known for the 1981 hit “Tainted Love,” has died. He was 66. Marc Almond, Ball’s music partner and the other half of the ...

2020 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Book of a Musical David Henry Hwang 2020 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical Anita Yavich 2020 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Director of a ...