Creation in Captivity

Prison Art and the Incarceration System

Features

Protecting Broadway’s Belters

A new study measures how much is too much for musical theater’s vocalists
Long in the Tooth

Modern 3D technology models a mouthful of ancient megalodon teeth

Also in This Issue

Campus Canvas

The art of social action, engineering eco-awareness, saluting Scorsese, and more
Gallery Tour

Capturing resiliency in NYC, surreal showmen, Occupy’s anniversary, and more
Pulling Back the Curtain

A deep dive into the history of Black theater and its enduring impact
Hidden in Plain Sight

Art historians expose France’s repressed legacy of slavery
Pompeii in Fresco

Once buried in volcanic ash, an ancient city’s paintings see the light of day at ISAW
A Monumental Reckoning

The Monument Lab wants fact to replace the fiction embedded in America’s memorials
Violet Spotlight

Students take aerial performance to new heights
Poetry Pause

Making time for an ode acquaintance

Featured Video

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Alumni at Work: Making History on Broadway

Tisch School of the Arts alumna Brittney Johnson (TSOA ’12) recently took on the role of Glinda on Broadway full time—and became the first Black actor ever to do so in any production of Wicked. Watch her emotional response to stepping into the role for the first time back when she was still an understudy.

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