Their wedding video was a flop and now a Brooklyn wife is giving the production company two big thumbs down — by taking them to court. Monica Nikchemny, 26, claimed the memories of her special day ...

Applause is greatly revered as a symbol of warmth and adoration from a crowd. TV shows that film in front of a live audience often cue their audiences to clap in order to generate the desired auditory ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. "I stand here waiting / For you to bang the gong," begins the 80s ...

Clapping is a behavior so deeply rooted in human beings it’s almost an instinct. You can see babies and toddlers clapping just because everybody else is, and if you’ve ever felt the pressure to be ...

We rarely give it a second thought, but applause — clapping your hands to signify approval — is ancient, nearly universal and may actually be hardwired into human beings. As evidenced in hundreds of ...

Simon Callow explores one of the earliest and most universal systems people have used to interact with each other – hand clapping. Applause in the ancient world was acclamation but also communication ...