Think back to the famous 1983 movie "Flashdance" and answer the question, "What was it about?' You will probably respond that it's about a young girl named Alex, a steelworker who dances in an almost ...

Jennifer Beals went from wide-eyed acting newcomer to movie star and 1980s fashion icon in "Flashdance" 40 years ago. Audiences were swept up in Beals' performance as Pittsburgh steel mill welder Alex ...

Irene Cara and Giorgio Moroder developed an award-winning track that topped the charts for Jennifer Beals' hit dance film.

So when she was cast as the lead of the national tour of “Flashdance the Musical,” the stage adaptation of the 1983 hit movie that made leg warmers and cut-off sweatshirts fashion statements and the ...