Workers unite against dangerous factory conditions in "Radium Girls," a new show opening at The Empty Space. The play is ...

In 1922, an exciting new opportunity came to the women of Ottawa, Illinois. The Radium Dial Company opened a factory and began hiring well-paid female employees by the dozen. Their job was to paint ...

WILLIMANTIC — The Burton Leavitt Theatre will transform into the 1920s when “Radium Girls” takes the stage for its first performance Friday. The play, written by D.W. Gregory, tells the story of Grace ...

The Actors Guild of Parkersburg will open its production of “Radium Girls” tonight, bringing a powerful, fact-based drama ...

In the 1920s, a group of women using radium to paint watch dials unknowingly sealed their fate, exposing themselves to a deadly substance that would forever change their lives. Radium Girls, now being ...

Set in the 1920's when little was known about the effects of radioactive substances, "Radium Girls" is a story of how negligence and prejudice can lead to tragedy. The dial painters slowly realized ...

A century ago, radium in scant quantities was thought to be healthful. People sipped it diluted in water and applied makeup made with it. They consumed milk and butter laced with it and brushed their ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Theatrikos Theatre Company will present a one-night-only readers theatre ...

Amarillo Little Theatre (ALT) is presenting "These Shining Lives," a story by Melanie Marnich, based on the true story of the spirited women who worked at the Radium Dial Company. "These Shining Lives ...

Removal of radioactive World War II dials in eight acres of storage warehouses in Columbia, Marietta, Maytown and Mount Joy could cost nearly $2 million, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection ...