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This 1787 print satirizes the Queen of England, the Prince of Wales, and King George III gorging themselves at the British Treasury, filling their craws with gold at the expense of everyday citizens. George III had lost the American colonies a few years earlier and was showing growing signs of madness, which would see him descend into dementia for the last 10 years of his reign —  proving it’s never too early to get rid of royal wannabes.

THE FRONT

No Kings: Show Up for Truth, Justice, and the American Way

by Laura Bell

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SEVEN DECADES

A Sex and $$ Scandal During the Age of Reagan

by Jim Sleeper

THE WAR IS OVER? — but the memories linger on. Top, from left: Dr. Benjamin Spock, at the Whitehall Street Induction Center; Dorothy Day and A. J. Muste at a rally; the 1967 march on the Pentagon.  Below: A draft card burning; the hippies go to the capital; a candlelight vigil in Washington Square; the Vietnam Veterans Against the War return their medals. Bottom: Chicago in 1968; the Washington Moratorium in 1969.

SEVEN DECADES

In 1973, the Forever War in Vietnam Came to an Inconclusive Close

by Phil Tracy

Straphangers: Director Joseph Sargent (center, with glasses) and cinematographer Owen Roizman prepare a close-up of a commuter having a very bad day in “The Taking of Pelham 123.”

VOICE CHOICE

‘Cinematic Immunity’ Covers the Artistry – and Insane Derring-Do – of Location Shooting in NYC

by Michael Lee Nirenberg

In an age where everyone and everything is famous — not for Warhol’s proverbial 15 minutes but for more like 15 nanoseconds — New Yorkers have had weeks to enjoy a true star.

VOICE CHOICE

Take a Spring Break With a Timberdoodle or Two

by Laura Bell

”Yes” to queens, “No” to kings.

NEW YORK

New Yorkers vs. the Wannabe King – Round Three

by R.C. Baker

Straphangers: Director Joseph Sargent (center, with glasses) and cinematographer Owen Roizman prepare a close-up of a commuter having a very bad day in “The Taking of Pelham 123.”

VOICE CHOICE

‘Cinematic Immunity’ Covers the Artistry – and Insane Derring-Do – of Location Shooting in NYC

by Michael Lee Nirenberg

A hand-painted denim jacket by Jonathan Shaw, ca. 1980s.

VOICE CHOICE

Legendary Tattoo Artist Jonathan Shaw Brings 40 Years of Counterculture to Auction

by Michele Stueven

Julia Kent melds the technological and organic.

VOICE CHOICE

Julia Kent’s Looping Cello Soundscapes Will Envelop the Met’s ‘Ecologies of Painting’

by Laura Bell

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Cover blurb and theater section spread from the April 23, 1991, issue of the Village Voice.

VOICE OF THE AGES

Remembering Michael Feingold and the Heat-Seeking Missiles of His Theater Criticism

by R.C. Baker

November 22, 2022

1987 Village Voice article by Pete Hamill about director and choreographer Bob Fosse

Dance Archives

Farewell to Fosse

by Pete Hamill

Originally published: November 3, 1987

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Theater archives

Genet, Mailer, & the New Paternalism

by Lorraine Hansberry

Originally published: June 1, 1961

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Norman Mailer on Jean Genet’s “The Blacks”

by Norman Mailer

June 30, 2020

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Václav Havel: The New King of Absurdistan

by Vít Horejs & Bonnie Stein

June 7, 2020

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Joe Papp Crowns Himself 

by Geoffrey Stokes

Originally published: July 12, 1976

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Neighborhoods

Chinatown ’89: Outside Looking In

by Luis H. Francia

Originally published: October 31, 1989

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From The Archives

Candy Darling, Where Were You the Night Jean Harlow Died?

by Arthur Bell

Originally published: May 18, 1972

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Lives

‘Let’s Get a Rip Torn Type’

by Michael Zwerin

July 10, 2019

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