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Groucho Marx

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    July 18, 2011

    Top 10 Literary Wedding Toasts

    ​"Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?" --Groucho Marx You've all heard horrible stories about rambling, disconnected, unrehearsed, and even madly embarrassing toasts given at wedding banquets, sometimes ruining friendships and causing brides and gr ... More >>

  • Theater

    July 6, 2011

    Measure for Measure: Sex and the Citizens

    David Esbjornson's Shakespeare production puts an urban hell in Central Park

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    R.I.P., Possible Great Gatsby Mansion

    ​We were warned this would happen, but it's still a sad day for nostalgists and fans of F. Scott. The Wall Street Journal, which has a pretty dramatic picture of the razing, reports that the Sands Point, New York, mansion believed by some to have inspired The Great Gatsby has been demolished. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Groucho Marx Hosts the Obies 1972!

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 11, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 19 17th Annual 'Obies' By Audrey Berman It was "An Evening at the 'Obies'" Monday night, when The Village Voice held its 17th annual "Obie" awards at the Village Gate with Groucho Marx as host. The awards, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    25 Clubs Better than The Harvard Club Who Will Not Reject Eliot Spitzer

    ​Groucho Marx once said that he'd never want to be in any club that'd have him as a member. But what of those that don't? Just ask Eliot Spitzer, who the New York Times gets dishy on, revealing that the former governor of New York was rejected from The Harvard Club, his alma mater's cushy -- a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Mel Gibson's Ironic "Jew" Costume Maybe Not the Best Disguise

    Click to Enlarge.Via TMZ.​Who designed Mel Gibson's "Graying Groucho Marx" costume? They obviously were able to complete this operation sans mirror, because Mel might've gotten upset with what he saw in one otherwise. And then blamed all of the problems in his world on that person. Which, inci ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 24, 2010

    BIAFRA FOR LIFE

    The grandest ex-Kennedy still wants to be your moral majority

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2009

    Clip Job: Wary, Post-'Jesus' Beatles Meet the NY Press for Shea Show

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. August 25, 1966, Vol. XI, No. 45 John, Paul, George, Ringo: Cool Duel with the Press By James Kempton A press conference is where photographers jostle for the same shot as the one in the files and the reporters ask questions about th ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 22, 2009

    BROOKLYN'S SON

    Street artist isn't really there

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    June 17, 2009

    Not Even Larry David Can Salvage Woody's Whatever Works

    Plus: Israel's own neurotic Etgar Keret's $9.99

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    May 20, 2009

    PAGE TURNER

    Where all the sad young literary men will be

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    February 4, 2009
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    January 13, 2009

    Clip Job: Bob Newhart, Sick?

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesNovember 30, 1961, Vol. VII, No. 6Sick Comic for the MiddlebrowsBy Martin WilliamI wish everybody would come off it about Bob Newhart. He is a pleasant comedian. But surely the fact that his fairly affable jibes at business and politics have been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2008

    Laurie Anderson Talks About Homeland, Spalding Gray, Being a Snob

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesNovember 30, 1961, Vol. VII, No. 6Sick Comic for the MiddlebrowsBy Martin WilliamI wish everybody would come off it about Bob Newhart. He is a pleasant comedian. But surely the fact that his fairly affable jibes at business and politics have been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2008

    The Schnorring of America -- Obama is About to End It

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesNovember 30, 1961, Vol. VII, No. 6Sick Comic for the MiddlebrowsBy Martin WilliamI wish everybody would come off it about Bob Newhart. He is a pleasant comedian. But surely the fact that his fairly affable jibes at business and politics have been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2008

    The Schnorring of America -- Obama is About to End It

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesNovember 30, 1961, Vol. VII, No. 6Sick Comic for the MiddlebrowsBy Martin WilliamI wish everybody would come off it about Bob Newhart. He is a pleasant comedian. But surely the fact that his fairly affable jibes at business and politics have been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2008

    Scenes from Anonymous' 'Scientology Reconnect' Picnic

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesNovember 30, 1961, Vol. VII, No. 6Sick Comic for the MiddlebrowsBy Martin WilliamI wish everybody would come off it about Bob Newhart. He is a pleasant comedian. But surely the fact that his fairly affable jibes at business and politics have been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2008

    'Anonymous' vs. Scientology: 'Our Nonsense is Free'

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesNovember 30, 1961, Vol. VII, No. 6Sick Comic for the MiddlebrowsBy Martin WilliamI wish everybody would come off it about Bob Newhart. He is a pleasant comedian. But surely the fact that his fairly affable jibes at business and politics have been ... More >>

  • Film

    February 26, 2008

    Nixonian Tumult Remembered in Chicago 10

    The circus of the '60s, from the streets to the courtroom

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    January 14, 2008

    Foster Hirsch and The Crème de la Preminger

    The circus of the '60s, from the streets to the courtroom

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    November 20, 2007

    Rite in Progress: Yvonne Rainer Jumps Over Two Sets of Decades

    The circus of the '60s, from the streets to the courtroom

  • News

    August 14, 2007

    The True Homer

    Hold the innocence: Remember Phil Rizzuto as he truly was

  • Film

    July 3, 2007

    Defending Manhattan

    Woody's valentine to our fair city should finally be embraced for what it is: fantasy

  • Film

    July 25, 2006

    Crash Test Dummy

    The loudest, boldest comic actor around takes an endless victory lap

  • Theater

    July 11, 2006

    Grand Hotel

    Damn the bill—full-speed farce ahead

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    February 28, 2006

    Crowned Jewels

    Four stellar male dancers go adventuring

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    October 18, 2005

    1972

    Four stellar male dancers go adventuring

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    July 12, 2005

    'The Devil's Rejects'

    Four stellar male dancers go adventuring

  • Screens

    April 19, 2005

    Party Out Of Bounds

    A new documentary digs up a forgotten post-punk TV classic and a lost cultural moment

  • Music

    December 14, 2004

    Who Needs Boxes 2004

    That's not counting Ray Charles, of course, or the entire history of rock and roll's roots

  • Music

    November 16, 2004

    No More Than a Feeling

    Rock's most self-assured advocates of grandeur affirmatively affirm their own affirmation

  • Music

    December 16, 2003

    Flee as a Bird

    Envoi; Aloha, Au Revoir, Auf Wiedersehen; Adiós Amigos; I'm Checkin' Out, Goombye

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    March 25, 2003

    When Doves Cry

    Oscar Declares War on the War

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    November 12, 2002

    Mirror, Mirror

    Oscar Declares War on the War

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    October 8, 2002

    Repeat Performance

    Oscar Declares War on the War

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    March 12, 2002

    Bohemian Rhapsody

    Oscar Declares War on the War

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    July 31, 2001

    Up From Fox Street

    Ferrer Campaigns For the ‘Other New York’

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    April 24, 2001
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    April 17, 2001

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    March 13, 2001
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    October 10, 2000

    Muddy Waters

    Mets Skipper Bobby Valentine Looks to Navigate the Playoffs and His Own Demeanor

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    February 15, 2000

    Uncharted Terrain

    Mets Skipper Bobby Valentine Looks to Navigate the Playoffs and His Own Demeanor

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    December 7, 1999

    Sex and the Stadium

    The Exile of Tommy Salami

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    March 16, 1999

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    September 29, 1998

    Beyond Human

    The Exile of Tommy Salami

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    July 21, 1998

    Looking for Lolita

    On the nature of nymph mania

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