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John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

  • Theater

    September 14, 2011

    Follies: Dances With Ghosts

    The revival of Sondheim's Follies offers more extravagance than emotional grip

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    May 18, 2011

    Bettye LaVette

    The revival of Sondheim's Follies offers more extravagance than emotional grip

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Shirley Chisholm Dares to Run for President

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. December 2, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 48 'They will remember a 100-pound woman' By Mary Breasted The tiny glittering black woman stood utterly at attention. She wore a suit of stiff brocade that fitted her shoulders so snugly it gave her a f ... More >>

  • Music

    January 12, 2011

    Mavis Staples Is for the Children

    The soul icon/golden girl hooks up with Jeff Tweedy and charms the world anew

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    Paul McCartney Wins Kennedy Center Honors and Maybe All of 2010 As Well

    Though the gala was weeks ago, CBS just got around to airing the annual Kennedy Center Honors award show. Among the honorees? Bill T. Jones, Jerry Herman, Merle Haggard, Oprah Winrey, and Paul McCartney, to whom Steven Tyler can be seen paying awkward, shrill tribute to above. Which makes us wond ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Tina Fey is One Step Closer to Ruling the Cosmos

    ​Congratulations to New York's girl with the most cake, Tina Fey, for winning the 2010 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the nation's highest honor for those with easy, grossly unfair access to Jon Hamm comedy. The 30 Rock actress/writer will accept the award in November in a ceremony at th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    2010 Tonys: Nominations Announced, Big on Idiot Material

    ​The 2010 Tony nominations are out, and the yearly ceremony that becomes more and more designed to persuade people from anywhere but New York City to spend money on theater is soon to follow. The idea behind the Tonys is simply to get Broadway to appeal to the rest of America in a big, fancy ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 8, 2009

    The Peggy Lipton Affair Brings Down Another Mogul

    ​The 2010 Tony nominations are out, and the yearly ceremony that becomes more and more designed to persuade people from anywhere but New York City to spend money on theater is soon to follow. The idea behind the Tonys is simply to get Broadway to appeal to the rest of America in a big, fancy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    New Yorker: Nixon's Crew Thought Lenny Bernstein Might Send Anti-War Messages in Latin

    ​This week's New Yorker explores the FBI files of Leonard Bernstein, which is much like previous FOIL examinations of such celebrities, but has some hilarious details about the Nixon Administration's concern with Bernsetin's hallucinogenic Mass, which opened the Kennedy Center in D.C. in 1971. ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 11, 2009

    REAL AMERICANS

    National Theater of the United States of America present Chautauqua

  • Columns

    January 28, 2009

    Fuck You, Facebook! Thank You, Beyonce!

    At Splash, the showtunes must go on.

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2009

    Obama's 2009 Kennedy Center Honors: A Modest Proposal

    The ridiculous 2008 Kennedy Center Honors -- featuring bizarre tributes to Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, among others -- were recently televised, which gave us an idea for the next Administration. President Obama's walking into a seriously screwed-up economy and two wars. Since things are goin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    Pete Townsend, Other Oddities at Kennedy Center Honors

    The ridiculous 2008 Kennedy Center Honors -- featuring bizarre tributes to Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, among others -- were recently televised, which gave us an idea for the next Administration. President Obama's walking into a seriously screwed-up economy and two wars. Since things are goin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2008

    Aw, $#!t!: Inadvertently Remembering the Late, Great George Carlin

    The ridiculous 2008 Kennedy Center Honors -- featuring bizarre tributes to Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, among others -- were recently televised, which gave us an idea for the next Administration. President Obama's walking into a seriously screwed-up economy and two wars. Since things are goin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2008

    The Mourning After: More Tim Russert Coverage

    The ridiculous 2008 Kennedy Center Honors -- featuring bizarre tributes to Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, among others -- were recently televised, which gave us an idea for the next Administration. President Obama's walking into a seriously screwed-up economy and two wars. Since things are goin ... More >>

  • News

    April 8, 2008

    Living the Political Life Fantastic

    Surf, turf, and doughnuts: A state senator dines out on his campaign war chest

  • Music

    May 29, 2007

    Scenes From An Italian Restaurant

    An enchanted afternoon with Hiromi, Japanese prog-jazz big-shot extraordinaire

  • NYC Life

    October 24, 2006

    That '70s Show

    'Saturday Night Live' in the post-Tina Fey, YouTube unknown

  • Dance

    July 4, 2006

    Heartfelt Balanchine

    A young company performs an old master's work as if it were today's good news

  • Theater

    June 7, 2005

    Vengeance Is Hers

    Vanessa Redgrave brings to BAM a character who's forced to take justice into her own hands

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2005

    Morning Report 4/14/05
    That's Right Christian of You, Tom

    Vanessa Redgrave brings to BAM a character who's forced to take justice into her own hands

  • Theater

    January 18, 2005

    An Excerpt From Rob Handel's Aphrodisiac

    Vanessa Redgrave brings to BAM a character who's forced to take justice into her own hands

  • News

    October 5, 2004

    Minding Mr. Mitchell's Baby

    Out of cash, Dance Theatre of Harlem goes on hiatus and hunts for help

  • Dance

    April 27, 2004

    Homer Avila 1955–2004

    The end of a twenty-five year dance career

  • Music

    August 19, 2003

    Benny Carter, 1907-2003

    A Gentleman You Didn't Mess With: The King and His Honors and His Many Revolutions

  • Music

    April 29, 2003

    The Academy's Pulitzer

    Why Jazz and Pop Don't Make the Cut

  • Dance

    October 9, 2001

    Woman-Run Worlds

    Muse, Moon, and Winter Games From Washington and Montreal

  • Dance

    June 26, 2001

    Royal Treatment

    Muse, Moon, and Winter Games From Washington and Montreal

  • News

    February 6, 2001

    Nation

    Muse, Moon, and Winter Games From Washington and Montreal

  • Dance

    January 23, 2001

    Payback Time

    Dollars From Diva to Diva

  • Music

    January 2, 2001

    And It's Twisty Too

    Dollars From Diva to Diva

  • News

    November 7, 2000

    Dig Boy Dig

    Jazz at Lincoln Center Breaks New Ground, but Where Are the Women?

  • Dance

    October 10, 2000

    Catching the Music’s Waves

    Twyla Tharp Start-Up—Hope It Doesn’t Crash

  • Dance

    September 19, 2000

    The Master and His Disciples

    Twyla Tharp Start-Up—Hope It Doesn’t Crash

  • News

    November 2, 1999

    Synergy Goes South

    Has Tina Brown Finally Replaced Her Longtime No. 2 With a New Man?

  • Dance

    June 22, 1999

    Look Back!

    Choreographers Raid the Past

  • Theater

    January 5, 1999

    Stell-a-a-a!

    Choreographers Raid the Past

  • Music

    November 17, 1998

    The Unflashiest

    Choreographers Raid the Past

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