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White Christmas Tourist Crap, Say Critics

Do Not Call Charles Busch a "Wan Transvestite"

Credit: David Rodgers Playwright and actor Charles Busch has just opened his latest play, The Third Story--an MCC production at the Lucille Lortel Theatre that counts Kathleen Turner among its fine cast. On the occasion of the new piece, which naturally features Busch in copious amounts of female ... More >>

NY Mirror

Credit: David Rodgers Playwright and actor Charles Busch has just opened his latest play, The Third Story--an MCC production at the Lucille Lortel Theatre that counts Kathleen Turner among its fine cast. On the occasion of the new piece, which naturally features Busch in copious amounts of female ... More >>

On Point

Credit: David Rodgers Playwright and actor Charles Busch has just opened his latest play, The Third Story--an MCC production at the Lucille Lortel Theatre that counts Kathleen Turner among its fine cast. On the occasion of the new piece, which naturally features Busch in copious amounts of female ... More >>

NY Mirror

Credit: David Rodgers Playwright and actor Charles Busch has just opened his latest play, The Third Story--an MCC production at the Lucille Lortel Theatre that counts Kathleen Turner among its fine cast. On the occasion of the new piece, which naturally features Busch in copious amounts of female ... More >>

NY Mirror

Credit: David Rodgers Playwright and actor Charles Busch has just opened his latest play, The Third Story--an MCC production at the Lucille Lortel Theatre that counts Kathleen Turner among its fine cast. On the occasion of the new piece, which naturally features Busch in copious amounts of female ... More >>

Rocks Off

Credit: David Rodgers Playwright and actor Charles Busch has just opened his latest play, The Third Story--an MCC production at the Lucille Lortel Theatre that counts Kathleen Turner among its fine cast. On the occasion of the new piece, which naturally features Busch in copious amounts of female ... More >>

I Am, I Said

David Manning Speaks! Stunning!

Dogged and Castled

David Manning Speaks! Stunning!

A Moveable East

David Manning Speaks! Stunning!

Theater

David Manning Speaks! Stunning!

A Passion for Provocation

Lars von Trier's Dogville is a Christian allegory—with a bite

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Lars von Trier's Dogville is a Christian allegory—with a bite

David Mamet: Why I Am No Longer a 'Brain-Dead Liberal'

An election-season essay

Christian From Project Runway Has a Boyfriend!

Siddown and shuddup! It's da Kollege of Musical Knowledge.

The Plot Thins

English majors! Christopher Booker's new study just made your life much easier—maybe

Suspiria Shock: Two Runs in Two Weeks

English majors! Christopher Booker's new study just made your life much easier—maybe

Critics on Jude Law's Hamlet: Overall, Less Than Kind

​Jude Law's Hamlet at the Broadhurst Theater -- perhaps aided, publicity-wise, by his recently-revealed, alleged love child -- is a big deal. The Times' Ben Brantley says Law "approaches his role with the focus, determination and adrenaline level of an Olympic track competitor staring down an ... More >>

Sex in Bathrooms and Other Celebrity Blind Items!

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All Talk: Eric Rohmer Lives On

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Dustin Hoffman, Rue McClanahan, Austin Pendleton -- It's Obies 1970!

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 28, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 22 29 'Obies' Awarded For 1969-1970 Season The 15th annual Village Voice Off-Broadway awards were presented Monday night at the Village Gate. More than 500 guests gathered to applaud the 29 winners of the 196 ... More >>

Malcolm McDowell and Anthony Burgess Talk 'Clockwork Orange'

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. January 20, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 3 A pain in the gullivar By Arthur Bell The star of the hottest sinny in town came to town last week for a bit of promo on the old telly, and it was a case of clockwork orange, American style, wherein t ... More >>

Kubrick, Peckinpah, Dirty Harry and John Wayne: 1972 Cinema Awash in Ultra Violence!

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. February 10, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 6 films in focus By Andrew Sarris The subject of violence has been so persistently debated and so pretentiously demonstrated in recent movies that reviewers are beginning to sound more like revivalists ... More >>