Michael Smith

Brand It, Post It, Sell It: How Millennials Are Reshaping Business As We Know It

Laura Murray, an FIT student by day and live music photographer by night, has a fascination with exposure: "Being able to show people things that are going on all over the world sounds incredible." She admits on her website that she has a "slight case of wanderlust" and her dream job would be a band ... More >>

Rightbloggers Pay Their Respects to Socialist Obamacare Shill Andy Griffith

When actor Andy Griffith passed away last week, President Obama gave a brief condolence statement ("A performer of extraordinary talent, Andy was beloved by generations of fans and revered by entertainers who followed in his footsteps"), on which Weasel Zippers commented, "JERK: President Obama Reme ... More >>

YOUNG AMERICANS

Start lining up for the Whitney Biennial

The Whitney Biennial 2012—Caution: Dead End

America's big art show trades the real world for conceptual clutter

Anthony Smith, Michael Smith, and Melvin Peters Get Prison for Murder of Roy Huntley

​Roy Huntley died at the hands of a gang of thugs during a grisly robbery-turned-slaying that took place on Sept. 28, 2008. Michael Smith, Anthony Smith, and Melvin Peters roughed up the 24-year-old husband and father of two in 2050 Eighth Avenue, stealing his watch and other small property b ... More >>

Christopher Lloyd! Stacy Keach! Jessica Tandy! It's the 1973 Obies!

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 24, 1973, Vol. XVIII, No. 21 The '73 'Obies': Plays were the thing by Audrey Berman Judging by the "Obie" ceremony Monday night, the plays were the thing -- seven of the 26 awards going for new plays, with "The Hot l Baltimore" and ... More >>

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 >>

Challenger Went Down 25 Years Ago Today, Scarring Schoolchildren Forever

​The Space Shuttle Challenger went down 25 years ago today, killing all seven astronauts on board, and scarring school children forever. American kids were watching the launch live in schools across the nation because of the presence of Payload Specialist Christa McAuliffe, a 37-year-old scho ... More >>

Elaine May! Stacy Keach! Otto Preminger! It's the 1971 Obies!

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 27, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 21 27 Receive 'Obies' for '70-'71 By Clark Whelton The 16th annual Village Voice Off-Broadway theatre awards were presented last Monday night. A crowd of 700 gathered in the Village Gate to cheer the 27 winn ... More >>

The Village Voice Institute of Crazy White American Folk (Letters to the Editor)

​Hear now, boy: This week's Village Voice's cover story by staff writer Steven Thrasher, an essay entitled White America Has Lost Its Mind, sure has attracted some interesting attention! Whether or not readers agree with what we have to say, we often get letters from them regarding our stories, ma ... More >>

Al Pacino, Sam Shepard, Roy Scheider, Estelle Parsons -- It's Obies 1968!

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 30, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 33 23 Win '68 'Obies' The 1967-68 Village Voice Off-Broadway Awards were presented on Saturday afternoon at a giant invitational party at the Village Gate. These were the 13th annual "Obies," and a crowd of ... More >>

The James Beard Awards Semi-Finalists Have Been Announced

Will the spirit of James Beard smile upon New York chefs?​The James Beard Foundation announced its list of semi-finalists for the annual James Beard Awards today, kicking off the food world's very own Oscar season scrum. The semi-finalists were selected from a pool of 21,000 online entries; th ... More >>

Rip Torn, Stacy Keach, Frank Zappa -- It's Obies 1967!

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 25, 1967, Vol. XII, No. 32 21 Win '67 'Obies' The Village Gate was full to bursting at noon on Saturday for the 12th annual Village Voice Off-Broadway Awards. Barbara Harris, star of the Broadway musical "The Apple Tree," made the ... More >>

Gary Burghoff, Bob Balaban in Stage Version of 'Peanuts'

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. March 16, 1967, Vol. XII, No. 22 Theatre Journal By Michael Smith "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" is a fast, slick, amiable little diversion -- a musical revue based on Charles M. Schulz's comic strip "Peanuts." It consists of fai ... More >>

Clip Job: Dustin Hoffman, Frank Langella, and Sam Shepard -- It's Obies 1966!

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 26, 1966, Vol. XI, No. 32 Village Voice 'Obie' Awards 1965-66 The Eleventh Annual Village Voice Off-Broadway Award were handed out on Saturday afternoon in a gala ceremony at the Village Gate. Anne Jackson, herself a previous "Obi ... More >>

Andrew Sarris Considers Andy Warhol

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. December 9, 1965, Vol. XI, No. 8 Films By Andrew Sarris I have been intrigued in recent months by the sheer number of Voice columnists who have decided to define the proper role of the critic. In each instance, the traditional father ... More >>

Clip Job: A Cafe Up in Smoke

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesMarch 11, 1965, Vol. X, No. 21Joe Cino's World Goes Up In FlamesBy Michael SmithThe Caffe Cino was destroyed by fire on Ash Wednesday morning. The cafe at 31 Cornelia Street opened in December, 1958, and quickly became important as New York's ... More >>

MAN AS BABY

Growing up is for suckers

Clip Job: Obies 1964

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesMay 28, 1964, Vol. IX, No. 32OBIES 1963-1964More than 500 participants and well-wishers of the off-Broadway theatre converged on the Village Gate on Saturday afternoon to applaud winners of the Ninth Annual Village Voice Off-Broadway Awards and h ... More >>

Clip Job: Ginsberg, Artists March for Freedom

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesApril 30, 1964, Vol. IX, No. 28Drizzle Does Not Dim Ardor of Arts MarchersBy Michael SmithBraving a mean drizzle and the competition of a World's Fair opening, more than 200 practitioners and admirers of the various arts gathered at dusk last Wed ... More >>

Clip Job: LeRoi Jones Judged Obscene!

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesMarch 19, 1964, Vol. IX, No. 22Theatre: The Eighth DitchBy Michael SmithLeRoi Jones's brief, lyrical, biting play "The Eighth Ditch" has been revived by the New York Poets' Theatre on the weekend bill at the New Bowery Theatre, and the result has ... More >>

From the Archives….Edward Albee Reviews Sam Shepard’s Icarus’s Mother, 1965

Another notable piece from the Voice's vaults.

From the Archives...Pinter's The Homecoming Lands on Broadway's Doorstep

A January 12, 1967 review from the Voice's vaults

Clip Job: Beck and Malina in the Brig!

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesOctober 24, 1963, Vol. IX, No. 1Living Theatre Goes Broke; Becks Brigged by FedsBy Michael SmithNobody ever expected the Living Theatre to die quietly. And after four frantic days -- with events ranging from a melancholy press conference through ... More >>

Clip Job: Obies 1963

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesMay 30, 1963, Vol. VIII, No. 32The Village Voice 'Obies,' 1962-63The Voice handed out its Eighth Annual "Obie" Awards in a somewhat chaotic but spirited ceremony on Saturday afternoon at the Village Gate. Invited theatre people and well-wishers d ... More >>

True East: Sam Shepard Returns to New York

The American icon is back in the saddle with a new play at the Public

Want to Work for Mike Bloomberg? What's Your Batting Average?

Softball, campaign promises, and the miserable minority-contracting record of the Bloomberg administration

Ewan Pearson's Piece Work

Not-minimal remixes provide not-overwhelming joy

Not Wash Away

The fight for New Orleans' culture continues, one parade at a time

Our Crowds

A two-headed butterfly flapping its wings

The Sublime Is Us

The terror, the delight, and the unfathomable feelings of being alive

Front Man

Newspapers, nail clippers, combs, and Corona beer

Morning Report 11/20/05
We've Been Had — by Hadley

The Birth of the 'Voice': 1955–1965

From the Beats to Civil Rights, Lenny Bruce to Warhol's Factory . . .

1964

Sudden Death for War Critic

Morning Report 7/29/05
National Intelligence Estimate: A New Low

Wanker's Hours

Morning Report 6/17/05
The Jig Is Up

Morning Report 6/15/05
The Elephant in the Downing Street Living Room

The Plot Sickens

Morning Report 6/13/05
Pre-War Plot: 'Time Will Be Required to Prepare Public Opinion'

Downing Street Afterschlock: CNN Makes Good on 'Storytelling' Vow

Remembrance of Obies Past

Judges from the last five decades pay homage to the productions and artists they'll never forget

Phony War, Real Deaths

Open Door Policy

Housing Authority Shrugs at Rooftop Crime

Springtime for Hitler

A New Exhibit at the Jewish Museum Produces an Uproar

Nailing Failing

Screen Savers

With Video, It’s Not All Tedium in the Dark

Dis-Astor Place?

Cooper Union Sets a Tall Order for Redevelopment