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May 5, 2012
Q&A: Director Lorca Peress On the World Premie of The Image Maker At Queens College
Theater director Lorca Peress is directing two one act operas opening this weekend at Queen College's Goldstein Theater. My Kinsman, Major Molineau (making its New York premiere) and The Image Maker (making its world premiere) were both composed by Bruce Saylor and are conducted by Ms. Peress's fath ... More >>
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March 8, 2012
The Wackiest Things Celebs Have Ever Said To Me
In their dealings with a potentially scary press person like myself, celebs are sometimes solicitous, occasionally pandering, at times delightfully ass kissy, but always tons of fun. Here are just a few of the highlights through the years:
Blogs
December 9, 2010
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 >>
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December 8, 2009
Alvin Ailey Dancers Honor Judith Jamison, Their Queen for 20 years
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 >>
Theater
September 22, 2009
The River Crosses Rivers: 14 One-Acts by Nonwhite Women, Two Gems
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 >>
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September 14, 2009
Tyler Perry Assembles The World's Greatest Blactresses
So Tyler Perry--you know, the Madea guy--is writing and directing a film called For Colored Girls, based on the brilliant series of monologues called For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf. (The play surfaced in '75, when you had to have long, interesting title ... More >>
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July 22, 2009
Clip Job: Jack Newfield's Mugging!
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJuly 9, 1964, Vol. IX, No. 38The Town Hall 'Mugging'By Nat HentoffI had been anxious to find out what had happened at Town Hall on June 15 when "The Black Revolution and the White Backlash" was discussed by Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Lorraine Hansber ... More >>
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July 20, 2009
Clip Job: Jack Newfield's 'Mugging the White Liberal'
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJune 25, 1964, Vol. IX, No. 36Mugging the White LiberalBy Jack NewfieldImagine three goldfish dropped into a fish tank filled with sharks. Or imagine Billy Budd mugged by the Emperor Jones.Then you might have some idea of the malevolent and paran ... More >>
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May 4, 2009
Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday Celebration at MSG with Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, and Oscar the Grouch
Pete Seeger only turns 90 once, so why not have a big party? True to the folk singer's activist legacy, this packed Madison Square Garden celebration was a fundraiser for the Clearwater sloop and sailboat-centered foundation that Seeger built in 1969 to raise awareness about a then-near-dead Hudso ... More >>
Film
March 18, 2009
Steam Embraces Midlife Drama Clichés with Gusto
Pete Seeger only turns 90 once, so why not have a big party? True to the folk singer's activist legacy, this packed Madison Square Garden celebration was a fundraiser for the Clearwater sloop and sailboat-centered foundation that Seeger built in 1969 to raise awareness about a then-near-dead Hudso ... More >>
Blogs
June 27, 2008
Clip Job: 'A Raisin in the Sun' Brings Joyous Tears of Catharsis
Pete Seeger only turns 90 once, so why not have a big party? True to the folk singer's activist legacy, this packed Madison Square Garden celebration was a fundraiser for the Clearwater sloop and sailboat-centered foundation that Seeger built in 1969 to raise awareness about a then-near-dead Hudso ... More >>
Blogs
March 6, 2008
Ruby Dee is Looking For Work—Please Help!
Pete Seeger only turns 90 once, so why not have a big party? True to the folk singer's activist legacy, this packed Madison Square Garden celebration was a fundraiser for the Clearwater sloop and sailboat-centered foundation that Seeger built in 1969 to raise awareness about a then-near-dead Hudso ... More >>
Blogs
February 28, 2008
Kimmel Still Fucking Affleck. . . Matt's Getting Jealous
Pete Seeger only turns 90 once, so why not have a big party? True to the folk singer's activist legacy, this packed Madison Square Garden celebration was a fundraiser for the Clearwater sloop and sailboat-centered foundation that Seeger built in 1969 to raise awareness about a then-near-dead Hudso ... More >>
Blogs
January 22, 2008
There Will Be Gold: Oscar Predictions Come True
Pete Seeger only turns 90 once, so why not have a big party? True to the folk singer's activist legacy, this packed Madison Square Garden celebration was a fundraiser for the Clearwater sloop and sailboat-centered foundation that Seeger built in 1969 to raise awareness about a then-near-dead Hudso ... More >>
Blogs
January 11, 2008
Ay Dios Mio! Golden Globe's Bad Karma
Pete Seeger only turns 90 once, so why not have a big party? True to the folk singer's activist legacy, this packed Madison Square Garden celebration was a fundraiser for the Clearwater sloop and sailboat-centered foundation that Seeger built in 1969 to raise awareness about a then-near-dead Hudso ... More >>
Columns
January 8, 2008
Oscar Predictions Filled With Greed and Vengeance!
From the seer, suckers: The nominees, plus trash talk about some non-nominees
Blogs
September 25, 2007
Things I Learned Watching American Gangster
From the seer, suckers: The nominees, plus trash talk about some non-nominees
Film
March 27, 2007
Africa Speaks
N.Y. film fest challenges Western view of war-torn continent
Music
April 11, 2006
Let the Music Play (Again)
Latin freestyle's dreamboys and dreamgirls dance back into the spotlight
NYC Life
September 9, 2003
Listings
Latin freestyle's dreamboys and dreamgirls dance back into the spotlight
Theater
January 7, 2003
Defiance And The Boogie-Woogie
The State of Black Theater in New York
Theater
December 17, 2002
Theater
The State of Black Theater in New York
NYC Life
May 28, 2002
Close-Up On: Sugar Hill
The State of Black Theater in New York
News
November 13, 2001
Crime Wave
Michael Bloomberg’s Last-Minute Mailing
Theater
April 17, 2001
Love Machinery
Michael Bloomberg’s Last-Minute Mailing
Theater
February 13, 2001
Whomped by Wampum
Black Theaters Cope With Cash Crunch
News
July 4, 2000
Call and Response
Targeting Silent Rappers: A Street Fight for Justice or Hip Hop McCarthyism?
Film
August 17, 1999
A Life in Motion
Targeting Silent Rappers: A Street Fight for Justice or Hip Hop McCarthyism?

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