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April 4, 2012
Meryl Streep In Into The Woods?
Not long ago, a British newspaper interview with Stephen Sondheim mentioned that Meryl Streep was a rumored possibility to portray the Witch in the revival of Steve's Into The Woods, playing the Delacorte this summer. No, not Miranda Priestly. Another witch. Well, Sondheim didn't confirm or deny t ... More >>
Blogs
March 7, 2012
Sondheim's Next Show Will Go Backwards!
One of the great Stephen Sondheim's few missteps--1981's Merrily We Roll Along--boldly uses a time structure that goes backwards, starting with the present and progressing (or regressing) back to the roots of the relationships. I always found that device deeply annoying, requiring way too much brai ... More >>
Voice Choices
January 4, 2012
'The Public Forum: Sondheim / Kusher'
One of the great Stephen Sondheim's few missteps--1981's Merrily We Roll Along--boldly uses a time structure that goes backwards, starting with the present and progressing (or regressing) back to the roots of the relationships. I always found that device deeply annoying, requiring way too much brai ... More >>
Blogs
November 4, 2011
The Best Wedding Songs Of All Time
Not songs to be sung at weddings--I'm not here to write about "Color My World," thank you--but songs about weddings. Here are my all-time faves: (8) "Wedding Bell Blues"--sung by the Fifth Dimension The raw urgency and desperation of this one always amuses me. As she sings it, Marilyn Mc ... More >>
Theater
September 14, 2011
Follies: Dances With Ghosts
The revival of Sondheim's Follies offers more extravagance than emotional grip
Blogs
September 14, 2011
This Week in the Voice: Bachmann's Bright Idea, Eataly's New Beer Garden
This week in the Voice, out today: Nick Pinto explains how federal efficiency standards are phasing out old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs in favor of those coiled energy-efficient ones -- thing is, those are full of crazy toxic stuff. And one of the only big-name politicians to fight the ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 14, 2011
Barbara Carroll
This week in the Voice, out today: Nick Pinto explains how federal efficiency standards are phasing out old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs in favor of those coiled energy-efficient ones -- thing is, those are full of crazy toxic stuff. And one of the only big-name politicians to fight the ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 7, 2011
Karen Akers
This week in the Voice, out today: Nick Pinto explains how federal efficiency standards are phasing out old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs in favor of those coiled energy-efficient ones -- thing is, those are full of crazy toxic stuff. And one of the only big-name politicians to fight the ... More >>
Blogs
August 16, 2011
The Trouble With Adding Backstories
Remember that Grinch movie that added the title character's backstory so we could see how he got so evil? Boring! It was better as subtext! Or left to our imaginations! And now, the upcoming Broadway revival of Porgy and Bess is supposedly going to add a little background to flesh out the c ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 8, 2011
Aaron Lazar
Remember that Grinch movie that added the title character's backstory so we could see how he got so evil? Boring! It was better as subtext! Or left to our imaginations! And now, the upcoming Broadway revival of Porgy and Bess is supposedly going to add a little background to flesh out the c ... More >>
Blogs
May 9, 2011
When the Burtons and Brando and Malcolm McDowell Blew Through Town
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. June 21, 1973, Vol. XVIII, No. 25 Hype! Hype! Hooray! by Arthur Bell A heat wave blew into town last week. So did Merle Oberon, Malcolm McDowell, the Burtons, Ron O'Neal, Alice Cooper, Marlon Brando, withered endives, chopped liver fro ... More >>
Voice Choices
April 6, 2011
Barbara Carroll
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. June 21, 1973, Vol. XVIII, No. 25 Hype! Hype! Hooray! by Arthur Bell A heat wave blew into town last week. So did Merle Oberon, Malcolm McDowell, the Burtons, Ron O'Neal, Alice Cooper, Marlon Brando, withered endives, chopped liver fro ... More >>
Voice Choices
February 9, 2011
'Sondheim Unplugged'
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. June 21, 1973, Vol. XVIII, No. 25 Hype! Hype! Hooray! by Arthur Bell A heat wave blew into town last week. So did Merle Oberon, Malcolm McDowell, the Burtons, Ron O'Neal, Alice Cooper, Marlon Brando, withered endives, chopped liver fro ... More >>
Theater
December 1, 2010
Finishing the Hat--the Lyrics and Kvetches of Stephen Sondheim
The Broadway composer looks back at the first decades of his career
Blogs
December 1, 2010
This Week's Voice: AraabMuzik, My Chemical Romance, Orange Juice, Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot, and More
My Chemical Romance go . . . Styx. Photo by Neil Krug.In this week's Village Voice, Brandon Soderberg profiles the 21-year-old rap producer AraabMuzik, Christopher R. Weingarten is not impressed with the new record from My Chemical Romance, Francis Davis praises new efforts from Bill Frisell, ... More >>
Voice Choices
November 24, 2010
'Sondheimâ€¦Unplugged'
My Chemical Romance go . . . Styx. Photo by Neil Krug.In this week's Village Voice, Brandon Soderberg profiles the 21-year-old rap producer AraabMuzik, Christopher R. Weingarten is not impressed with the new record from My Chemical Romance, Francis Davis praises new efforts from Bill Frisell, ... More >>
Voice Choices
November 17, 2010
David Campbell
My Chemical Romance go . . . Styx. Photo by Neil Krug.In this week's Village Voice, Brandon Soderberg profiles the 21-year-old rap producer AraabMuzik, Christopher R. Weingarten is not impressed with the new record from My Chemical Romance, Francis Davis praises new efforts from Bill Frisell, ... More >>
Voice Choices
October 13, 2010
Kevin Dozier
My Chemical Romance go . . . Styx. Photo by Neil Krug.In this week's Village Voice, Brandon Soderberg profiles the 21-year-old rap producer AraabMuzik, Christopher R. Weingarten is not impressed with the new record from My Chemical Romance, Francis Davis praises new efforts from Bill Frisell, ... More >>
Blogs
August 18, 2010
'Sondheim' Won't Do Coke Anymore
The upcoming HBO series The Miraculous Year has a lead character who is a sophisticated, gay Broadway composer who lives in a townhouse, writes acclaimed but not always solvent shows, and suffers a heart attack sparked by coke abuse. But that last part has been cut out, according to the Post ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 29, 2010
'Sondheim Unplugged'
The upcoming HBO series The Miraculous Year has a lead character who is a sophisticated, gay Broadway composer who lives in a townhouse, writes acclaimed but not always solvent shows, and suffers a heart attack sparked by coke abuse. But that last part has been cut out, according to the Post ... More >>
Voice Choices
April 27, 2010
'What More Can I Say: The Songs of William Finn'
The upcoming HBO series The Miraculous Year has a lead character who is a sophisticated, gay Broadway composer who lives in a townhouse, writes acclaimed but not always solvent shows, and suffers a heart attack sparked by coke abuse. But that last part has been cut out, according to the Post ... More >>
Theater
April 13, 2010
Anyone Can Whistle, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, The Addams Family
Three musicals—two of them new, one from the '60s—all sing of crazy worlds
Voice Choices
March 16, 2010
RAISING THE BAR?
Sondheim on Sondheim at Studio 54
Theater
December 15, 2009
A Little Night Music, Brief Encounter, So Help Me God! Receive Wobbly Contemporary Productions
Sondheim on Sondheim at Studio 54
Blogs
August 25, 2009
Who's Really a "Legend"?
The words "legend" and "icon" are thrown around so effortlessly these days at anyone who's accomplished what any ordinary person could achieve in a couple of New York minutes that I sometimes want to ask my legendary doorman if the iconic UPS man has arrived yet.
Blogs
August 24, 2009
The Most Twisted Urban Myths!
Urban myths are those bullshit celebrity gossip stories you hear as a kid and choose to believe until years later when you finally stop and say, "What the fuck was I thinking?" I'm not even going to go into the infamous gerbil one or the one with the rock star and the 17 sailors. We ALL have ... More >>
Theater
May 20, 2009
The Village Voice Obies Winners
2008–2009 SEASON
Voice Choices
April 22, 2009
TRÈS MAGNIFIQUE!
A rare chance to see the films of a French legend
Blogs
February 16, 2009
Clip Job: Tragedy Tomorrow!
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesMay 17, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 30Comedy TonightBy Jerry TallmerSome months ago in a theatre lobby I was chatting with a man named D. about a big musical that had just cracked up disastrously before ever reaching New York. Both D. and I knew and care ... More >>
Voice Choices
February 11, 2009
SHARKS VS. JETS
West Side Story returns to Broadway
Theater
November 26, 2008
Road Show, Dividing the Estate, and American Buffalo Carve Up Our National Turkeyhood
Thanksgivings and misgivings
Theater
September 3, 2008
Fall Preview: Sarah Kane's Notorious Blasted Finally Receives its New York Premiere
Eating up baby
Film
December 11, 2007
Prime Cut
Tim Burton makes Sweeney Todd his gory, grisly, bloodstained own
Columns
November 27, 2007
Violence Is Golden
And stunning, where Bardem and the Coens are concerned. Plus other dark visions, and peaceful chats with Mamet and Lauper.
Art
February 27, 2007
Lear Window
Kevin Kline prepares to scale the mad king's heroic heights and war-torn politics
Theater
February 13, 2007
Musicals in Transit
In the Heights or Adrift in Macao, new musicals are fun—but not too much else
Music
February 6, 2007
Sweet Home Ad Nauseum
In the Heights or Adrift in Macao, new musicals are fun—but not too much else
Theater
November 28, 2006
The Lonely Guy
The hero won't play along in Sondheim's distinctively bleak musical
Theater
November 22, 2005
Childproof
Mr. Marmalade: Can child abuse be conceptual?
Theater
November 1, 2005
Instruments of Revenge
Attend the tale, for Sweeney's odd, but as to knowing the score, don't touch that Doyle
Dance
September 7, 2004
Dueling Swamp Things Splash Around the Plaza at Lincoln Center
Attend the tale, for Sweeney's odd, but as to knowing the score, don't touch that Doyle
Theater
July 20, 2004
The Illusion Fields
A lot of skill and talent has gone into The Frogs, but somehow there's no creative pooling
Film
July 22, 2003
Children's Crusades
The Kids Stay in the Picture
Specials
November 5, 2002
Letters
The Kids Stay in the Picture
Music
October 29, 2002
Music
The Kids Stay in the Picture
Theater
May 7, 2002
Refracted Fairy Tales
The Kids Stay in the Picture
Theater
August 21, 2001
But Unseriously . . .
The Musical’s a Joke Again—But Is It a Good Joke?
Music
March 21, 2000
Sophisticated Ink
Cabaret Keeps the Wit Fire Lit
Music
October 12, 1999
Show-Offs on the Rise
Multitalented Local Leads Resurgence in Cabaret
Theater
January 5, 1999
Stage Presents
It's a Good Time To Stay Off-Broadway— Even on CD
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