Tom Kanach: Selecting just one record that has significantly impacted my life feels totally impossible, as there are hundreds of records that I cannot live without. Among my personal favorites are Radiohead’s OK Computer, The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds, Elliot Smith’s Figure 8, Wilco’s Summer Teeth, the Zombies’ Odessey and Oracle, the Beatles’ Revolver, the Dead Boys’ Young, Loud and Snotty, and the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street. Seeing these records all listed together, I realized that they share a common thread. They each have continuity, presenting a synchronized theme and atmosphere. E ..read more

  In 1998, a London-to-Broadway revival of Cabaret — with Alan Cumming as the slithering Emcee and Natasha Richardson as the decadently vulnerable chanteuse Sally Bowles — made things seedier and sexier than the ’66 Broadway original, with lots more ripped stockings and bisexuality than before. That earlier show, with a score by John Kander and Fred Ebb and book by Joe Masteroff, was based on the 1951 play I Am A Camera, by John Van Druten, which in turn was based on the 1945 collection The Berlin Stories, by Christopher Isherwood. The tale is well-known, particularly from the Oscar-winni ..read more

  From the first time 19-year-old Dwight Gooden toed the rubber on the pitcher’s mound at Shea Stadium, in April 1984, expectations of his unlimited potential were unleashed. During his first two amazing seasons with the Mets, every fan was assured that his ticket to Cooperstown was already punched. Likewise for Darryl Strawberry, the 1983 National League Rookie of the Year, who launched 26 majestic long balls with 74 runs batted in for the last-place, but quietly improving, Mets.       Both Strawberry and Gooden were first-round draft picks. Both excelled ra ..read more

  1. Nixon is Everywhere I’m going to put on an old record, if you don’t mind. Let’s see if I remember how this damned hi-fi works. The needle’s kind of scratchy, but — ah, there we go. You’ll rec­ognize those gliding saxophones, noncha­lant and sprightly. The voice, which has a vintage Buick’s lazy swagger — bourbon-ma­hoganied; Camel-catarrhed — belongs to an approximate contemporary of Richard Nix­on’s. I’m playing an alternate take of Frank Sinatra doing “Witchcraft,” of which, as it doesn’t exist, I own the only copy. Those wiggling fingertips Dartin’ eyes that never quit, ah That s ..read more

It didn’t take long — the Way We Were Then pandemic shutdown indies have begun to burp out of the film festival love canal, with Theda Hammel’s Stress Positions taking point in the charge, fresh from this winter’s Sundance. Ah, the grueling months of mandatory masking and household bubbles and take-out deliveries and ever-earlier cocktail hours — sure, it was the fifth-deadliest pandemic in documented history, but was it that much of a cataclysm for most of us? However darkly we might remember it, we’re probably not going to get any “greatest generation” props for having toughed it out, which ..read more

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Back in December, former master of the DC universe and lens-flare enthusiast Zack Snyder unleashed Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire on an unsuspecting public to a lukewarm response. His celestial Western was received by fans and critics with the same spirit as a week-old Edible Arrangement: seemingly pleasant from afar, until one realizes the contents are slightly rotten and laden with dozens of itty-bitty bugs.  Snyder’s wannabe Star Wars saga was at best an incoherent mess as it blended bland characters with a forgettable narrative featuring a cosmic Jane Wick as she gathers inter ..read more

    This article is part of a series — At 250, Who Will America Be? — reporting on threats to American democracy as we approach the nation’s Semiquincentennial, on July 4, 2026. ∼ ∼ ∼ As the 2024 national election on November 5 takes shape, political pros of all stripes see New York’s congressional delegation as the key to flipping the House of Representatives to the Democrats. With millions of members nationwide, the progressive grassroots organization MoveOn is mounting an ambitious two-phase campaign to get out the vote. “The effort will continue following Demo ..read more

  Opening on Broadway in 1975, The Wiz was a Black retelling of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, which was adapted by William F. Brown with a score by Charlie Smalls. The slap-happy result didn’t wipe away memories of the classic 1939 movie, but the show became a Tony-winning hit for its mixture of humor, heart, and catchy tunes, like the rollicking “Ease On Down the Road” and the plaintive ballad “Home.” The story of misfits being sent on a wild adventure that brings out virtues they didn’t realize they already had took on a special appeal with characters whose color ..read more

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