Bob Mackie has been working with Cher for 50 years, helping define and redefine her style through all its dramatic changes. Naturally, Mackie is also a huge presence in The Cher Show, the Broadway adaptation of Cher’s life. Mackie’s ostentatious, intricate designs get their own runway show during the musical. …
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To paraphrase Tom Holland’s warning before the latest Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer, if you haven’t seen Avengers: Endgame, stop reading, as the upcoming Marvel movie takes place soon after the events of that blockbuster. — For those who have seen Endgame: The Far From Home trailer opens with Peter …
Read More »Stream These Albums: April 2019
Vampire Weekend, Father of the Bride Father of the Bride (which is out this Friday) is so zealously detailed and meticulously contoured that you easily sink into its inventions: the whirl of country picking, surf-guitar twang and classical interlude in “Harmony Hall”; the loopy hip-hop of “Sunflower” with its creeping-vocal …
Read More »Where Will Trump's Obstruction Obsession End?
The Mueller report laid out a detailed, multi-pronged case suggesting President Trump obstructed the work of the government’s judicial branch on several occasions. Since the special counsel’s findings were released last week, the administration has been busy trying to obstruct the legislative branch’s authority to provide oversight. Their latest attempt …
Read More »Aphex Twin Pummels and Assaults at First NYC Show in Decades
On the day of the show, tickets were going for $240 each on StubHub. The merch line was longer than the drinks line. More than one person was overheard saying, “I never thought this day would come” like some glitchy messiah had landed in Brooklyn from his British home. On …
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