A critic gets an earful
Music writer Elysa Gardner had to put her money where her mouth is when she agreed to try singing backup for Rob Thomas. She returned with this turning-the-tables tale.
Today is Wednesday, October 21, 2026 Opening: 860 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Carrie Fisher Larry Hyman Everett McGill June Helmers Simon Gray Brian Brolly Georgia Brown Matt Bennett Fran Landesman Don Elliott Julie Wilson Betty Abbott Jean Gillespie William Eckart Dizzy Gillespie Frances Mercer Jack McElroy Lillian Bronson Alice B. Keating Ted Shawn Janet Beecher Emil Hoch Louis N. Parker Aaron Tveit Ken Watanabe Peter Kapetan LaTanya Richardson Jackson Eugene Kelton Samuel Taylor Coleridge