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A Humdinger of a Play: In Your Image
Friday, February 18th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Manchester, England. Twenty years after he “went out and didn’t come back,” Graham died of a heart attack, drunk in the hovel he called home.
Not Just the Wife of Alfred Stieglitz
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Considering Georgia O’Keeffe begins with a much too long slide show of the artist’s work. Even for those in the audience unfamiliar with the paintings,
Two From The Edinburgh Fringe Preview
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Each July, 59E59 Theaters plays host to companies from all over the United States on their way to perform at the international Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Productions
Secrets and Confessions
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
By Alix Cohen The stage seems monastic: brick walls, low curved tables filled with candles, illegible script subtly projected. A table, two chairs, copper mugs
Fascinating Aida – Absolutely Miraculous
Friday, December 25th, 2009
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Fascinating Aida is…a cross between Absolutely Fabulous (Ab-Fab) and Tom Lehrer. (For those of you too young to remember the latter, he was a master














