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A Tribute to Bobby Short
Friday, May 17th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
“Let’s get this party started!” urges Billy Stritch launching into Bessie Smith’s “Gimme a Pigfoot” with decided brio, left foot on a piano pedal, right
Serendipity Spring – Elizabeth Sullivan 2013
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Elizabeth Sullivan, vocalist, songwriter, pianist, teacher and not incidentally mother to a dynasty of performers, made her Algonquin Hotel debut Mother’s Day 2000. Thirteen Mays
Barbara Cook at 54Below
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
“I was nervous about this show,” Barbara Cook confides. “I’m not singing any of the things people associate with me.” Ms. Cook, it seems “just
Theater’s Shining Stars On CD
Saturday, April 6th, 2013
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
Theater fans, rejoice! There are some terrific new CDs from the stars we love, and a couple of new CDs of musicals, too. Now and
Cabaret at the Players II
Saturday, March 9th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
…Whereas: Every day in our city, we see the power the creative arts have to thrill and inspire. By supporting cabaret performers and clubs, organizations
Lincoln Center presents American Songbook: Karen Akers Time Flies – As You’ve Never Heard Her
Monday, February 4th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Karen Akers has reimagined herself. The chantoozie with a proclivity for Piaf and Porter performs some surprisingly contemporary material in her new show Time Flies.
Anything Goes: Karen Akers Sings Cole PorterWinter Rhythms at Urban Stages
Friday, December 7th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Urban Stages opened its annual Winter Rhythms series Tuesday night with the pop of a champagne cork as the ever elegant Karen Akers offered sparkling
The Bachelor’s Tea Party: Intriguing But Uneven
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
The charming and original conceit of this production involves high tea at Lady Mendl’s splendid Gilded Age establishment with Elsie de Wolfe (whose marriage at
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