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Woman Around Town: Carole J. Bufford – Happiest On Stage
Monday, January 7th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town
In Lincolnton, the one-stoplight Georgia town where everyone knew everyone else, Carole J. Bufford was the four year-old who spontaneously stood on a church pew
The 23rd New York Cabaret Convention Salute to Cole Porter: Swellegant!
Saturday, October 20th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Andrea Marcovicci and Jeff Harnar (photo, above) arguably two of Donald Smith’s favorite people, opened last night’s show jauntily singing “Let’s Fall in Love.” Phrasing
The 23rd New York Cabaret Convention’s Gala Opening Night
Friday, October 19th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Here we are again! Rumors of the death of cabaret being greatly exaggerated, The Mabel Mercer Foundation’s 23rd New York Cabaret Convention opened to a
The Mabel Mercer Foundation – A Passing of the Baton
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
“Cabaret is by nature a fragile and personal kind of entertainment. With virtually no media support system, it endures, as do the vibrant brigade of
I May Be a Twin, But I’m One of a Kind—Meet Will and Anthony Nunziata
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Will Nunziata wore glasses so I might easily distinguish between him and his identical twin, Anthony. As children, their mother often dressed one in red
Woman Around Town: Jennifer Sheehan Has a Calling
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town
The little brown-haired daughter born to Jan and Diane Sheehan almost arrived performing. At 2 ½ she could credibly manage “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” “in
Cabaret Honors Its Own
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
In a year when the cabaret community has taken some major hits (the passing of Donald Smith, founder of The Mabel Mercer Foundation and its
Closing of the Oak Room: Media Culpability And a Hotel Shooting Itself in the Foot
Monday, February 20th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
The closing of the Oak Room at The Algonquin Hotel, the oldest, most venerated cabaret supper club in New York, is a sin and a
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