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Pinchbottom’s PRETENÇIÓN
Un Cirque De Burlesque, Un Burlesque De Cirque
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
PRETENÇIÓN is ¼ shtick, ¼ burlesque, ½ cleverness and all subversive fun. Walk past the array of draped skeletons and chains (this theater houses Times
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
Woman Around Town: Loni Ackerman—Theater Down to Her Toes
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town
Cabaret Show Next to Abnormal Debuts February 24, 2012 Up a steep and very narrow stairway/To the voice like a metronome…* Loni Ackerman trained with
Gay Marshall: A Banquet of Piaf
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Close your eyes and it might be 1950s Paris. With perhaps less tremolo and choke in her voice, but every bit as much articulated feeling,
A Small Volcano in Red Lips: Sue Mathys
Friday, February 25th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
A small volcano in a pompadour and red lips took the stage at The Metropolitan Room Monday night. Having performed abroad for much of the
Woman Around Town: Karen Akers—The Ultimate Chantoozie
Sunday, September 12th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town
By Alix Cohen One Out Of Twenty-One Equals Nine “There was a night when the universe was somehow in beautiful sync at The 46th Street














