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Talley’s Folly – A Captivating Two-Hander
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Danny Burstein has the audience at “hello.” Delivering a prologue that breaches the fourth wall with candid sincerity, the actor sweeps us up in Matt
The Morini Strad Doesn’t Fiddle Around
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
I’m suggesting a new opening for The Morini Strad, one which I think would hold the attention of the audience without giving away the plot.
I Won’t Sing a Sondheim Song…or Will I?
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Experiencing Eric Michael Gillett perform Stephen Sondheim, whom even the writer’s ardent fans (I among them) have heard interpreted ad nauseam, is not redundant. That’s
Hats Off to Barbara Cook and Michael Feinstein
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
“Hats off/Here she comes/that beautiful girl/That’s what /you’ve been waiting for…” *sings Michael Feinstein, top hat in hand, as he escorts Barbara Cook to the
Follies Revival Is A Little Demented
—Or Am I Losing My Mind?
Monday, September 19th, 2011
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
There’s something about an empty old theater. If you sit quietly, you can almost feel the characters, stuck in their limbo of almost-existence long after
I’m Still Here: A Profile of Jean-Claude Baker
Monday, May 9th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Living Around
“Good times and bum times, I’ve seen them all/And, my dear, I’m still here.” Stephen Sondheim – from Follies Jean-Claude Baker, the adopted son of American
I Went To A Marvelous Party* A Profile of Simon Green
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Simon Green was in Manchester happily playing Whizzer in March of the Falsettos (by William Finn), which was scheduled to move to The West End.
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