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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
Maureen McGovern at 54Below – A Very Good Vintage
Friday, December 21st, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Maureen McGovern has a voice like fine mulled wine; spiced but not cloudy, rich, warm, and inebriating. Her current show features iconic holiday fare, seasonal
Barbara Cook—Let’s Fall in Love
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
The best cabaret artists offer a truly intimate experience. Eyes rest on you (gaze into your eyes?) sharing emotion as if intravenously. Bridging patter is
Maureen McGovern’s Dangling Conversations at Birdland
Friday, November 11th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four? John Lennon, Paul McCartney Remember when those lyrics seemed like an amusing hypothetical
Excuse My Dust—Sandy Bainum Sings Dorothy Parker
Friday, June 17th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Dorothy Parker was a witty American poet and satirist, best known for incisive social observations, writing executed at The New Yorker magazine, and membership in
Barbara Cook—A Great Evening at Feinstein’s
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
An appearance by the incomparable Barbara Cook is genuine grounds for celebration. Last featured in Broadway’s Sondheim on Sondheim 2010, Cook has arguably been one
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