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Remembering Mabel & Bobby
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
“I’m Throwing a Ball Tonight,” KT Sullivan sang, sashaying with a touch of Mae West’s “old paprika.” And so she was. In celebration of the
Canyon Folkies – Lauren Fox – Take the Trip
Sunday, January 20th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
The air is warm and fresh, everything seems more colorful, singer/songwriters are poets. It’s the mid/late 1960s and 70s. Laurel Canyon overflows with cross pollinating
The Inaugural – Cabaret at The Players
Sunday, December 2nd, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
The venerable Player’s Club, established by actor Edwin Booth in 1888, was host Thursday night to the Mabel Mercer Foundation’s inaugural Cabaret at the Players
1912 A Centennial Celebration
Thursday, October 18th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
KT Sullivan and a merry band of vocalist compatriots meet once a year for centennial celebrations saluting memorable events, birthdays of public figures, and musical
Stacy Sullivan is Having “A Good Day”
Thursday, October 4th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Just before the curtain went up at The Boston Court Theater in Pasadena, Stacy Sullivan got word that Holly Foster Wells, Vice President of Peggy
Karen Oberlin: A Daring Dame at Feinstein’s
Friday, July 27th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
There are things we’ve learned to expect of a Karen Oberlin show: that she be genteel, sincere and a sensitive balladeer. The vocalist’s current program
You Are the Reason—Elizabeth Sullivan
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Elizabeth (Betty) Sullivan floated into town this Mother’s Day to be celebrated by two of her eight singing progeny—KT and Stacy Sullivan—and, in turn, to
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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