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Colleen McHugh Sings Cole Porter: C’est Si Bon
Thursday, July 12th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Colleen McHugh would’ve been a natural jazz baby. Prêt-à-Porter, her celebration of Cole Porter is predominantly up-tempo, insouciant, eager and, at last, a touch melancholy.
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
The Songs That Mabel Sang—A Birthday Anniversary Concert Celebrating Mabel Mercer
Monday, February 6th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
No one could put a song across like the great Mabel Mercer. The likes of Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne and Peggy Lee attributed her with teaching
Urban Stages Honors the Keeper of the Flame
Sunday, December 4th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
*Check the full upcoming schedule for a wide variety of intimate venue, reasonably priced musical events. Donald Smith, Executive Director and Founder of The Mabel
A Family Takes Care of Its Own
Monday, February 28th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Familial—An adjective describing extended family based on affinity, economy, culture, tradition, honor, respect and friendship. On Friday night, the (deeply familial) cabaret community turned out
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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