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The Way I Am – A New Light Shimmers in Cabaret
Monday, April 1st, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Eva Kantor fills a stage with fresh air. From songs made conversational to warm patter, sincerity anchors her debut solo show. Here I stand at
Woman Around Town: Arena Stage’s Molly Smith—Showcasing American Musicals and Plays
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Woman Around Town
When The Music Man won the 1957 Tony Award, it beat out another musical heavyweight, Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story. The two productions opened on
Tanya Holt—A Vocalist with Brio
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Holiday lights had nothing on the rarely seen Tanya Holt on December 10 as she illuminated Urban Stages, helping to close their talent packed Winter
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
Woman Around Town: Hilary Kole—Jazz is Her Bailiwick
Monday, February 21st, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town
Twenty-one year-old Hilary Kole attended The Manhattan School of Music as a Jazz Commercial Composition major, one of three program auditions she passed with flying
Jim Caruso’s Cast Party at Town Hall—
Ultimate Open Mike To Bring Out the Stars
Monday, February 14th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
Jim Caruso was born an only child in Pittsburgh. “I would watch the Osmonds’ Christmas Show and break into tears,” he says with a laugh.
Hilary Kole, The Real Thing
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
“You and the night and the music…” vamps the splendid Hilary Kole in the upbeat, jazzy version of Deitz & Schwartz opening her current show
Swing Detonates on 51st Street
Friday, October 29th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
The diminutive powerhouse, Terese Genecco, and Her Little Big Band “kick it” from Broadway clear across the Hudson, creating the kind of big, brassy, expansive
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