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Serendipity Spring – Elizabeth Sullivan 2013
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Elizabeth Sullivan, vocalist, songwriter, pianist, teacher and not incidentally mother to a dynasty of performers, made her Algonquin Hotel debut Mother’s Day 2000. Thirteen Mays
The Mabel Mercer Foundation – A Passing of the Baton
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
“Cabaret is by nature a fragile and personal kind of entertainment. With virtually no media support system, it endures, as do the vibrant brigade of
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
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
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
Woman Around Town: KT Sullivan—
Bubbles in a Glass of Champagne
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town
“Like the bubbles in a glass of champagne” You Go to My Head (Haven Gillespie/J. Fred Coots) If Con Ed could wire KT Sullivan, Manhattan
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