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Woman Around Town: Carole J. Bufford – Happiest On Stage
Monday, January 7th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town
In Lincolnton, the one-stoplight Georgia town where everyone knew everyone else, Carole J. Bufford was the four year-old who spontaneously stood on a church pew
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
Woman Around Town: Jennifer Sheehan Has a Calling
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town
The little brown-haired daughter born to Jan and Diane Sheehan almost arrived performing. At 2 ½ she could credibly manage “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” “in
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
Mark Nadler: Contemporary Vaudevillian and Happy Guy
Monday, September 26th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Mark Nadler and I are the only diners in the otherwise closed second floor at Sardi’s this quiet, weekday afternoon. Greeting manager and waiters by
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
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
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
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