167 stories by "Alix Cohen"
Great authentic folk music and a timely, touching play By Alix Cohen Mira (Tora Nogami Alexander), a biracial, Korean American, classical violinist, and her boyfriend Beckett (Morgan Morse) …
Songs by James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, and Clint Holmes performed with brio By Alix Cohen There are entertainers and there are entertainers. We north-easterners think of Las Vegas performers …
A confirmed Francophile lyrically shares her love of The City of Light By Alix Cohen Karen Akers may be a reincarnated French woman. Her love of Paris runs beyond personal experience to a ki…
A Preview of The Metropolitan Opera's Imaginative, Upcoming Production By Alix Cohen Tonight's glimpse into The Metropolitan Opera's upcoming production of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier…
France's welcome to American jazz " Edifying and Entertaining By Alix Cohen After World War I, American jazz musicians"many of them Black expatriates"found a welcoming audience in Paris. The…
One more performance at 54 Below " September 14, 2025 By Alix Cohen Billy Stritch and Nicolas King swing like the rest of us breathe- naturally, as if informed by DNA. Clearly a mutual admir…
By Alix Cohen A well researched, little known, true Civil War story featuring three formidable women, each dedicated to her own divisive patriotism. 1861- 1865. The Richmond, Virginia home o…
By Alix Cohen "Give me time and I'll give you a revolution." Alexander McQueen (1969-2010) Though set in the world of fashion (marvelous costume and accessory design by Kaye Voyce), this mig…
By Alix Cohen Without other similarity to the character Baby June from Gypsy, Rachel Matz Hunter might be called "a five foot two bundle of dynamite." Diminutive only in stature, the talente…
By Alix Cohen Lisa Viggiano puts her whole self into a song. You can practically see the music coursing through her body. She has control, range, and offers distinctive phrasing. Wells Hanle…
By Alix Cohen "Dotty had a mind like a steel trap- and a tongue to match." Robert Benchley Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) was a poet, short story writer, screenwriter, critic, and satirist known…
By Alix Cohen It's the bees' knees! * An instrumental "After You've Gone" (Turner Layton/Henry Creamer) sashays in. Trombone surges, cornet and clarinet shimmy, sax kicks up. Tonight's band …
By Alix Cohen "We were looking for artists who bring something new to the table, not just the songs." Alexa Spiegel Broadway's Supper Club, 54 Below, is vested in helping artists. Many music…
By Alix Cohen "We were looking for artists who bring something new to the table, not just the songs." (Alexa Siegel) Broadway's Supper Club, 54 Below, is vested in helping artists. Many musi…
Review by Alix Cohen With this 11" x 17" book, you too can put a Hirschfeld on your wall or gift an uber-fan. There are 58 pages, 50 drawings and 25 glossy, thick, ready to frame posters. Al…
By Alix Cohen "My goal is to capture the evanescent quality of existence." Tennessee Williams Tennessee Williams (Thomas Lanier Williams III 1911- 1983) was one of the most influential Ameri…
By Alix Cohen The Chinese legend The Butterfly Lovers (æ¢å±±ä¼¯ä¸Žç¥è‹±å°, or Liang Zhu) traces its origins to the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317"420 AD), a time marked by…
By Alix Cohen Disguise, mistaken identity, role reversal, breached social boundaries, servants mocking masters, fools speaking truth, status quo suspended…Written in 1602 for Twelfth Night…
By Alix Cohen The Legacy of a Master Composer Henry Mancini (1924"1994) was an influential and versatile American composer. He began as a pianist and arranger for the Glenn Miller Orchestra …
Nostalgic Music of Teenage Summer By Alix Cohen "It's summertime summertime sum sum summertime…" (Tom Jameson) Christopher Denny and Tom Hubbard sing. Later, the two add "bad a-da da-da da…
By Alix Cohen The 19th Annual United Solo Festival launches October 14 and continues through November 23. Its roster of one person pieces written predominantly by each show's performer, feat…
By Alix Cohen "I was never an actress"none of us kids at MGM were. We were just good to look at." Ava " The Secret Conversations was based on candid interviews conducted by ghost writer, jou…
A Three-Night Celebration of Song, Style, and the Spirit of Cabaret By Alix Cohen "Grab your coat and grab your hat/Leave your worries on the doorstep…" The 36th Annual New York Cabaret Co…
The loving, challenging romance of Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner By Alix Cohen Comic actors/writers Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner met in 1980 on set of the forgettable caper film Hanky Panky. …
The 2000 year-old rivalry of two fatally seductive, bloodsucking actresses in a cult classic by the inimitable Charles Busch By Alix Cohen Onto the 54 Below stage file very old friends, but …
