167 stories by "Alix Cohen"
What seems like beneficence turns out to be strategic trivializing of American culture By Alix Cohen While 53% of Americans believe Shakespeare is one of the greatest playwrights of all time…
A selection of songs from Charles Strouse musicals that never made it to Broadway and stories from those who had the pleasure of working with him. By Alix Cohen The 8th iteration of Broadway…
Mark Morris Dance Group Choreographer Mark Morris uses diverse music to explore. By Alix Cohen The forty-fifth anniversary of Mark Morris Dance Group finds its founder and company at The Joy…
By Alix Cohen... Composer/lyricist Joe Iconis is as well known for his crossover professional/ personal Family of artists as he is for his iconoclastic musicals.
The post The Phenomenon of J…
By Alix Cohen... Composer/lyricist Joe Iconis is as well known for his crossover professional/personal Family of artists as he is for iconoclastic musicals.
The post The Phenomenon of Joe Ic…
By Alix Cohen... A bickering married couple and an unlikely murder suspect comprise two one acts by the deft Lanford Wilson.
The post "Who We Become" " One Act Plays by Lanford Wilson appea…
By Alix Cohen… Heads Up, Theater Writers! Founded in 1962 by former president of The Dramatists Guild, lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, the Dramatists Guild Foundation offers financial aid, rehea…
By Alix Cohen... Shared stories of lifelong friends induce a new neighbor to reveal hidden sorrow
The post "The Weir"- Camaraderie, Alcohol, and Ghost Stories appeared first on Theater Pizza…
Characterization is focused and riveting. The production feels mystical.
Both Haley and Andrea Burns are appealing and sympathetic. Burns is charming. It seems as if the actress is recalling events on the spot. She's practically never still, whirling around the r…
14-year-old Bronwyn Chochinov always loved to draw. As a 4th and 5th grader, she contributed ongoing comic strips in her school's High School newspaper How to Survive 4th Grade, and How to S…
Despite making her debut at The Player's Club in 1993 and four years spent in prison for murdering a competing actress " "I wrapped the jump rope around her fat neck and pushed her over the…
Impressive technology, imaginative visuals, and thumping, electronic music keep stage energy high. Encouraged to do so, the mostly youthful audience raucously voices enthusiasm provoking a s…
You are cordially invited to a 1937 weekend at Ten Chimneys, the beautiful, Wisconsin summer home of Alfred Lunt (Byron Jennings) and Lynn Fontanne (Carolyn McCormick). Deemed the "celestial…
Heads up! There are singing, dancing, dinosaurs on Vandam Street, they know where we are, and they've discovered the truth! Decidedly NOT a children's musical, Triassic Parq is a completely …
7th MONARCH is first rate: fresh, riveting, and meticulously constructed. The theater fades. Time passes with such concentrated energy, intermission is a surprise. Protagonists are compellin…
Attention thinking theater-goers! If you haven't caught up with Freud's Last Session, the return of its original cast should goose you into action. This is a really smart, intriguing play, n…
