David Cohen News

Freud The Musical returns to the King's Head Theatre for an extended run this month. A one-woman show about sex, madness and medicine, Freud The Musical is by Natasha Sutton-Williams and will run Monday 22nd August and Tuesday 23rd August.

 The famed ACTORS STUDIO comes to Ridgefield! Audience members will be treated to a "sneak peek" of this legendary acting troupes production of Old Times before it heads to NYC!  This is truly a unique collaboration between The Ridgefield Playhouse and the world-famous ACTORS STUDIO where theatre fans get to attend the premiere production of work developed during a two week intensive workshop here in Ridgefield. 

PMJ Productions present the World Premiere of Sket, by Maya Sondhi, at Park Theatre (PARK90) from 19th April - 14th May. Designed and directed by Prav MJ, this insightful play follows the lives of six young adults as they negotiate the minefield of technological advances, ever-changing laws and moral dilemmas. Mistakes happen but now they can remain forever in the virtual domain. Press Night is Thursday 21st April, 7pm.

The Douglas Morrisson Theatre 2015-2016 Revelations Season continues with ONE FOR ALL: A Solo Artists Festival celebrating the amazing diversity of solo performers in the Bay Area. DMT's two-week solo theatre festival features nine different solo artists, April 8 through April 17, 2016, at the Douglas Morrisson Theatre, 22311 N. Third St. in Hayward, CA. Tickets are $20 general admission, children under 12 are $5, and are available through the Box Office at (510) 881-6777 or online at www.dmtonline.org.

Philadelphia Theatre Company (PTC) is pleased to announce the election of David L. Cohen and Stephen J. McConnell to its Board of Directors.  David Cohen will serve as Vice Chairman of the Board.  E. Gerald Riesenbach continues as Chairman of the Board and Elliot Schwartz as President.

Canongate is to become the digital publisher of Muriel Spark's seminal novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, as part of a nine book deal agreed by Louisa Joyner, Editorial Director of Fiction, with Georgia Glover at David Higham Associates on behalf of Muriel Spark's Estate.

Continuing its commitment to developing new works, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will gather playwrights and composers from across the nation for its 2015 New Works Festival at Palo Alto's Lucie Stern Theatre, where the public can attend performances, offer feedback, and participate in a panel discussion with the artists. 

ARC Stages presents the 2005 Tony Award-winning musical, The Light in the Piazza, opening today, March 20th at 8pm and continuing performances till March 29th.

ARC Stages presents the 2005 Tony Award-winning musical, The Light in the Piazza, opening March 20th at 8pm and continuing performances till March 29th.

Broward Stage Door has presented some fine musicals over the years. This show is one of their best.

The popular Ruth Easton New Play series at the Playwrights' Center continues in February with readings of the new play "Marie and Rosetta" by Core Writer George Brant. The play with music, about gospel greats Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight, will have two public readings: Monday, February 2 and Tuesday, February 3 at 7 p.m. at the Playwrights' Center, 2301 E. Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis. The readings are free but tickets go fast so claim yours at pwcenter.org before they are gone.

ARC Stages in Pleasantville is a fantastic new theater which will be performing the Stephen Sondheim classic musical ASSASSINS opening for 8 shows beginning tonight, November 7th, closing November 16th.

ARC Stages in Pleasantville is a fantastic new theater which will be performing the Stephen Sondheim classic musical ASSASSINS opening for 8 shows beginning this Friday November 7th, closing November 16th.

Ralph Lauren Corp. unveiled the high-performance, fashion-forward Polo Tech shirt on opening day of the US Open. The Polo Tech shirt is an innovative new product from a fashion brand that merges biometrics into active lifestyle apparel, marking a revolution in advanced technology designed to improve general wellness and increase personal fitness.

Who knew Shakespeare could be so VIRAL?

Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Producing Artistic Director, Todd Schmidt-Managing Director) continues its 75th Anniversary Season with another new musical The Other Josh Cohen. The Other Josh Cohen features a book, music and lyrics by David Rossmer and Steve Rosen. Ted Sperling (Striking 12, See What I Wanna See) will direct with musical staging by Andrew Palermo. Vadim Feichtner serves as Music Director. The Other Josh Cohen will feature Steve Rosen, David Rossmer, Hannah Elless, Vadim Feichtner, Cathryn Salamone, Ken Triwush and Kate Wetherhead. The Other Josh Cohen will play the Millburn, New Jersey theater from February 19 through March 16. The official press opening night is Sunday, February 23, 2014, at 7:00pm. The Other Josh Cohen is generously supported by individuals of Paper Mill Playhouse's Raise the Curtain campaign celebrating Paper Mill Playhouse's 75th Anniversary.

The Theatre @ Boston Court announces PLAY/ground, the annual New Play Festival November 9-10, 2013 at Boston Court Performing Arts Center in Pasadena, CA. Literary Managers Aaron Henne and Emilie Beck, in concert with Artistic Directors Jessica Kubzansky and Michael Michetti, have selected four plays to be presented as staged readings in the Marjorie Branson Performance Space.

'If It Flies, Floats, or Flirts...turn the page' by David Alan Cohen is a humorous and engaging account of dysfunctional and bored wealthy males who subscribe to this lifestyle and the potential repercussions that ensue as shared by the author who has been an employee and confidant to these participants for decades.

DC Moore Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of Barbara Takenaga's most recent paintings, which are her boldest and most diverse yet. Takenaga has recently introduced evocative horizon lines in her abstract explorations of pattern and movement, and this group suggests natural phenomena like never before. At the same time, Takenaga remains a committed abstractionist, pushing her radiating dots across these canvases in newly bright, saturated, and varied hues.Accompanying the exhibition is a fully illustrated catalogue with a conversation between Takenaga and Robert Kushner.

DC Moore Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of Barbara Takenaga's most recent paintings, which are her boldest and most diverse yet. Takenaga has recently introduced evocative horizon lines in her abstract explorations of pattern and movement, and this group suggests natural phenomena like never before. At the same time, Takenaga remains a committed abstractionist, pushing her radiating dots across these canvases in newly bright, saturated, and varied hues.Accompanying the exhibition is a fully illustrated catalogue with a conversation between Takenaga and Robert Kushner.