Sherry Shameer Cohen is an award winning parachute journalist, ad copywriter, and photographer who is always looking for more challenging work. Her work has appeared in Connecticut Magazine, Greenwich Magazine, Stamford Plus, Norwalk Plus, The Advocate, Greenwich Time, The Minuteman, Connecticut Jewish Ledger, The Jewish Chronicle, The Jewish Press, The New Jewish Voice, and various daytime magazines. She has stage managed, designed flyers, programs and props for community theatre and reviewed theatre for the Connecticut Jewish Ledger, Theater Inform, and New England Entertainment Digest. She lives in Connecticut with her three drama kings - husband, Ken and sons Alexander Seth Cohen and Jonathan Ross Cohen.
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- BWW Interviews: GENEVA CARR - Geneva's background is so different from other performers. She was a Wall Street shark for quite some time before deciding that she was meant to act. She started late, but you would think she was acting her entire life.
- An Iliad at Long Wharf Theatre - I'm not a fan of the original book, but this production blew me away, especially with Rachel Christopher's narration of a story that has contemporary parallels. She has incredible stage presence and even studied ancient Greek long before the show. She is also a student of Taekwando, so she can kicka** on and off the stage.
- BWW Interview: Christine Scarfuto in New Haven - I like to interview the unsung heroes of theater. Christine is a dramaturg. I never knew there was such a job. Listening to a dramaturg talk about a play is truly enlightening because you learn so much about the background of the playwright and the times in which the play was written.
- BWW Interview: Ali Stroker On AN EVENING WITH ALI STROKER at Westport Country Playhouse - Ali overcame a devasting accident that left her paralyzed when she was a toddler. That didn't stop her from pursuing her dreams. She broke a glass ceiling for people with disabilities. Big mouth that I am, I told her that she should do Shakespeare and mentioned that I saw Darius de Hass in Twelfth Night in wheelchair after he injured his Achilles tendon. She seemed hesitant, but then she performed in Shakespeare in The Park. I was delighted when I saw her on Only Murders in the Building.
- Previews: SOMETHING ROTTEN! at Westhill High School - I knew Something Rotten! was not going to be your average high school show because it was produced by Stamford All-Schools Musicals. The directors, choreographers, costume designers, and set designers are all professionals and the student talent is incredible. All of them have had some stage experience and some have pursued professional careers. I knew this production would be good, but when I saw it, I was flabbergasted. I'd seen the show before at a community theater, but it was forgettable. This production was absolutely amazing.
An Iliad at Long Wharf Theatre
March 31, 2019
March 31, 2019
Don't let Greek history and mythology intimidate you. This excellent play has a tour de force performance by Rachel Christopher, who just might be the world's greatest but underdiscovered actress.
TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS at Long Wharf
February 23, 2019
February 23, 2019
Nia Vardalos and Cheryl Strayed offer good advice for life.
BWW Review: WEST SIDE STORY CONCERT in Norwalk
February 11, 2019
February 11, 2019
See one of your favorite Broadway shows in a world class concert hall. Stars Broadway performers Evy Ortiz and Bronson Norris Murphy.
BWW Review: MILLER, MISSISSIPPI at Long Wharf
February 3, 2019
February 3, 2019
Keep Miller, Mississippi on your theatre radar.
BWW Interview: Mona Golabek on her One Woman Show
December 19, 2018
December 19, 2018
If you think doing a one-person show is hard enough, try doing it as both a thespian and a musician.
BWW Review: THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE at Westport Country Playhouse
December 11, 2018
December 11, 2018
A decidedly different tale of surviving the Holocaust.
BWW Interview: Orange is The New Black's KELLY McANDREW
November 13, 2018
November 13, 2018
Kelly McAndrew delivers three incredible performances as grieving moms.
BWW Review: THOUSAND PINES at Westport
November 5, 2018
November 5, 2018
The national issue of gun violence is brought to the Westport Country Playhouse in the world premiere of Matthew Greene's Thousand Pines, directed by Austin Pendleton.
BWW Review: THE ROOMMATE at Long Wharf
October 22, 2018
October 22, 2018
Here's an odd couple for you. Warm, inviting, trusting Midwesterner Sharon (Linda Powell) and shadowy, cautious, tough-as-nails Robyn (Tasha Lawrence), whose last known residence was The Bronx. One suspects that Sharon, a 50something divorcee could use some extra money and, perhaps, some company. Robyn, also a divorcee and now self-proclaimed lesbian, needs some space from her shady past. Both have varying estranged relationships with their children (voiceovers by Isaac Bloodworth as Sharon's son and Moira Malone as Robyn's daughter).
BWW Interview: Barrymore Awards Nominee GISELA ADISA
October 22, 2018
October 22, 2018
Gisela Adisa just might be the next big name in theatre. A 2018 nominee for the Barrymore Awards for Outstanding Supporting Performance for Lights Out: Nat King Cole, she's got talent to spare, she's gorgeous, she's articulate, she's funny, and she's bold. She's appeared on Broadway in Beautiful and in the national tour of Sister Act. BroadwayWorld.com just had to get to know her better. Her first name is pronounced JEEZ-ela. Remember that. Catch her as she winds up her role as the definitive Aldonza in Man of La Mancha at the Westport Country Playhouse (www.westportplayhouse).
BWW Review: MAN OF LA MANCHA at Westport Country Playhouse
October 1, 2018
October 1, 2018
Is there anything that Mark Lamos can't do extremely well when it comes to theater? His latest show at the Westport Country Playhouse, Man of La Mancha, is beyond masterful, from the direction to the performances to the choreography to the set design. Even if you think you've seen this show at least once before, you haven't really seen it until you've seen Lamos's Man of La Mancha. Dale Wasserman's book, Mitch Leigh's music, and Joe Darion's lyrics are still delightful, but Lamos's magic touch adds so much more.
THE UNDERSTUDY at Westport Country Playhouse
August 19, 2018
August 19, 2018
There's no better way to end the summer than by seeing The Understudy at Connecticut's legendary theatre.
BWW Review: A FLEA IN HER EAR at Westport Country Playhouse
July 16, 2018
July 16, 2018
Three years ago, this reviewer suggested that it was time to rediscover French theatre with the Westport Country Playhouse's production of David Ives's transplantation of Pierre Corneille's 1643 comedy, The Liar (Le Menteur). Happily, Mark Lamos, artistic director of the WCP, now brings us Ives's adaptation of Georges Feydeau's 1907 farce, A Flea in Her Ear (La puce a l'oreille).
BWW Review: THIRD at Milford Center For The Arts
June 5, 2018
June 5, 2018
Third, the final play written by Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein, closes the Eastbound Theatre's season at the Milford Center for the Arts.
BWW Review: FLYIN' WEST at Westport Country Playhouse
June 4, 2018
June 4, 2018
Tour-de-force performance in Pearl Cleage's thought-provoking play.
BWW Review: CROWNS at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre
April 30, 2018
April 30, 2018
Does anyone still wear a hat? sang Elaine Stritch in Company. The answer is a definite yes in Regina Taylor's Crowns, the final production of Long Wharf Theatre's 2017-2018 regular season.
BWW Reviews: BASKERVILLE in New Haven
March 13, 2018
March 13, 2018
Mystery or comedy? Enjoy both in Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery.
BWW Reviews: OFFICE HOUR in New Haven
January 28, 2018
January 28, 2018
Julia Cho's compelling play, Office Hour, runs through Feb. 11 @Long_Wharf.
BWW Reviews: Chaim Potok's THE CHOSEN in New Haven
December 4, 2017
December 4, 2017
Masterful direction and superb performances make THE CHOSEN a must-see.
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