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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First Show:
Fiddler on the RoofFavorite Show:
RagtimeFavorite Stories:
- 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.
BWW Interviews: Sven Ortel, Master Projection Designer
May 18, 2013
May 18, 2013
It's not your imagination. There are more projections at the theatre. Are they just glorified PowerPoint slides? Not at all. Sven Ortel, the projection designer, explains it all to you.
BWW Reviews: THE DINING ROOM at Westport Country Playhouse
May 7, 2013
May 7, 2013
What's on the menu? Nostalgia and Change
BWW Reviews: RIDE THE TIGER at Long Wharf Theatre
April 8, 2013
April 8, 2013
He (or she) who rides a tiger can never descend.
BWW Reviews: CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS at Long Wharf
February 25, 2013
February 25, 2013
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, we are our parents, after all.
BWW Reviews: Bridgeport's Downtown Cabaret Children's Theatre Updates BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
January 22, 2013
January 22, 2013
Beauty, Princess Leia, the Beast and the Jedi curse!
BWW Reviews: BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL Brings High Camp to Mamaroneck
January 21, 2013
January 21, 2013
The implausible story came straight from the bottom of the barrel tabloid, The Weekly World News. Three teenage spelunkers in West Virginia find a half human/half bat creature. The local sheriff brings him to the home of the town's veterinarian, Dr. Parker, whose kind wife, Meredith, takes care of him and transforms him into a likeable person. Their rebellious teenage daughter, Shelley, falls in love with him and Meredith reveals a shocking secret: Bat Boy is Shelley's twin brother!
BWW Reviews: JANUARY JOINER is Long on Hope, Short on Results at Long Wharf Theatre
January 21, 2013
January 21, 2013
Why can't we be happy just as we are?
Sherry Cohen's Picks for The Best of 2012
December 28, 2012
December 28, 2012
It's always hard for me to come up with the best of anything in entertainment. With my backstage theatre background, I'm obsessed with detail, and I can't simply sit back and enjoy any show. As a writer, I'm obsessed with the words, the sentence, the grammar, etc., and I can never read strictly for pleasure. In the pressure cooker of coming up with the best picks for 2012, I have a mixed pot.
BWW Reviews: Not Dead Yet: THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE at Long Wharf Theatre
December 10, 2012
December 10, 2012
A noble, but flawed adaptation of Frank Marcus's trailblazing play.
Town Players Make English Christmas Pantomime New Canaan Tradition in LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, Now thru 12/16
December 8, 2012
December 8, 2012
Not your usual fairy tales!
BWW Reviews: A RAISIN IN THE SUN Still Packs Power
October 16, 2012
October 16, 2012
Phylicia Rashad just may have directed the definitive version of Lorraine Hansbury's A Raisin in the Sun.
BWW Interviews: Sean Pomposello Talks About Eye Catching Posters and Programs
October 1, 2012
October 1, 2012
What do you think about when you see a poster or theatre program?
BWW Interviews: Edward Burbridge Talks About Designing Sets
October 1, 2012
October 1, 2012
You'll never look at another set without thinking about what goes into creating it.
BWW Reviews: Chad Beguelin's Character-Driven HARBOR Premiere at Westport Country Playhouse
October 1, 2012
October 1, 2012
Meet the family! The theme of what makes a family is at the heart of Harbor, the world premiere of Chad Beguelin's first non-musical play. The strength of the play is that the character-driven plot keeps the audience members on their toes.
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