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Sherry Shameer Cohen

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 Roof

Favorite Show:

Ragtime

Favorite 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 Review: MAN OF LA MANCHA at Westport Country Playhouse
BWW Review: MAN OF LA MANCHA at Westport Country Playhouse
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
THE UNDERSTUDY at Westport Country Playhouse
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
BWW Review: A FLEA IN HER EAR at Westport Country Playhouse
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
BWW Review: THIRD at Milford Center For The Arts
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
BWW Review: FLYIN' WEST at Westport Country Playhouse
June 4, 2018

Tour-de-force performance in Pearl Cleage's thought-provoking play.

BWW Review: CROWNS at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre
BWW Review: CROWNS at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre
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
BWW Reviews: BASKERVILLE in New Haven
March 13, 2018

Mystery or comedy? Enjoy both in Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery.

BWW Reviews: OFFICE HOUR in New Haven
BWW Reviews: OFFICE HOUR in New Haven
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
BWW Reviews: Chaim Potok's THE CHOSEN in New Haven
December 4, 2017

Masterful direction and superb performances make THE CHOSEN a must-see.

BWW Reviews: ROMEO AND JULIET in Westport
BWW Reviews: ROMEO AND JULIET in Westport
November 14, 2017

Think you've seen it enough times? Not like this.

BWW Interviews: JANE LYNCH, Coming to Ridgefield Playhouse
BWW Interviews: JANE LYNCH, Coming to Ridgefield Playhouse
November 4, 2017

Celebrations start right after Thanksgiving coast-to-coast.

BWW Interviews: VANESSA WILLIAMS, Coming To Ridgefield Playhouse
BWW Interviews: VANESSA WILLIAMS, Coming To Ridgefield Playhouse
October 26, 2017

Worth the trip! You've heard of triple threat talents, right? Performers who can act, sing and dance. When Vanessa Williams comes to the Ridgefield Playhouse on Saturday, November 4, audiences will experience entertainment on a much higher stratosphere.

BWW Reviews: FIREFLIES at New Haven's Long Wharf
BWW Reviews: FIREFLIES at New Haven's Long Wharf
October 23, 2017

Jane Alexander, Judith Ivey, Dennis Arndt, and Christopher Michael McFarland light up world premiere of Matthew Barber's Fireflies.

BWW Review: SEX WITH STRANGERS at Westport Country Playhouse
BWW Review: SEX WITH STRANGERS at Westport Country Playhouse
October 2, 2017

How well do we really know each other -- and ourselves? Engaging script and performers a must-see!

BWW Features: Going PLACES with Nazimova and Parity Productions
BWW Features: Going PLACES with Nazimova and Parity Productions
July 20, 2017

The most famous actress you've never heard of.

BWW Reviews: GROUNDED in Westport
BWW Reviews: GROUNDED in Westport
July 18, 2017

Elizabeth Stahlmann gives a tour de force performance.

Westport Welcomes MICHAEL BARKER
Westport Welcomes MICHAEL BARKER
July 17, 2017

Makes magic happen after bursting bubbles.

BWW Reviews: LETTICE AND LOVAGE in Westport
BWW Reviews: LETTICE AND LOVAGE in Westport
June 4, 2017

History need never be dull.

BWW Reviews: THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ROOM IN NEW YORK in New Haven
BWW Reviews: THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ROOM IN NEW YORK in New Haven
May 15, 2017

Yummy new musical @Long_Wharf, from the city that offers Apizza and created the hamburger.

BWW Interview: Anastasia Barzee of THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ROOM IN NEW YORK
BWW Interview: Anastasia Barzee of THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ROOM IN NEW YORK
April 24, 2017

What do you do when rents rise astronomically?



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