Mitchell Samuel Kogan

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Jordan Lawrence soars in royal role at Rivertown Theaters
March 22, 2025March 28, 2025

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) The Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “The Princess and the Pea” is the basis for Once Upon a Mattress, the 1959 musical that launched the Broadway career of Carol Burnett as Princess Winifred – “Fred” for short – the Wobegone. A 1996 production starring Sarah Jessica Parker…

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Rivertown scores major hit with ‘Assassins’
October 27, 2023November 4, 2023

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) When most people consider the macabre work of Stephen Sondheim and his delicious sense of dark humor, they typically point to Sweeney Todd as his greatest achievement. While that may well be for most of his fans, the fact is the tale of the “demon barber of…

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