Original Cast Recording: The Gig, CD

The Original Off Broadway Cast album of a Concert performance of this interesting Musical at The York Theatre, New York.

"A WINNING MUSICAL steeped in the tradition of old-time, good time musical comedy! A splendid opening number travels, builds and sustains the feel, the flow and the life of a real musical, following the style of COMEDY TONIGHT and TRADITION! Under a consistently traceable Sondheim influence, Mr. Cohen is a mellower, softer disciple, chronicling disillusion without a trace of the cynical or the sinister, only the wistful, with a touch of the poignant. Alvin, Klein, THE NEW YORK TIMES (New Jersey edition)

A GREAT SHOW! If originality and style mixed with solid music and clever lyrics, all blended with humour and pathos still count in the theatre world, this show should have a solid future ahead! NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO A FUNNY AND TOUCHING NEW MUSICAL. Cohens writing, both of dialogue and lyrics, is clever and poignant. His music is similarly telling¦Cohen vividly depicts the vicissitudes of life as a paid musician. THE BOSTON GLOBE FOUR STARS! HIGHEST RATING! THE GIG is a rich look at ˜regular guys! THE SACRAMENTO BEE

THE GIG IS A CHARMER “ WARM, HUMAN, FAST, FUNNY, UPBEAT & FRESH THE RECORD (Sacramento) 

Upon pressing the play button, Cohen launched into his bravura opening sequence (Farewell Mere Existence, Hello Jazz!) and I was instantly engrossed. Cohen takes six solitary characters, adrift in separate lives, and linked only by their Wednesday night jam session, and in 11 minutes builds the basis for a musical. From there on, I found myself listening intently to just about every moment of The Gig. Cohen, as in No Way to Treat a Lady, is a keen and clever composer/lyricist, with an offbeat sense and a penchant for sly surprises.  Steven Suskin, PLAYBILL.COM (Review of the CD)"

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