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 œCOMEDY TONIGHT and œTRADITION! 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) œA 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 œA 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 œFOUR STARS! HIGHEST RATING! THE GIG is a rich look at ˜regular guys! THE SACRAMENTO BEE œTHE GIG IS A CHARMER “ WARM, HUMAN, FAST, FUNNY, UPBEAT & FRESH THE RECORD (Sacramento) œUpon pressing the play button, Cohen launched into his bravura opening sequence (œFarewell 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)"