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December 29 • 2005

SOUTHFIELD

Kate Willinger Manfre41, left; plays the dete
's mother, as well as four
other roles, and Andrew Huff plays the serial killer in No Way to Treat a Lady.

Cape Cod and was able to observe peo-
ple and the kind of inhibitions that fell
by the wayside once they were in an
inebriated state Cohen recalls. `After I
moved to New York, I decided my
ing was writing; [it was] something
that I felt I needed to do."
Cohen's first profeskonal assign-
ment in New York was composing
music for This Week in the Suburbs, a
small revue done 'by a club. As he's
gone on to various projects, the writer-
composer thinks of his song "Thank
You for Today" from The Big Time as
most descriptive of his own feelings.
"The song gives thanks forthe
smaller details in life, such as the scent
of evergreen, and moves on to bigger
issues, such as friendships and the
strength to rise whenever we fall:'
•Cohen explains. "I think the song
shows my spiritual connection."
Cohen, married and the father of a
10-year-old son, -wrote the lyrics for
the show Children's Letters to God,
which recently concluded a six=month
run Off- Broadway and is scheduled to
be performed in Detroit this spring.
Current commitments include The
Opposite of Sex, a show about an off-
beat sister-brother relationship, and
Barnstormer, a musical about African-
American aviatrix Bessie Coleman.
"I identify a lot with No Way to Treat
a Lady and take pride in the songs,
such as 'One of the Beautiful People;
`So Far, So Good' and 'So Much in

Common," Cohen reveals. "I also like
the songs that are a little quirkier, .
including 'What Shall I-Sing for You?'
and 'Front Page News.'
"I wrote this show at a time in my
life when I had recently left home. I
still felt I was very much a part of my
family and tied to my parents like
Morris Brummel was to his mother.
This show was a chance to find my
own voice in musical theater and make
a statement.
"It did just that, and I won a
Richard Rodgers Development Award
and got a major New York production.
It has traveled around the country and
been translated into other languages.
It was a significant way of achieving
some kind of independence and
recognition." ❑

No Way to Treat a Lady
runs Jan. 4-29 at Meadow

Brook Theatre on the cam-
pus of Oakland University in
Rochester. Performances
begin at 8 p.m. Wednesdays-
Saturdays-, except for a 6
p.m. curtain Jan. 21, and 2
and 6:30 p.m. Sundays.
Matinees also are scheduled'
Jan. 14, 18, 25 and 28. The
last show is the matinee on
Jan. 29. $20-$36.
(248) 377-3300.