Press - M a t t h e w L o r e n C o h e n

T h e D a i l y S h o w w i t h J o n S t e w a r t

"The entire short, narrated by Nathan Lane, is a pretty delightful bit of high snark — but it soars to the sublime when the cast of Jersey Boys gets involved."

"Anyway, in true 'Daily Show' fashion, they end the whole shebang with a fabulous musical number dedicated to one Mr. Sean Hannity."

"Surely Sean Hannity, everlasting treasure of the Empire State, will be unable to resist the lure of a flashy Broadway chorus number written specifically for him?"

"But unlike the rest of us, Stewart has access to a production crew and the stars of stage and screen who call NYC home. So he did what any concerned citizen would do and made a PSA begging Sean Hannity not to leave."

B e s t M u s i c a l !

BEST OF 2012

"Most new musicals take years to develop. Porchlight Music Theatre’s new improvised show, Best Musical!, cranks out a new one every week—in about an hour."

"'Best Musical!' was the best improv show I've seen in a long time. Go see it."

Best of On the Fringe in 2013: Honorary Mention

"Porchlight delivers a delightful 'Best Musical"

*Reader Recommended!

"Porchlight Music Theatre's foray into improvisation is fast-paced fun."

"A night of superlative entertainment."

"I just had the time of my life at [Porchlight's] new production, 'Best Musical!', a completely improvised musical comedy."

"'Best Musical!' proves you can create an entertaining musical comedy during an intermission with just a little dose of inspiration."

T h e N u c l e a r F a m i l y

"One can still express admiration for the cleverness and quick thinking brought to the performance in multiple roles by the actors, Jimmy Bennett, John Gregorio and Stephen Guarino, and by Matthew Loren Cohen at the piano."

"'Oh this sounds familiar, so, so familiar,' Bennett crooned in a song created spontaneously — all the songs are — as the plot progressed, no, tilted toward Albee-esque metaphysics."

"Soars into the stratosphere of comedy, due entirely to a trio of fearless and talented performers—Jimmy Ray Bennett, John Gregorio, and Stephen Guarino—and a gifted composer-musician, Matthew Loren Cohen."

T h e S e c o n d C i t y D o e s D a l l a s

"Music by Matthew Loren Cohen, who plays keyboard at the side of the stage, keeps the energy levels high."

"Music director and composer Matthew Loren Cohen plays keyboards and offers sound effects. A thoughtful soundtrack of North Texas music (Old 97's, Michelle Shocked, Dixie Chicks, etc.) fills out pre-show, intermission and incidental music."

S p o i l e r A l e r t : E v e r y b o d y D i e s

"'Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies' effectively demonstrates why this troupe is a veritable Comstock Lode of comic ingenuity."

"'Spoiler Alert' is so entertaining that you will enjoy it at face value, it’s only if you choose to take the extra moment afterwards that you start to wonder if we are just a burrito being manipulated by something bigger in life."

"A little edgy, a little existential and a lot funny, Second City's 'Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies,' is a high-energy riff on the idea, more or less, that we are all fated to the lives we wind up leading."

"Matthew Loren Cohen provides musical accompaniment as well as the soundscape for the evening. It takes three keyboards and a laptop running QLab to pull it all off and Cohen does so with great ease."

C h a r m e d a n d D a n g e r o u s

"Matthew Loren Cohen is the fine pianist and music director."

T h e S e c o n d C i t y D o e s A r i z o n a ,
o r C l o s e b u t N o S a g u a r o

"Music director and onstage keyboardist Matthew Loren Cohen contributes skillfully."

"The show...skewers us in song and sketch and is rife, of course, with wisecracks about brown people and immigration reform."