This a scene from the Comedy Short, SR STORIES (rough-edit),
where I play the absurdly quirky Danny.
Pause the song now playing with controls in the
upper left-hand corner of this page, then just click the video above to watch it.
You can watch it in HD and/or Full-Screen with the controls on bottom-right corner of the video.
LONDON & Just Beyond My NYC Return
Here are some reviews of the West End (London) show, PERSONALS, a comedy by the creators & writers of TV's FRIENDS along with music by multiple Academy Award winners, Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Little Shop of Horrors,
Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pocahontas, Prince of Egypt, Godspell & Pippin) and I'm sure you should know the song performed by The Rembrandts, the FRIENDS theme song, I'll Be There For You, written by Michael Skloff ...
PERSONALS, Sam, Apollo Theatre, London
The boyish charms of Marcus Allen Cooper are enough to set any heart aflutter •THEATREWORLD INTERNET MAGAZINE
Marcus Allen Cooper - easy on the eye and ear •Nicholas de Jongh, EVENING STANDARD
Other highlights include… Marcus Allen Cooper and … as nervous lonely neighbors who find themselves on a blind date together •Charles Spencer, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
"Marcus Allen Cooper impresses in the number Moving In With Linda." •Lisa Martland, THE STAGE
My favorite line is spoken by (Marcus Allen Cooper) [as] a Jewish mother to her picky unmarried daughter… •Georgina Brown, MAIL ON SUNDAY -------------------------------------------------------
When I first came back to NYC, I had an opportunity to play a role that so fits into the range of parts that I'd already done AND I couldn't pass up a chance to perform SHE LOVES ME as Georg Nowack...
[In Georg whose soul mostly glitters on paper, Marcus Allen Cooper skillfully crafted the enigmatic Clark Kent-type role of our hero.] •Clark Gesner (writer of You're A Good Man Charlie Brown), BROOKLYN HEIGHTS PRESS
Marcus Allen Cooper as Georg Nowack is convincing both as the arrogant co-worker and the besotted swain. And he gives a rousing rendition of "She Loves Me" •Paulanne Simmons, THE BROOKLYN PAPERS
There were a couple OTHER London Productions that stand out in my mind including a Tour-de-force role in a Neil Simon/Burt Bacharach collaboration based on the Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot) film, The Apartment, that starred Shirley MacLaine as Fran & Jack Lemmon as Chuck Baxter
PROMISES PROMISES as Chuck Baxter @ The Bridewell Theatre, London
Marcus Allen Cooper plays Chuck – in a star performance of great charm. •Michael Darvell, WHAT’S ON
Marcus Allen Cooper puts in a thoroughly wholesome performance. •Patrick Marmion, TIME OUT [London]
Marcus Allen Cooper who gives us a spirited and charming performance. •Aline Waites, PLAYS & PLAYERS
A charming performance from Marcus Allen Cooper. •Bill Hagerty, NEWS OF THE WORLD
Cooper has sweet bounce to him. •Kate Bassett, THE TIMES
THEN I got to play a definitive Stephen Sondheim role where I play the lead character from the ages 19 - 39 years...
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, Franklin Shepard, @ The Greenwich Playhouse, London
[Along with the few tender moments afforded his character], Marcus Allen Cooper certainly captures the arrogant air of Shepard •Lisa Martland, THE STAGE
The three old friends are beautifully performed by Marcus Allen Cooper, Marc Joseph and Tracy Wiles •Baz Bamingboye, DAILY MAIL
Marcus Allen Cooper, Marc Joseph, and Tracy Wiles are all well cast as Frank, Charlie and Mary. They sing with skill and assurance and perform with a level of accomplishment that transcends. •Darryl McCarthy, KENTISH TIMES
Artwork used for our Original London Production of PERSONALS and then used for the only available Cast Recording. I'm the guy in the middle, A Night Alone, one of my offbeat songs from the show should be playing from the player in the upper left corner of this page & there's a link to the iTunes page for the show down below...
THIS is the odd artwork that was chosen
for the out-of-town & West End run...
I preferred the cartoon on the left!!
Yeah, kind of cool... On a lake at Interlochen Arts Academy, Michigan. I think this is for the yearbook & WAS taken in the Autumn of my senior year of high school (17 years old). That surprises most people as they think I looked older then, than I do now... it's a nice thought!
