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SHARLEEN COOPER COHEN
Co-Author

Sharleen Cooper Cohen began as a highly successful interior designer. She wrote seven published novels: The Day After Tomorrow, Repeat Performance, The Ladies of Beverley Hills, Marital Affairs, Love Sex and Money, Lives of Value and Innocent Gestures (over two million in print: U.S., Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden, China, The United Kingdom.) Three optioned for film and television. Theatre projects Sheba, (book, lyrics, co-producer) music by Gary William Friedman, produced Off-Broadway 91st Street Playhouse one of their most successful shows, an excellent New York Times review and Honorable Mention in the Stage Play Script Category, Writer’s Digest. Stormy Weather, the Lena Horne musical, received Honorable Mention in the Stage Play Script Category, Writer’s Digest, produced at The Prince Music Theatre, Philadelphia, starring Leslie Uggams. Broke all box office records. West Coast premiere of Stormy Weather starring Leslie Uggams was produced at The Pasadena Playhouse, held over by popular demand, broke all box office records. Production is planned for 2022. SCC co-wrote and produced with Gordon Frost Productions the world premiere of An Officer and a Gentleman at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney, Australia. Producer Broadway: -Indecent (Tony nomination) -An American in Paris (Tony nomination) -The Velocity of Autumn, Street Corner Symphony. London’s West End: Jerry Herman’s The Best of Times. Producer credits: Cookin’ at the Cookery. Projects in development: Blackout (book and lyrics by Cooper Cohen), music by Debra Barsha Who Killed Marilyn? an original play, Paying Natasha, original screenplay in pre-production. The God Frequency, TV series based on Drawing in the Dust by Zoe Klein. Cooper Cohen serves on the board of Amas Musical Theatre, Living Heritage Foundation and is Vice President of The American Friends of The National Trust of Italy (FAI)