'Broad Strokes' Off Broadway Review: Cat Cohen Delights With a Near-Death Experience

The big surprise isn't her subject matter. It's that she sings about having a stroke at age 32. If Beyoncé or Taylor Swift sang about having "a hole in my heart," it would be just another lovesick anthem. With Cat Cohen, she literally had a hole in her heart that led to a stroke just as she was about to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2023. Her wonderfully performed (and titled) one-person show "Broad Strokes" opened Monday at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Comics often throw some bit of human tragedy into their acts to show us they have a heart. Since Cohen's heart was . . .