7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
 by Lisa Joy Reitman-Dobi A dissolute celebrity koala checks into a motel. Randomly Specific Theatre's Koalas Are Dicks is perched on the perfect premise for a farce…
by Alix Cohen Last year, in an effort to find connections between Marseille and his art, Jean-Christophe Born did internet research for a show about nineteenth century demi-mon…
by Michael Bracken Nobody likes to be Number 2. Just ask Harry (Mark Addy), the self-satisfied pub owner and barkeep at the center of Hangmen, at the Atlantic Theater Compa…
When Images Persist By Marcina Zaccaria Time Stands Still, produced by New Light Theater Project, premiered at the 13th Street Repertory Company. Sarah is the driving fo…
by Adam Cohen The quiet freemasonry of pride, time, companionship, and aging provides for a quiet but thought provoking production of Pulitzer Prize winner Alfred Uhry's Drivin…
Eight great singers sing the hell out of a familiar repertoire. By Joel Benjamin Every time I assume Scott Siegel has topped himself, he does it again. The Great Jewish …
by Matt Smith There's no doubt Feinstein's/54 Below was the place to be this past Tuesday night, when, at 9:30pm, it was "time to match the stars," and the intimate hotspot kic…
By Brian Scott Lipton I imagine every Encores! subscriber "or musical theatre aficionado " had their own personal choice of show with which to open the beloved City Center seri…
by Carol Rocamora There are lots of ways to tell a story in the theatre. But there are few as arresting and haunting as the way Adrienne Kennedy tells her new tale at the Theat…
The 28TH ANNUAL KLEBAN PRIZES FOR MUSICAL THEATRE were presented on February 5th  to Alan Schmuckler (the most promising musical theater lyricist, tie), Amanda Yesnowit…
by Grace Treston If there is one guarantee that this show gives, it's this: you will rarely see so much smiling in one place during a performance " from staff members, viewers,…
by Carol Rocamora She's back! Eve Ensler – playwright, performer, activist, force-of-nature – returns to the New York stages with a one-woman show that blows throug…
by Carole Di Tosti Love and hate are the companions of passion. These emotions are at the heart of profound and complex relationships that not even the lovers who say they love…
Photos: Maryann Lopiinto Orfeh and Andy Karl returned to Feinstein’s /54 Below repeating their show “Legally Bound” and also celebrating the release of their new CD by t…
Photos: Maya Werner Monday, February 5 was the 2018 Williamstown Theatre Festival Gala honoring Gary Levine. Red carpet arrivals included Artistic Director Mandy Greenfield,…
by Alix Cohen Kicking off African American History Month, Steven Reineke, Musical Director/Conductor of The New York Pops, welcomes guest artists James Monroe Ing…
by Carole Di Tosti Off-Axis Productions in association with Off  The Leash Productions's dark, romantic comedy The Chekhov Dreams by John McKinney provide a delightful, humo…
by Adam Cohen Thomas “Fats” Waller played piano and sang making life a party. A large man with an out-sized personality, he was known as much for making people laug…
by Adam Cohen Irony is alive and well. She strides the stage, resplendent in a glittery cocktail dress, telling a tale of a changing city and culture. And the st…
Grammy Award-winner Kirstin Maldonado, of the hit acapella group Pentatonix, made her Broadway debut as "Lauren" and Caroline Bowman rejoined the cas…
By Marilyn Lester You may think you know all about the sinking of RMS Titanic in the long ago seas of the North Atlantic, but you really don't know the half of it " at l…
by Lisa Joy Reitman-Dobi Monday night January 29 was anything but dark at Don't Tell Mama. The big room was teeming with talent and camaraderie. One would expect…
by Carol Rocamora A bare stage, a set of gilded chairs, a pair of huge mirrors, and presto " the remarkable life and times of Sergei Diaghilev are conjured up before our eyes. …
By Eric J. Grimm Isaac Mizrahi is back at the Carlyle for more standards, rosé spritzers, and tales of a life on an anti-anxiety medication. If last year’s show suffered whe…
 by Susan Hasho About the title of her show, Marissa Mulder said, "People asked me if Eve refers to Eve Harrington" (in All About Eve). But no, it's about Eve"the Ada…
