7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
by Sandi Durell Whoosh! There goes another imagined tennis ball soaring across the imagined net, with imagined racquets. Yet the intensity of this ace spor…
Theater Pizzazz is happy to announce the cross pollination with Bite of the Best – a restaurant guide created and written by one of the mainstays in the industry who never misse…
by Alix Cohen Tonight's show is the concert version of a play that premiered at this year's New York Musical Theater Festival. Photos from that production show on screens as vo…
By Martha Wade Steketee Lea DeLaria holds court with passion and grace in her David Bowie tribute show. Twice a night through Saturday October 28 at Birdland Jazz…
Hamilton and The Rockefeller Foundation welcomed 1,300 Students to Exclusive Student Matinee of HAMILTON on Broadway by Sandi Durell The innovative …
by Susan Hasho Occupied Territories is a memory play strung together with grit and realism. Two daughters have gathered in their father's house after his funeral. Jude has been…
by Michael Bracken Almost thirty years since it first fluttered onto the stage, M. Butterfly is back on Broadway, in a stunning production directed by Julie Taymor. Playwright …
by Michael Bracken Who'da thunk it? A relic from a time when AIDS meant HELPS and nostalgic even then, Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy in revival would surely reek…
By Sandi Durell Stephen Adly Guirgis, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright in 2000 – Between Riverside and Crazy, writes with guts and blood and not for the feint of …
 By Sandi Durell The 28th Annual Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention is over, the interruption caused by the closing of the Metropolitan Room has left a major gap in the commun…
By Sandi Durell  On a two week hiatus from her starring role as Angelica Schuyler Church on Broadway in Hamilton, Mandy Gonzalez debuted her show Fearless at the Café Carlyle on …
By Sandi Durell If it's Marvelous Marilyn Maye anywhere, there's a cadre of press and fans who want to be there!  And on Monday afternoon Oct. 23, the Marvelous O…
By Brian Scott Lipton As might be expected, life after a nuclear winter will be very different as we quickly discover in Zoe Kazan's remarkably accomplished "Afte…
Bow Wow, Meow Meow . . . we animal lovers love our pets and anyone or anything that can help them. Best in Shows a BIG hit for The Humane Society of New York at 54 Below! …
by Maya Werner On Monday, October 23, The New Group's new show Downtown Race Riot opened its doors to the press. This new show was created by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, and dir…
by Carol Rocamora If you see smoke rising on East 4th Street, it's coming from inside La MaMa. There, flames of passion and protest are being generated by one of the bravest th…
by Magda Katz All the stars were aligned last night at  the Schimmel Center in New York City to create a flawless show. American Dance Spectacular! traced American …
Photos: Maya Werner Town Hall Ensemble's concert "City Suite" on Sunday night honored Roberta Flack and Daryl Roth, who are this year's 2017 Town Hall Friend of the Arts Award …
The closing night of the Mabel Mercer Foundation's Cabaret Convention at Rose Hall hosted by Klea Blackhurst, honored two legendary composers, Hoagy Carmichael and Richard Whiting. &#…
Third evening of the Mabel Mercer Foundation's Cabaret Convention at Rose Hall celebrated the 'The Golden Age of Cabaret' hosted by author James Gavin and dedicated to the memory of t…
By Monica Charline Brown Beauty and the Beast really is a "tale as old as time." This cherished Disney classic includes the always promised happy ending. What would have…
by Carole Di Tosti   The Triangle Waist Company fire which occurred 25 March, 1911 will go down in New York City history as one of the most egregious examples of…
 by Steve Nardoni Feinstein's/ 54 Below, whether by design or not, seems to attract wonderful artists who are so comfortable in this supper club/cabaret that they blossom. …
 by Elizabeth Ahlfors New York has its own Catagory 5 hurricane crashing into the Irish Arts Center with powerhouse waves of music, madcap energy and a fierce interpretation…
Evening Two of the NY Cabaret Convention by Alix Cohen In their 6th successful hosting of a New York Cabaret Convention evening, Jeff Harnar and Andrea Marcovicci de…
