7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
The Abingdon Theatre Company will hold their 25th Anniversary Gala at the Edison Ballroom on October 23 honoring Bebe Neuwirth. But first, Theater Pizzazz’ Magda Katz was on …
by Maya Werner The Cast of Susan Miller’s  20th Century Blues met the press for photos and interviews and to present more about the upcoming production. 20th Century B…
by Carol Rocamora "Problem play?" What "problem play?!!" Leave it to the adventurous Elevator Repair Service company to take a challenging Shakespearean te…
Spamilton's Gerard Alessandrini gives songwriter, Maury Yeston his due. Â Â By Joel Benjamin Gerard Alessandrini's resume may seem overflowing with his many legendary For…
by Linda Amiel Burns The Mabel Mercer Foundation's 28th Cabaret Convention had its gala opening at Rose Hall on Oct. 16, 2017 emceed by Award Winning Artistic Director, …
by Carol Rocamora He's grotesque. He's deformed. He's dangerous. He's the most charismatic character you've seen on stage in years, and you can't resist him. You're drawn to th…
By Sandi Durell A small dark dimly lit stage, a comfortable chair, a lamp and a throw blanket set the mood for Squeamish at the Beckett Theatre. Shortly, Alison Fraser, …
By Michael Bracken Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night. Well, of course it is! Turbulence!, part of the Fringe Encore Series, rocks the Soho Playhouse more t…
By Beatrice Williams-Rude Brian Friel's play, The Home Place, looks at what constitutes home"to the heart. The wealthy landowner, Christopher Gore, a kindly man with goo…
By Eric J. Grimm Cabaret mainstay Maxine Linehan pivots from the Great American Songbook to the Irish rock songbook in her new show at Feinstein's/54 Below, One: The Son…
By Sandi Durell Never has time been so succinctly brought into focus as in the Roundabout Theatre Company's current revival of J. B. Priestley's Time and the Conways. Th…
By Brian Scott Lipton Writing a theatrical parody of a popular book, film or musical poses a particularly difficult challenge for its authors: how do you satisfy fans of the wo…
by Matt Smith "Of all the energies that drive us, there is only one that can never be transcended into negative actions toward others, and that is the energy of compassi…
by Maya Werner The Radio City Rockettes rehearsed their iconic Christmas Spectacular this past Thursday for the press. The Rockettes dance company was founded in 1925 in Saint …
by Carol Rocamora The power of The Siege, Freedom Theatre's heartrending account of the 2002 Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Bethlehem, is that it is told not with rage or ranc…
By Brian Scott Lipton Throughout her decades as one of the world's foremost cabaret artists, Betty Buckley has practically embodied the phrase "courage of her convictions." It'…
Jay Armstrong Johnson like you’ve never seen him. . . in “Not So Scary Halloween Party” at Feinstein’s/54 Below on October 31 at 7 and 9:30 pm. Â Yes, the Sa…
It was press day October 10 for MCC Theater’s World Premiere of School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play. Tony Award winning director Rebecca Taichman and 201…
by Michael Lee Stever It’s been a whopping seventeen years since Del Shores tipped his feature length Texas Stetson to his brazen band of lovable misfits from Sord…
Paper Mill Playhouse – Â recipient of the 2016 Regional Theatre Tony Award, recipient of the 2016 Regional Theatre Tony Award, by special arrangement with Jeffrey Finn, opened the ne…
By Sandi Durell The tall, good looking perky blonde is, once again, in residency at the Café Carlyle and is an appealing sight. Although, audiences are mainly used to h…
by Brian Scott Lipton It may not be a news flash that Andrea McArdle is all grown up; all you need to do is basic math to realize that her star-making debut in the title role o…
by Adam Cohen Who knew Franz Kafka was the first millennial? Here he is living at home at 36, struggling with his art and his relationships with women and his father. Actor Al…
Dedicated to Barry Levitt 1947-2017 by Alix Cohen Occasionally I have the pleasure of attending a really good cabaret show. More rare than these are…
by Peter Haas There was a noticeable surge in weekend traffic on the Upper East Side this past summer, as cabaret fans flocked to the Beach Café "newly re-constituted as a cab…
