7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
by Adam Cohen Halfway through One Night Only (running as long as we can) there's a decided shift. It occurs during an audience participation segment, orders are bark…
By Sandi Durell Dan McCormick has written a far reaching tale involving a 1710 Stradavarius violin to illuminate relationships between the old world tailor, Gio, …
By Sandi Durell The word has a variety of meanings, but has never been presented with such unique verve as in the current production of Charm at the Lucille Lortel Theat…
By Marilyn Lester Jillian Laurain bills herself as a concert artist, but she's so very much more. She is a consummate performer in the style of which it can be said, "they don'…
By Brian Scott Lipton The Place: Here. The Time: Now. It takes mere minutes, maybe even less, to realize how accurate those words remain regarding Suzan-Lori Park…
By Sandi Durell It's always delightful when I can speak with a star and it's like talking to one of my girlfriends. And so it was with Lucie Arnaz who is about as…
 Shirley Callaway, celebrated singer, pianist and one of New York's leading voice teachers, passed away at 2:55 AM on September 14, 2017 after a valiant two month battle with panc…
By Myra Chanin We all know you don't have to be Jewish to like Levy's Rye Bread. Likewise, you don't have to consider Yiddish mamalushin — your native tongue &#…
By Martha Wade Steketee "I finally made it to Birdland!" Melissa Manchester, who has had a career of many decades, with more than a score of albums, and performan…
Review by Kelli McGurk Known for his colorful and energetic pop-inspired musical theatre tunes, Drew Gasparini and his company of Broadway stars created an evening of so…
By Sandi Durell From behind a closed curtain, emerges the charismatic Kathleen Chalfant (who plays the role of Ann) relating her most important and formative life…
 An imaginative, frenetic combination of film noir, puppetry, political intrigue and sci-fi By Joel Benjamin In the distant future, New York City become…
By Brian Scott Lipton In her 10 years on the New York stage, Lindsay Mendez has managed to make a strong impression on audiences whether she's been the backup sin…
by Michael Bracken Conversations come in bits and pieces in On the Shore of the Wide World at the Atlantic Theater Company's Linda Gross Theater, as do scenes and inform…
By Marilyn Lester Kudos to the Harlem Repertory Theater (HRT) for a colorful, exuberant revival of the forgotten Broadway treasure Jamaica. The original musical opened a…
Directed by four-time Tony® Award nominee Randy Skinner and hosted by Tony Award winner Bebe Neuwirth, The Chita Rivera Awards were produced by American Dance Machine for…
The 2017 Chita Rivera Awards took place on September 11 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre as luminaries from Broadway gathered to celebrate the dancers and choreographers who make musicals…
By Martha Wade Steketee Tony Roberts, one of the original stars of Sugar, the 1972 Broadway musical based entirely on the Billy Wilder, cross-dressing, Pro…
by Alix Cohen When Steve Cohen's Uncle Nat first showed his six year-old nephew a "pocket trick" (close-up magic), the boy was intrigued. Instead of being told HOW the f…
The Long and the Short of It by Matt Smith “This song is so beautiful… so dramatic. Who could possibly ruin it?” Avid fans of Christina B…
       A Fascinating Approach to A Mesmerizing Woman By Myra Chanin As Michelangelo proved when he transformed a massive but flawed …
by Marcina Zaccaria Me the People is a hilarious, song and dance review through the Trump Administration. Held together by four strong musical theater actors, this polit…
By Samuel L. Leiter The trickle of Shakespeare-to-musical comedy adaptation business that began on Broadway in the 1930s with The Boys from Syracuse and Swingin' the Dre…
by Adam Cohen Two-time Tony Award-winner Norbert Leo Butz returns to Feinstein’s/54 Below with an updated version of his show Memory & Mayhem which features pop…
Hear what the cast and creatives had to say and perform on Media Day at the York Theatre September 7. Desperate Measures opens in a limited engagement Tuesday, September 19, 2017 conti…
