7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
By Sandi Durell It would be better to begin with the fact that this production is part of the Ensemble for the Romantic Century, written by Eve Wolf and di…
It’s Christmas in August for the iconic Radio City Rockettes as they performed outside Radio City Music Hall on Sixth Avenue today. The excitement began when Santa Claus …
by Samuel L. Leiter Despite this show's poorly punctuated slogan, "There's smoke, and fire," anyone worried that Come Light My Cigarette might expose them to seco…
by Marilyn Lester A reimagining of a 33-year old revue about a hundred and some-year old story comes at a ripe political moment in history. At a time when …
by Michael Bracken It's worth noting that A Never-ending Line, a female song cycle, at The Players Theatre, was conceived, directed, and composed by Jaime Lozano, a male…
By Sandi Durell The one and only Michael Feinstein is back at his namesake Feinstein's/54 Below thru September 3 ushering in 'Showstoppers.'Â Â Ordina…
By Barbara & Scott Siegel In recent years it seemed that the Summer was no less frantic in terms of theatrical openings than any other time of the year except…
Photos: Maryann Lopinto Pulitzer Prize winning Lyricist Sheldon Harnick and wife, photographer Margery Harnick have just released their 2nd book,  Koi: A Modern Fo…
By Sandi Durell With rumors swirling and many folks talking about our beloved Metropolitan Room, I wanted to get it, as they say, straight from the 'horse's mouth…
By Myra Chanin I always cry Hallelujah whenever I see the name of Jerry Herman on a theater program. I think he is the most under-appreciated of all Broadway composer…
by Monica Charline Brown Set in an all-female Christian summer camp, the electro-musical Camp Wanatachi explores religious values and their conflicts with sexual awakeni…
By Sandi Durell I had a terrific phone conversation with cast member, the lovely Kelli Rabke (Children of Eden, Les Miserables, Joseph. . .), appearing in S…
by Steve Nardoni Music and Lyrics by Michael Musial. Book and Lyrics by Matthew McElligott, Larry Tuxbury, and Brian Sheldon. Directed by Michael Musial. P…
The cast of MCC Theater's NYC premiere of the acclaimed transgender-themed play Charm: Sandra Caldwell, Michael David Baldwin, Jojo Brown, Marky Irene Diven, Michael Lorz, Hailie Saha…
By Sandi Durell How does one effectively create a musical about the most flamboyant entertainer in history? Well, to better understand the man, his music, …
Photo/Video Interview by Sandi Durell Lesli Margherita (Matilda, Dames at Sea, Zorro) is a Queen, a Broad and Rules! Â She will be returning to Feinstein’s/54 Below wit…
Review by Michael Bracken Celia Keenan-Bolger has grown up. The girl who played Laura in The Glass Menagerie is no ingenue in Bruce Norris's A Parallelogram, prod…
Pop meets policy in Central Park on the Great Lawn September 23rd 2017 – Doors open at 1pm The Global Citizen Festival brings together top music from Stevie Wond…
Review by Adam Cohen Life in the big city can be difficult. Residents face challenges with housing, transportation, finding jobs and romance. In the hands of the…
Review by Marcina Zaccaria In A Wall Apart, Lord Graham Russell, Founding Member of the band, Air Supply, creates big rock sound against a black and white video of a tor…
Review by Brian Scott Lipton If aging is indeed optional, Tovah Feldshuh has clearly made the choice not to do so. Seeing her on the stage of 54 Below reprising her 2003 show o…
Review by Brian Scott Lipton To use the lyric from her opening number, Natalie Douglas may not have "nursed and rehearsed" her new show "Sammy!," the first of a s…
Review by Alix Cohen Once a year or so Catherine Russell and her band return to Dizzy's Club Coca Cola with a show so reliably authentic one feels as if in anothe…
The new musical Ben, Virginia and Me: The Liberace Musical will get its NY debut as part of the New York Musical Festival. Ben, Virginia and Me: The Liberace Musical has a book by Rog…
by Sandi Durell The Broadhurst Theatre will celebrate its 100th Birthday this year and 54 Below will hold a fabulous centennial evening of songs and stories on Au…
