7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
By Brian Scott Lipton To paraphrase the title of one of the songs in her brilliant tribute to the 1960s, "The Beat Goes On," no one owns Liz Callaway. More import…
by Michael Bracken You can take it to the bank: money talks. Literally. At least it does in Money Talks, the Musical, at the Davenport Theatre, where Benjamin Franklin (…
by Carole Di Tosti The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the largest arts festival in the world, which takes place in Edinburgh, United Kingdom is right around the corne…
by Sandi Durell The Ambassador of the Great American Songbook, Michael Feinstein, returns to his namesake Feinstein’s/54 Below August 8 thru September 3 (see calen…
by Marilyn Lester The punning title of Guys and Dolls Play the Greater Loesser was a sure indication of many smiles to come in this warm and reverent tribu…
By Sandi Durell Playwright Dominique Morisseau has written an intense and powerful play that is thought-provoking, but nothing new. Do private school kids …
By Eric J. Grimm Much as the warm and textured world of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series encourages rereading for millions of fans, PUFFS, a loving c…
by Matt Smith "Where is your sense of adventure? Aren't you curious what life will be like in several thousand years?" Such is the question posed at the top of the whims…
 By Marilyn Lester Possibly there could have been no better way to kick off the 92Y’s annual Jazz in July series than to honor its original Artistic Director, …
by Joel Vig The world of show business was knocked for a loop recently by the unexpected announcement that Daniel Day Lewis plans to retire from the acting profession.  Daniel Day Lewi…
by Marcina Zaccaria My Dear Watson is a clever tale of mystery at The New York Musical Festival. Â With Book, Music, and Lyrics by Jami-Leigh Bartschi, My Dear Watson …
For actor/singer/comedienne/Broadway, film and TV star Tovah Feldshuh, it couldn’t be more accurate . . . Aging is Optional! Â And so the wonderfully inspirational Ms. Feldsh…
By Beatrice Williams-Rude What do you get when you mix Berthold Brecht, Brendan Behan and George Bernard Shaw? The brilliant Howard Barker, whose pithy, biting, t…
The crystalline-voiced Liz Callaway returns to Feinstein’s/54 Below with a new show . . . The Beat Goes On . . featuring pop hits (and Broadway and the movies too!) from …
A tribute to Michael Lavine, musical theater's secret treasure. By Joel Benjamin Michael Lavine is a very important showbiz personality, one whose name per…
By Sandi Durell We are each inspired by others who allow us to dream. Ella was that great inspiration to Andrea Frierson " book writer and performer in Me and Ell…
by Adam Cohen Before the show, Matthew McConaughey vs. The Devil, you face the underbelly of Hollywood " literally with James Fenton's back of the famed Hollywood sign " rusted…
By Sandi Durell The Metropolitan Room was abuzz and filled with fans of the renowned Finkel Brothers " Ian and Elliot " sons of the famous Fyvush Fi…
by Alix Cohen Dorian Gray (the well cast Brad DeLeone), has just returned to 19th Century London to claim his inheritance and is greatly uninformed about the world into which h…
by Alix Cohen  Once again playwright Craig Lucas (Prelude to a Kiss, Amelie) takes us on a curious journey mixing grounded human foible with fantasy. Here we wat…
Feinstein's/54 Below does New York a favor with its 54 Sings Man of La Mancha. By Joel Benjamin There probably are numerous productions of Man of La Mancha circul…
by Alix Cohen Francesca Capetta is a young, attractive Italian woman with a pronounced accent and big, pop voice. The combination lends itself well to the schmaltzy side…
by Carol Rocamora Caution: Enter At Your Own Peril…. That's the sign they should place on the marquee of the Hudson Theatre. Those of you already traumatized by…
Leave it to the always clever wordsmith Mark Nadler – an entertainer’s entertainer – to ferret out the best places in town for his new summer cabaret series. Â Th…
Scott Siegel's 11th Annual Edition of Broadway's Rising Stars concert showcased twenty-one future stars of the Great White Way at Town Hall by Linda Amiel Burns I…
