7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
Winners for the 62nd Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced at The Town Hall on June 5. Â Sandi Durell with Mark Ryan Anderson (on camera) were on hand to hear what the winners had…
By Sandi Durell Each time I have the opportunity to listen to Veronica Swift, young in years " old in soul, it reinforces the fact that this up and coming jazz st…
STARS IN THE ALLEY® took place Saturday June 2 in legendary Shubert Alley where Tony Nominee (Falsettos) Brandon Uranowitz served as social media correspondent for the …
by Myra Chanin Our current Broadway musical superstars — Andy Karl, Bette Midler, Christian Borle, Christine Ebersole, Glenn Close, Patti Lupone– r…
by Carole Di Tosti The 1930s, depression-era South, is the fearful setting for much of the poignant, uplifting and soulful musical Sweetee in a limited, mu…
by Carol Rocamora A young woman (black and beautiful) enters and crosses to center stage. She's met by a man wearing tails and top hat, carrying a l…
By Barbara & Scott Siegel We're now in that time period when it seems like almost everyone is obsessed with all the new Broadway shows that opened just…
By Sandi Durell You might quickly want to say 'What? Another jukebox musical?' . . . ah, but wait a minute this almost concert-like, hi-energy, non-stop mu…
Photos by Shana Nelson The Dance in Film nominations for the 2017 Chita Rivera Awards were announced at a reception at The Lambs Club. In keeping …
  by Linda Amiel Burns Two of Broadway's finest singers opened their show "Broadway and Beyond" to a packed house at Feinsteins/54 Below on May 29, 2017 at 7:00 a…
by Adam Cohen Mary Poppins flies high once again in Paper Mill Playhouse's latest musical. Replete with spectacular choreography (Denis Jones) meticulously and beaut…
By Marcina Zaccaria Tony Nominee Christiane Noll graces The Metropolitan Room with the songs of Ira Gershwin. With her shimmering blonde hair and sleek,…
by Sandi Durell The stars came out to Sardi’s to accept their Awards from the Outer Critics Circle on May 25 . . . they already knew they were winners! Â Over a delicious lunc…
By Sandi Durell Exposing a tradition and its rituals can be enlightening and horrifying. Such is bacha bazi " an underground illegal practice in the Muslim…
By Barbara & Scott Siegel This Season's Breakout Star Discovery… Not every season boasts a breakout star, but when it happens, there is never any doubt about it. W…
By Sandi Durell There is definitely a gene that morphs from parent to child that enables that child to absorb a talent. So it is with Tony Bennett's daughter Anto…
by Joel Benjamin The New York Film Academy's School of Musical Theatre's faculty got their chance to shine in a fun concert at Feinstein's/54 Below, performing for an au…
By Marilyn Lester The ongoing series, Broadway by the Year, created, written, directed and hosted by Scott Siegel, has an impressive success rate over its 17 year…
By Marcina Zaccaria At NYTW, where I last saw The Object Lesson, the entire theater was crowded with cardboard boxes. It's a joy, instead, to sit in plush seats and appreciate …
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is ready to give you a shave at anytime down at the Barrow Street Theatre where the Tooting Arts Club production of Sweeney Todd  (music and lyrics…
by Carol Rocamora It's Halloween night, but the characters in Can You Forgive Her?, Gina Gionfriddo's devilish screwball comedy, don't need costumes. Dressed as themselv…
by Carole Di Tosti "Something there is that doesn't love a wall," begins the first line of Robert Frost's poem "Mending Wall." Robert Schenkkan (Pultizer/T…
The Ziegfeld Club, one of the first New York City performing arts charities to benefit women, is thrilled to announce the second Liz Swados Inspiration Grant to honor an influe…
by Matt Smith When you first step into the Laurie Beechman Theatre, and spy the grand piano positioned stage left, atop which sits a martini and glass of water, w…
Dina Merrill Hartley (born Nedenia Marjorie Hutton; December 29, 1923-May 22, 2017) was an American actress, businesswoman and philanthropist. She died peacefully at home surround…
