7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
By Monica Charline Brown Created seven years ago, the Broadway Sings series has been rocking out at the Highline Ballroom for fifteen concerts! Produced by…
The Theatre World Awards Board of Directors (Dale Badway, President), and The Dorothy Loudon Foundation (Lionel Larner, Executive Director), have announced the 2017 Theatre Wor…
By Martha Wade Steketee Broadway performances past and present were evoked in the newest "Jamie deRoy & Friends" cabaret show on the intimate Birdland …
By Sandi Durell There aren't many entertainers, or in this case icons who, at certain tender ages, can still transport their audiences back into great musical history th…
The press room was jammed with nominees in all the categories, along with their publicists and the various media outlets. Â TheaterPizzazz was front and center with Sandi Dur…
By Beatrice Williams-Rude Seven Spots on the Sun is a searing work by Martin Zimmerman that deals with the horrors of war and their aftermath, posing the question: justice or peac…
Theater Pizzazz’ Mark Ryan (MR) Anderson was on the scene to meet and greet the cast of The Traveling Lady at press previews including cast members: LARRY BULL, LYN…
by Peter Haas Every seat was filled in Don't Tell Mama's intimate Brick Room on a Sunday evening in April as friends and fans gathered to enjoy the talents of two of cab…
Appearing together for the first time at Feinstein’s/54 Below, is Broadway’s lovely and loving couple Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley in “Broadway &…
Her engagement at Feinstein’s/54 Below was sold out in 2016. Reason enough for the extraordinary Lea Salonga to return with “Encore!” She is a Tony, Olivier, Drama D…
by Susan Hasho The play Entertaining Mr. Sloane opens in a cozy British sitting room. An attractive middle-aged lady is perched dead center on a comfy flowered sofa sitt…
By Barbara & Scott Siegel At the elegantly produced Lortel Awards on Sunday night, it was noted that two of the four Broadway musicals competing for Outstanding Musi…
67th Annual Awards Outer Critics Circle Announce 2016-17 Award Winners! "Hello, Dolly!" & “Come From Away” Top Win List with 5 Awards each! Followed by "The Little…
By Sandi Durell Prepare yourself for a techno-music video comedy, written by multi award winning Joe DiPietro (Nice Work If You Can Get It, Memphis), as we tak…
by Lisa Joy Reitman-Dobi You're at a nightclub, snug in the warmth of its familiar ambiance. Onto the stage steps an energetic singer whose sparkle and dynamic range hav…
The new play Building the Wall invited press for a media day pre-performances. Mark Ryan (MR) Anderson was on the scene for TheaterPizzazz for interviews and photos. Building T…
by Marilyn Lester Theater of the absurd lives impressively in the 1987 George Tabori work, Mein Kampf, a rippingly black satire of young Adolf Hitler and his ment…
Michael Feinstein celebrates the Music of Mel Torme at Lincoln Center's Jazz & Popular Song Series with Tedd Firth leading the American Songbook Orchestra with guest artists Billy…
by Carol Rocamora "Once upon a time there was a playwright named Annie Baker who wrote a story about storytelling. She made it into a play. It was good. The end."…
by Carol Rocamora In case you haven't noticed (but how could you not?!), there's a Sondheim festival going on in New York this spring. Three splendid Sondheim rev…
by Carole Di Tosti  John Turturro appears in a pivotal moment in Antonino D'Ambrosio's fascinating documentary Frank Serpico. Turturro reads from Bertolt Brecht's play Galileo and…
by Alix Cohen Today's Special Guest in vocalist/raconteur Harvey Granat's afternoon series was his customary musical partner, musician David Lahm. A pianist, arranger, and lyri…
By Sandi Durell Visit the York Theatre and you'll find yourself in the East Village in New York City in a storybook painted street design (by James Morgan), featu…
By Barbara & Scott Siegel Some Things You Should Know About This Theater Award Season… The crazy theater awards game of who was snubbed and what was over-praised i…
By Elizabeth Ahlfors  Those of us who remember going to a Broadway musical back in the good old days know that singers like John Raitt and Patricia Morison performed…
