7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
By Marcina Zaccaria Machines matter in Dolphins and Sharks, the latest offering from Playwright James Anthony Tyler, produced by Labyrinth Theater Company. …
by Samuel L. Leiter A large, upside down American flag"considered a signal of distress"hides the stage from view. As the muffled words of President George W. Bush…
On March 10, 2017 at 8:00PM, The New York Pops, led by Music Director Steven Reineke, will continue its 34th season at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, b…
With all the musicals that come aboard and make it to Broadway, it’s remarkable how many were “Broadway Bound” but never got there!  Well, Rob Schneider and Je…
By Sandi Durell Taking on the quirky, mysterious persona of Geraldine Page, the lauded and canonized actress, is no easy feat, especially if the lady happens to b…
A double take on Juan Pablo di Pace with two reviews! By Joel Benjamin and Monica Charline-Brown (by Joel Benjamin) There's no denying that Juan Pablo di Pace is …
By Eric J. Grimm Rainer Werner Fassbinder's fascination with melodrama inspired some of the most piercing works of cinema and stage in the 1970s and 80s, particularly as…
by Maryann Lopinto On Tuesday February 21st, friends and co-workers celebrated Florence Henderson who passed away in November at the age of 82. The celebration was a wee…
By Beatrice Williams-Rude Quick! Don't dally!! Race to get tickets for Kunstler, the splendid play by Jeffrey Sweet featuring a dazzling, the-sky's-the-limit performance by Jeff McCarthy as …
By Sandi Durell The island of La Grande Jatte is alive and pulsating with the complexity of Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) and James Lapine's (book) r…
 by Marcina Zaccaria In the world of comedy improv, where anything goes, Hunter Nelson and Terry Withers maintain their roots. Former students at UCB who became house…
By Sandi Durell If it's John Kander, it's dramatic and dark with an edge and a wink. Mr. Kander has found his alter ego in Greg Pierce as they collaborate on thei…
  By Sandi Durell   With all those 50-60 degree days cropping up in February, can it be that March will come in like a lamb? Hard to guess. But be prepared for …
By Marilyn Lester By some standards, Andrea Prestinario's Feinstein's/54 Below debut, Smokeytown: The Songs of Smokey Robinson, might be deemed a success " most likely t…
by Carol Rocamora Wouldn't you like a nice cuppa tea with your neighbors, dearie? It's a warm afternoon. The comfortable chair set out for you in the gard…
By Sandi Durell Hoarders Alert!  For everyone who stores, keeps, won't let go of, and makes excuses for items that no longer have any redeeming value (nost…
by Sophia Romma La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in association with Magis Theatre presented a surreal Sunday Matinee performance on February 12 of Calderon's Two Dream…
by Susan Hasho Ring Twice for Miranda is a combination of "Upstairs Downstairs" and "War of the Worlds." The play opens with a large dinner table in the servant quarters facing…
by Michael Bracken There are two reasons to see the current Broadway revival of Sunset Boulevard: Glenn Close and Glenn Close's costumes. Close, who starred in the Andre…
by: Magda Katz The press was for a special launch of Gershwin’s Tony Award-winning mus…
The press event at the Broadway Theatre on West 53rd Street for Boubil and Schoenberg’s Miss Saigon, presented by Cameron Mackintosh, fresh from its London …
By Sandi Durell Making his fifth appearance at the Café Carlyle, John Lloyd Young has transitioned to a new kind of cool . . . shades (a must), suit, tie and the…
By Marcina Zaccaria A new arrival in New York in 1981, Liz Callaway stepped into the Duplex in Greenwich Village to pick up the microphone. Offered a show at The …
by Michael Bracken To say that Man from Nebraska, at Second Stage's Tony Kiser Theatre, starts slow is nothing if not an understatement. Ken (Tony Award winner Reed Birney) and…
