7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
Nellie McKay brings her show “A Girl Named Bill” (about the life and times of Billy Tipton) back to 54 Below beginning tonight January 26, thru 28 at 7 pm. Â Bill…
by Carol Rocamora Images of empowered women, protesting around the world, have flooded our screens this past weekend. So the four powerful women from the past res…
by Marilyn Lester Launching the 47th season of the popular Lyrics & Lyricists series, the early songs of Harold Arlen brought a large measure of sparkle to an…
by Susan Hasho Christine Ebersole's opening song "After the Ball" (Charles K. Harris) was a warm, full-throated question–what's next? She took in each person in her view,…
By Eric J. Grimm Christopher Guest's joyous mockumentaries received the Broadway treatment at 54 Below on January 22nd. A sprawling cast worked through most of th…
by Michael Bracken Ever notice what happens to some Showtime and HBO series a few seasons in, when they start to run out of gas? Original plot lines have played o…
by Carole Di Tosti A woman is afraid of the encroaching darkness of unfulfilled dreams and death, two political rivals reverse power positions, a father and daugh…
By Monica Charline Brown "If I'm gonna die I'll live the life that frees me." " lyric from a song the character Solvay sings in Act One of Peer Gynt and The Norwe…
By Eric J. Grimm The New York Neo-Futurists continue a decades-long tradition of breakneck theatrical experiments with The Great American Drama, a constantly evolving me…
A beautiful English soprano spins out a funny and moving show By Joel Benjamin Melinda Hughes is an elegantly beautiful singer with just the right dash of tongue-in-cheek naugh…
Lavender Songs: A Queer Weimar Berlin Cabaret- Droll, Frightening, Moving, Relevant By Alix Cohen What better way to spend the evening of the inauguration than at theatr…
By Eric J. Grimm Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, gets an expansion in Matthew Spangler and Benjamin Evett's Albatross, a one-man …
by Michel Bracken Remember leisure suits? Consider yourself lucky if you don't, but either way don't let that stop you from catching the sterling revival of Augus…
By Martha Wade Steketee "When you're a woman of a certain age," Tulis McCall impishly informs us, "regret is everywhere." McCall's one woman show Are You Serious?…
Looks like the casting is complete for the much anticipated Broadway production of War Paint  about cosmetic beauty queens Helena Rubinstein (played by Patti LuPone) and Elizabeth …
by Sandi Durell Since I happen to be spending some time here in Puerto Vallarta, Mx. it's easy to feel right at home in cabaret land with so many of the usual suspects who I kn…
by Matt Smith "It's good to see me, isn't it?" the bubbly Carrie St. Louis asks, with a laugh, at the top of her act, which premiered last Sunday at Feinstein's/54 Below…
by Kathryn Kitt Upon entering the Café Carlyle, it can be easy to imagine what a Bobby Short concert was like. What would a Broadway Diva with a huge fan base present? Café C…
by Carole Di Tosti Once again the LaBute New Theater Festival proves to be a rollicking evening of marvelous mayhem with surprising sardonic twists you won't see coming …
Roundabout Theatre Company’s Significant Other, by playwright Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews), has made its way to Broadway and Theater Pizzazz’ MR Anderson was on the scene to t…
by Marilyn Lester Richard Skipper likes to celebrate. He likes to celebrate so much he does it once a month with a cheerful "Celebrates" series of shows at the Triad the…
by Marilyn Lester If Ella Fitzgerald had decided to reincarnate as a male she might well have become Nicolas King. Just 25, King already exhibits many of the musical assets tha…
Today, January 16, Brandon Victor Dixon, currently starring as Aaron Burr in Hamilton on Broadway, celebrated Martin Luther King Day with hundreds of NYC public school children at the…
By Joel Benjamin The warmth that filled Feinstein's/54 Below during Scott Siegel's Broadway Originals! was the perfect antidote to the freezing weather and…
The fabulous cast of Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 were excited and eager to sing some of their songs from this remarkable production currently at the site-spe…
