7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
By Martha Wade Steketee Ute Lemper was framed in her recent 54 Below engagement by comfort and edginess " black leather pants topped with a short sleeveless black sheath dress. These …
By MR Anderson The room is full of good cheer with friends, family, and longtime fans; many who know and adore her from starring roles in Rent, Cold Case, and her freshl…
by Lisa Reitman-Dobi "Tragedy plus time is comedy." This is one tenet of the art and craft of comedy. Another: "Timing is everything." Well, the time is now. If e…
By Jordan Cohen Shoshana Feinstein and Benjamin Rauhala were back with the third iteration of their hit show, Not At This Performance, at Feinstein's/54 Below on Tuesday…
by Carol Rocamora You don't usually expect fireworks when you go to a Chekhov play. Devoted theatregoers have come to anticipate little action, lots of talk, and a langu…
Photos/Video:: Mark Ryan Anderson It is Americana Week at Sotheby’s where craftsmanship and history from the Colonial era thru the 20th Century is being celebrated featur…
Photos/Video Interviews: Magda Katz Jacqueline B. Arnold (Broadway: Priscilla Queen of the Desert; Off-Broadway: Martha Wash in Mighty Real; National tours: We Will Rock…
A Celebration of the Music of The Beatles by Elizabeth Ahlfors If you haven’t seen Barb Jungr and John McDaniel’s state-of-the-ar…
by Carol Rocamora Powerful personal stories are filling the stages at the Public Theatre's Under the Radar Festival this month. Whether they come from Syri…
by Sandi Durell Although playwright Alan Hruska has been working on Ring Twice for Miranda for 6 or 7 years, it couldn’t be more timely as a tragi-comedy than i…
by Marilyn Lester Like the Phoenix rising from the fire, The New York City Opera, bankrupt and shuttered in 2013, has risen from the ashes. Now operating from Jazz at Li…
By Sandi Durell Taking a step back in time to World War II, you'll find the Waterwell Theater Company " part of the Under the Radar Festival of the Public Theater " offe…
by Carole Di Tosti Saori Tsukada came to the U.S. when she was twenty-three, she tells the audience in the singular and innovative production Club Diamond which is one of the o…
by Samuel L. Leiter I tried hard to count how many dancers appear in Confucius, the visually beautiful, dramatically stultifying dance drama now enjoying a …
By Jordan Cohen It begins in a room with a red-tiled floor. The floor has one row of chairs lining its perimeter. People inhabit those chairs. The people look at each other, dr…
by Michael Bracken The medium is the message, said Marshall McCluhan, and Manual Cinema's Lula del Ray, part of the Public Theater's Under the Radar Festival, bears him out wit…
by Alix Cohen Producer/Director/Writer Gil Marsalla evidently discovered Anne Carrere when she auditioned for another show. With a Piaf tribute in the back of his mind, …
By Marcina Zaccaria Forced Entertainment, based in the UK, brings a whimsical game of repetition to the stage in Real Magic. Based in Sheffield, UK, this six person thea…
 by Marilyn Lester Karen Oberlin is a believer, and she wants you, too, to know the expressive and melodic power of composer/songwriter/pianist/singer Randy Newman's work. Thus, w…
By Martha Wade Steketee January in Manhattan means Marilyn Maye has brought her post New Year "by request" performances to the cozy and classy Metropolitan Room. …
The press was invited for a sneak peek with the cast and creatives of Kid Victory, the new musical by John Kander (Four time Tony Award Winner) and Greg Pierce (The Landing), directed…
By Alix Cohen Attention Gorey fans (and those of you who have always been curious), rush to The Sheen Center to catch this gem of a piece illuminating the life of…
The press got a sneak peek of what opened tonight January 5th at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, as the new dance drama Confucius (performed by the China National Opera &…
By Sandi Durell If you're a fan of the hit Netflix Series Orange is the New Black (and there are many, many), then you already know one of the tough broad Golden Girls, …
By Sandi Durell "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" – – Â I'm always at the same place I've been for many years – celebrating our marvelous t…
