7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
Frank Evans, Lyricist, Librettist, and Artistic Director of Manhattan Musical Theatre Lab As a musical theater librettist, lyricist and lifelong con…
FROM ALL OF US AT THEATER PIZZAZZ TO ALL OF YOU . . . HAPPY – PEACEFUL – HEALTHY – WONDROUS 2017!!
The Duplex was the place to be to celebrate Karen Mason and Louis Rosen in their Love of Song. . . Yes, two friends who loved the songs of Brian Lasser, also incorporating the song…
by Carol Rocamora Remember the amazing Christo Gates in 2007 that changed the way you viewed Central Park and the New York skyline? Now, only 10 years later, anot…
With an extraordinary cast, and directed by Harold Prince, the New York City Opera presents CANDIDE for a  limited engagement featuring Tony Award nominee Gregg Edelman a…
by Alix Cohen  Composer/pianist William Bolcom and vocalist Joan Morris have been performing together forty-two years. This is my first exposure to the veteran couple. I'm …
by Alix Cohen "It's like wildcatting for oil. You bring in the sound equipment and you listen. You bring in experts and they test the soil and say, that's the place to drill! Y…
It's the end of 2016 . . . hard to believe it raced by so quickly with all its turbulence. Theater Pizzazz writers, in both theater and cabaret, were extremely busy seeing m…
by Matt Smith "This is not a show. This is a party. We're just here to have a good time." Such are the words proclaimed by Norm Lewis, the golden-voiced singer-actor lat…
by Sandi Durell Brrrrrr. . . baby, it is cold outside! But warm and toasty in the clubs and cabarets where you find talent galore here in New York City. After a busy hol…
by Carole Di Tosti When a wedding invitation sends a symbolic message about de rigueur lifestyle choices which are unacceptable, "odd man out" Gerry must make a vital decision.…
by Samuel L. Leiter Life Is for Living: Conversations with Coward seeks to capture the emotional sensibility and rapier wit of Noël Coward, and their reflection in th…
by Matt Smith As she steps onto the stage at the intimate Feinstein's/54 Below, comedienne Christine Pedi " radiant in a Christmas-y red " purports: "There's no m…
By Eric J. Grimm As Alaska Thunderf*** 5000, recent winner of RuPaul's Drag Race walks through the audience toward the stage to perform her new show, Christmas is Gay, it's cle…
By Sandi Durell   Enter Steven Reineke, New York Pops Music Director and Conductor, and the holiday cheer is instantaneous from the moment that baton rises as he swings…
By Sandi Durell    The definitive ambassador of the Great American Songbook has returned to his namesake Feinstein's/54 Below with A Holiday to Remember . . . a very…
by Carol Rocamora There's no place to hide in Sam Gold's mesmerizing production of Othello, where two of Britain's top actors " David Oyelowo and Daniel Craig – are playi…
by Alix Cohen Following an initial run on the Apollo's Soundstage last season, The First Noel moves to the theater's mainstage with exuberance and heart. It's Chr…
By Beatrice Williams-Rude A most unusual and dazzling theatrical event is transpiring at The Pearl Theatre. Martin Luther on Trial is set on a crossroad be…
by Carole Di Tosti Superior ventriloquists with effortless, sublime ease shift the attention from themselves to their inanimate puppets who become the incarnations of their dee…
The star of Broadway’s Falsettos, Tracie Thoms, will make her Feinstein’s/54 Below debut January 11 and 14 at 7 pm. Tracie is also the star of Broadwa…
by Marilyn Lester Having surpassed 1,000 performances, the lead actors of the Drunk Shakespeare Society have presumably knocked back five times that amount of whiskey sh…
by Marilyn Lester Imagine the warmth and coziness of a Scottish pub on a cold wintry night, say in the lovely border town of Kelso. It's a ceilidh, with good drink and plenty o…
By Martha Wade Steketee The sixtieth edition of the Sondheim Unplugged concert series, that began its monthly adventures at the beloved Don't Tell Mama venue on W…
By Marcina Zaccaria Celebrating Yiddish Theater, Folksbiene hosted a Gala, honoring Liev Schreiber. Honored guests at the stunning December 12 event included Fiddler on …
