7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
After 20 years of friendship, the original stars of Broadway’s Tony Award winning Rent, are reunited at Feinstein’s/54 Below with sold out audiences and only have two show…
by Michael Bracken The play within a play. It's a device at least as old as Hamlet, and no stranger to Broadway comedies (Noises Off, The Play What I Wrote). And …
Late bloomer, Jim Speake, sings a pleasant program celebrating his new CD release By Joel Benjamin By his own admission, Jim Speake was a late bloomer"a very late bloomer"start…
by Susan Hasho Lucille Carr-Kaffashan took us to school in the best possible way with her show "Unwritten." Subtitled "Celebrating ÂÂÂÂ21st Century Female Si…
by Peter Haas                  There is a collection of talent downtown on the East Side that is well worth a v…
By Brian Scott Lipton It's not just because comedian Lisa Lampanelli's debut play, Stuffed, is more lean cuisine than a three-course meal that you shouldn't walk …
Theater Pizzazz’ Magda Katz was on the scene to meet the cast and creative team of Ride the Cyclone, MCC Theatre‘s next production opening at the Lucille Lortel The…
by Alix Cohen  "I am weird, but so are you guys…I grew up listening to fairy tales, but the ones I loved the most were the ones I could believe would really happen…
As previously announced, the League of Professional Theatre Women  (LPTW) will present Judith Light for its next Oral History interview. Just confirmed, Light will …
by Michael Bracken Everything old is new again. Or is it? The Roundabout Theatre Company has exhumed the 1942 film, Holiday Inn, labeled it "The New Irving Berlin Musica…
As part of it’s 24th Season, the Abingdon Theatre Company (Tony Speciale, Artistic Director), will present The Mother of Invention by James Lecesne (directed by Mr. Speciale) in…
By Sandi Durell The New Group is presenting a limited engagement of Cy Coleman (music) and Dorothy Fields (lyrics), with book by Neil Simon, of the classic musical Sweet…
By Brian Scott Lipton For long-time admirers of the late, great Horton Foote, the revival of his lesser-known 1955 work The Roads to Home, being presented by Primary Stages at …
by Alix Cohen Cabaret is entering a theatrical stage. Imaginative and capable vocalists now sometimes offer shows with dialogue and/or dramatic arc created by astutely selected…
By Barbara & Scott Siegel The theatrical season is well under way, and many of our colleagues are already in a big sweat over the plethora of plays they are obligate…
Best in Shows, a star-studded cabaret evening benefitting the Humane Society of New York, will feature performances by Broadway stars on Sunday, October 23 , 2016 at 7 pm at Feins…
What could be more fitting than cast members of the extraordinary hit Broadway musical Hamilton registering voters from all 50 states in front of the Richard Rodgers Theatre. …
by Sandi Durell   It's called a "Puppet Parody." After all, how could four very distinguishable icons be assimilated as TV sitcom royalty of the late 1980s/early…
by Kathryn Kitt Captivating the stage in a form-fitting black gown, backed by a band of piano, bass and drums, Marieann Meringolo brought her show Between Yesterday and Tomorro…
#IdentityWeek wrapped up on Friday evening, September 30 with a special panel discussion, “A Celebration of Pioneering Artists," featuring Anne Bogart (Co-Ar…
Theater for the New City (Executive Director, Crystal Field) presents the world premiere of THE FOLK SINGER, a new musical about contemporary times, which opens on Sunda…
New York City Center's Fall for Dance returns for a thirteenth season with its usual fascinating programming By Joel Benjamin The thirteenth season of the …
By Brian Scott Lipton It's been over 20 years since My Fair Lady has had a Broadway run, and if any question remained that the show's brilliant score by Frederick Loewe …
by Carol Rocamora The sound of silence is one that's rarely heard in the theatre, but under Peter Brook's direction, it resonates like a clarion, loud and clear, …
By Myra Chanin Charles Strouse (88) and Steven Carl McCasland (30) may view life from opposite ends of the age spectrum but boy, oh, boy, do they see eye to eye on th…
