7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
Andrew Lloyd Webber's record-breaking Broadway musical, CATSÂ made history once again when internet sensation,Grumpy Cat became the first genuine feline to join the cast. Grumpy Cat…
by Alix Cohen Mystique It all started with a 1962 Judy Garland television special. The diminutive star affected young Sidney Myer as no entertainer ever had. H…
by Michael Stever Much like the Industrial revolution vastly improved the standard of living for the general population, Canadian based Cirque du Soleil and their never resting team o…
by Alix Cohen Rhythm captivates me/Hot rhythms stimulate me/Can’t help but swing it boy/Swing it brothers swing… ("Swing! Brother, Swing"-Clarence Williams/Walter Bisho…
by Sandi Durell The Cafe Carlyle was filled to capacity as MOMS hosted a MAMARAZZI event on September 28 to support breast cancer’s initiative Warriors in Pink powered by…
A Broadway veteran makes a delightful return to a New York stage By Joel Benjamin There has to be some reason that theater veterans (Phyllis Newman, Tony Roberts, Marily…
By Brian Scott Lipton Upon first reflection, "The Encounter" sounds like the kind of show you'd encounter at BAM or St. Ann's Warehouse, not Broadway's Golden Theatre: a…
by Marilyn Lester Cady Huffman is quite the character and that is said in the very best possible way. She's a charmer " a slightly kooky charmer " and that deligh…
by Brian Scott Lipton "What is the weight of a lie?" These initially puzzling and undeniably provocative words, the first ones spoken by one Mrs. Johnson in "All The Ways to Sa…
Betty Buckley, Misty Copeland, Kelli O'Hara, Bernadette Peters, and Janice Reals Ellig present the 20th Anniversary of Nothing Like a Dame on Monday, October 24, 2016 at the Samuel…
 By Sandi Durell Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti must have had quite a nightmare dreaming that all sopranos would one day be shipped out and banished to an island! W…
Theater Pizzazz’ MR Anderson was front and center with camera in hand on September 26 at the The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, the organization who for the past 12 y…
THE CREATIVE TEAMS OF FIVE SHOWS WERE FEATURED IN "BOUND FOR BROADWAY XVlll" MERKIN CONCERT HALL HOSTED BY LIZ CALLAWAY – BROADWAY CLOSE UP! by Linda Amiel Burns  …
by Michael Bracken In August, 1831, in Southampton County, Virginia, Nat Turner, a self-styled preacher and soldier of God, led a slave rebellion that resul…
Career Transition for Dancers is a program of the Actors Fund that took place at the Marriott Marquis on September 26 honoring Joe Lanteri/The NYC Dance Alliance and philanthropists B…
The iconic Charles Aznavour will be returning to Madison Square Garden on Saturday October 15 at 8 pm. After more than 70 years and thousands of concerts, Aznavour continues to…
 by Elizabeth Ahlfors Politically and traditionally, “I Want To Be In America” is relevant today, a show recognizing the valuable contribution of i…
by Lisa Joy Reitman-Dobi Let's be clear. Burlesque is the correct term for a comedic performance featuring skilled burlesque dance as part of a humorous satire. B…
by Brian Scott Lipton New York City is full of great art exhibitions and play readings. In its own very special way, spending time at Tony Award winner Betty Buck…
By Michall Jeffers Nostalgia rules! Welcome to 1977 in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The disco era lives, complete with chunky high heels, hot pants, pointy collars, Afros, paisley, poster…
By Myra Chanin A Jewish Joke is an extraordinary solo show, beautifully performed by Phil Johnson and equally well written by him and Marni Freedman about Albert "Bernie" Lu…
by Beatrice Williams-Rude As the world mourns Edward Albee I'm reminded of a reading of Everything in the Garden,  which I saw at St. Clement's in Ma…
By Marcina Zaccaria Winsome Brown has an imperious presence and light, red hair, tousled like a serpent. With the fortitude to release the word, her mastery of th…
By Sandi Durell As my table mate and writer MR Anderson noted to me, "she's a perfected traditionalist who can put on all the pomp and circumstance required of her austere grac…
by Alix Cohen Founded in 2007, Helpusadopt.org is the only grant program in the United States that fosters all types of families (married couples, single parents and LGB…
