7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
Magic, illusion and brilliant puppetry soften this sad tale of mental erosion By Joel Benjamin Blossom deals delicately, yet movingly, with the tragic subject of Alzheim…
By Sandi Durell The ever charming Conductor of the New York Pops, Steven Reineke, was host to an evening filled with remarkable Broadway talent at Feinstein's/54 …
By Myra Chanin Ricky Ritzel may simply be the equally adorable and energetic spiritual son of Mickey Rooney with even more talent and energy but minus eight wives. Ju…
By Myra Chanin Ricky Ritzel may simply be the equally adorable and energetic spiritual son of Mickey Rooney with even more talent and energy but minus eight wives. Just …
by Sandi Durell with MR Anderson on camera Here’s a sneak peek with the cast and director as they give their own insights into Tick,Tick…BOOM! The autobiographical …
By Sandi Durell   Hailing from Rhinebeck, NY, the Gabriel family, part of a trilogy written and directed by Richard Nelson, now at the Public Theater, resounds with up to the …
by: Sandi Durell Keen Company Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein and the cast of Tick, Tick …BOOM! met the press and all had some interesting insights as Theat…
By Martha Wade Steketee "Sit back, relax, Mama's gonna read." The lanky instantly recognizable and inviting presence of Julie Halston, described as "a cros…
By Sandi Durell   Hailing from Rhinebeck, NY, the Gabriel family, part of a trilogy written by Richard Nelson, now at the Public Theater, resounds with up to the…
By Marilyn Lester When a bevy of eight talented women are assembled to pay tribute to icon Mary Martin, there's reason to crow. The launch of the eighth season of…
By Joel Benjamin Steven Fales looked as if he just stepped out of the musical American Psycho: slender, handsome, beautifully dressed and impeccably turned out. Fales, put toge…
By Marilyn Lester When a bevy of eight talented women are assembled to pay tribute to icon Mary Martin, there's reason to crow. The launch of the eighth season of The Zi…
PREMIERES (Paulette Haupt, Artistic Director), the New York based music theater organization whose mission is "to bring new music theater to light," met the press with the c…
by Alix Cohen Another season, another reason…Raconteur/vocalist/historian Harvey Granat's entertaining series resumed today after summer hiatus with On Jerry Herman. Herman i…
By Sandi Durell –Â Photos: Magda Katz The glittering backdrop of the lights of New York City gleamed brighter, and the full moon smiled as marvelous Maril…
Theater Pizzazz’ MR Anderson was present to meet with and interview cast members of PREMIERES (Paulette Haupt, Artistic Director), the New York based music theater organi…
Triple Pulitzer Prize Winner Edward Albee died Sept. 16 in his home in Montauk, L.I. at the age of 88. No cause of death has been announced as yet. He was well known for his unconvent…
by Elizabeth Ahlfors Janice Hall mesmerized the Metropolitan Room audience on September 13 with the revisit of her 2010 show, Grand Illusions: The Music of Marlene Dietrich, de…
by Alix Cohen  This is a rather neat idea, though curiously appearing way before Halloween. Villains of every stripe from psychopaths to cartoons, from musicalized history …
By Sandi Durell Bobbie Horowitz will tell you that numbers don't mean a thing. Some of the most fabulous people have created fabulous lives and works, and made ex…
by Marilyn Lester Take two talented, seasoned performers and set them loose to develop a cabaret act and the result is a swell evening of prime, solidly-anchored entertainment.…
By Marilyn Lester Irish playwright Conor McPherson, no stranger to the supernatural (The Weir, Shining City, The Seafarer) has found inspiration in Daphne du Maurier, a …
By Beatrice Williams-Rude Attention Acting Aficionados: Hie yourselves to The Bridge Theatre at Shetler Studios to see Dead Shot Mary. Rachel McPhee's brav…
The cast of Disaster was front and center at Barnes & Noble for the release and signing of their CD. The show’s co-writer and star Seth Rudetsky was on hand togeth…
by Sandi Durell What I'm learning is that each time I see Veronica Swift, the 22 year old sophisticated jazz princess, I'm never disappointed. No, instead I find new…
