7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
A family hides its secrets and feelings from each other with deeply emotional results By Joel Benjamin The title character of Edla Cusick's play Austin, Austin Ca…
Meet Broadway Tony Nominee and Theater World Award Winner Carmen Cusack (Bright Star), as she readies for her debut at Feinstein’s/54 Below on August 9 at 9:30 pm. Carmen is sla…
Sheldon Harnick is one lucky and very talented guy! Three shows (The Rothschilds, Fiddler on the Roof, She Loves Me) revived this past season and all with new CDs released, including …
by Michael Bracken So you think it's lame for a bunch of fully grown humans in glitzy cat costumes to pussyfoot around on a Broadway stage? Join the club. But don't let that st…
Two time Tony Award Winner (Catch Me If  You Can, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), Norbert Leo Butz, will begin a run at Feinstein’s/54 Below August 5 and continue August 6, …
Tony Danza definitely has that it factor going!  He’s got that winning charm and is very engaging . . . a real storyteller!  And he plays the ukulele!  Now…
Theater Pizzazz’s own Michael Stever and Marilyn Lester were on hand for the 24th Duke Ellington Study Conference in New York City – and the ja…
By Sandi Durell The iconic Carol Woods is full of fun (title of her show “Ain't We Got Fun") but it's much more involved than that. In a tribute to h…
By Marcina Zaccaria The mythology of the unicorn runs deep. In a video, Performance Artist Karen Finley introduces the glittery pinks and purples that often surround the…
by Michael Bracken It takes a special kind of man to boldly go where no man has gone before. And the men in Men on Boats at Playwrights Horizons are nothing if no…
The dogs and cats were plentiful and so were the Broadway celebs who turned out for this Annual Adoption Event in Shubert Alley on July 30 hosted by Bernadette Peters and Gloria Estef…
By Beatrice Williams-Rude A trip through the nine circles of hell as envisioned by Dante"although not exactly as he conceived them"is delighting audiences …
 by Marilyn Lester  America's own music, jazz, receives a swinging tribute every July at the 92nd St. Y, thanks to the keen artistic direction of pianist Bill Charlap. …
By Marcina Zaccaria From an empty stage, great ideas come to fruition. The New York Musical Festival always provides the opportunity to introduce new musicals. While som…
It is with sadness that I report the passing of Donald C. Farber, Esq. on July 29 from a long battle with cancer. He was 92 years old. Don Farber was a theatrical legend as a show bus…
By Martha Wade Steketee We let the sunshine in, and basked. For two concert performances on a recent Sunday night, several tribes assembled that were associated with Ame…
A rare opportunity to hear glorious unamplified voices in a Broadway-sized theater By Joel Benjamin For the past few decades only opera goers have experienced the wonder…
by Alix Cohen  Depend on Karen Oberlin to create a show that is 1. Personal and 2. Iconoclastic. Honest choices (reflected in honest performance) never pander to a presumed market…
By Sandi Durell Sports and violence seem to go hand in hand in Owen McCafferty's play, an import from Abbey Theatre in association with the P…
On June 27th, members of the press were invited to attend a luncheon at Feinstein’s/54 Below celebrating Chef Lynn Bound's "Broadway Beets" sandwich featured as part o…
By Brian Scott Lipton From using B-grade sci-fi movies to classic fairy tales, the songwriting team of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman spanned a few genres in their…
by Carole Di Tosti Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893) was a controversial historical figure who cut a wide swath in politics, business, the military and the leg…
By Martha Wade Steketee The Metropolitan Room's air conditioning could barely keep up with the heat generated by the enthusiastic early show crowd at the venue on a r…
By Eric J. Grimm Eddie Izzard's timeless history lessons can be as depressing as they are funny, particularly in the volatile political climates of the 21st Centu…
Photos: Maryann Lopinto Monday night, The York Theatre presented a CDÂ release presentation of it’s production Rothchilds and Sons on John Yap’s Jay Records. Â …
