7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
By Sandi Durell The immediate draw to see this throwback that begins in1928, with book by Sebastian Michael and music and lyrics by Jonathan Kaldor, is a talented cast headed b…
by Jerry Beal Within the customary genres of comedy, tragedy, and history that are used to describe William Shakespeare's plays, there is a sub-set into which some are a…
by Susan Hasho Lillias White returned to The Triad for performances of The Birthday Show By all possible definitions of the word: Lillias White is Hot! And she re…
By Myra Chanin  The Seeing Place is a theater company worth embracing by performers as well as the folks that sit and watch. It's a creative, supportive, artistic home f…
by Carole Di Tosti One never knows the extent of another's emotional pain, torment, inner hell and self-hatred to make a cogent judgment about how they should cope with …
by Sandi Durell I was pleased to know the lovely and talented Marnie Nixon, that many didn’t realize was the voice  for Deborah Kerr in The King and I, Natalie Wood…
By Beatrice Williams-Rude "Good is better than that; it's splendid." I wrote that in Friends Journal, a national Quaker magazine after I saw C.P. Taylor's mag…
By Sandi Durell For those of us who have attended Nadler cabaret for years, watching the evolution from chaotic to calm and knowing (he's an entertainer's enterta…
by Marilyn Lester There was a time, when the Count was still alive, when Birdland was the home of the Basie Orchestra, so it's only fitting that the band was booked for …
 by Jerry Beal At intermission of this splendid production, I got to speak with an 87-year-old Japanese woman who first encountered Takarazuka as a little girl…
By Michall Jeffers From the moment we see the perfect set for Million Dollar Quartet, we know we're in for a treat. A big neon sign saying "SUN" proclaims our location. …
By Marcina Zaccaria Steve Reich's Triple Quartet, WTC 9/11, and Different Trains bring theatrical flair to contemporary composition at this year's Lincoln Center Festiva…
(Photos/Video: MR Anderson) 106.7 LITE FM’s Helen Little emceed Broadway in Bryant Park, alongside co-hosts Alex Brightman and Sierra Boggess (School of Rock). Perfor…
by Matt Smith Host-with-the most Scott Siegel (Town Hall's Broadway by the Year) is back at it again, this time with "Broadway Originals," the second of a three-part ser…
By Eric J. Grimm With a penchant for the macabre and an electric energy coursing through the whole creative team, spit& vigor has emerged as a reliably compelling th…
The Sly and Seductive Kim David Smith Creates A Weimar Kabarett in an East Village Alternative Supper Club By Myra Chanin My favorite androgynous…
By Eric J. Grimm In the cramped basement performance space of the Cornelia Street Cafe in the West Village, plastic wine glasses are spilling, the woman next to m…
By Sandi Durell Thank you Vanna White, whose autobiography inspired the creation of Celebrity Autobiography! So says (and I second) it…
by Martha Wade Steketee Nature provided the steam outside on a Manhattan evening in July, while Broadway veterans generated the theatrical steam heat of 1954's The Pajama Game in clim…
The word has been buzzing about that Jake Gyllenhaal will lead the cast in Lanford Wilson’s acclaimed Burn This as the Ambassador Theatre Group reopens the historic Hudson Theat…
by Michael Bracken The play's the thing, but it's not the only thing at the Public Theater, where James Graham's Privacy opened Monday night. Fluidly directed by Josie R…
by Marilyn Lester Duke Ellington saxophonist Paul Gonsalves was assured his place in American music history with one giddy, roller coaster ride of a performance a…
Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science" – the follow-up to the smash "Edible Inevitable" tour, will hit the road in 2016 and will be here in New York City at the Barrymore Theatre, …
By Sandi Durell As a follow up to the ever popular 'The Ride' " a more theatrically based sightseeing journey through Manhattan, the uniquely innovative mu…
On September 19, 2016, The New York Pops will return to Feinstein's/54 Below in Manhattan, NY, for a cabaret performance starring Tony nominees Montego Glover and Joshua Henry. The night wil…
