7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
The Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs is pleased to announce the 2016 MAC Award nominees and complete list of honorees for the 30th Annual MAC Awards. The awards pr…
By Sandi Durell One of theater's most lauded playwrights, John Patrick Shanley (Doubt), puts forth his own life in Prodigal Son (as author and direc…
By Sandi Durell Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is . . . a room of my own!  And if you were Little Carl Morelli, age 10, living on the o…
by Marilyn Lester Mabel Mercer was never a household name. Unlike her contemporaries such as Ethel Waters or Ella Fitzgerald, Mercer was not widely known " but sh…
  By: Sandi Durell   Spring is just around the corner and so is Cabaret Month and the 30th Annual Manhattan Association of Cabaret & Clubs Awards on March 29th at …
by Peter Haas      There's a new theater group in town " and its first play is an unusual one: it's a real-life aerobics class, taking place in real t…
By Marcina Zaccaria Richard Johnson performs in Pappy on Da Underground Railroad at The Gene Frankel Theatre. This solo performance, in recognition of Black History Mont…
By Sandi Durell Rita Wilson is not only the real thing, but a delightful presence to listen to and behold at the Café Carlyle.  She's like your bes…
A magical mix of great songs and terrific singers. By Joel Benjamin The previous two volumes of Scott Siegel's 54 Sings Broadway's Greatest Hits! were wonderful a…
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by Marilyn Lester Christine Andreas, the award-winning Broadway and television star, is by far no stranger to the cabaret world, where she's also made a hu…
By Marcina Zaccaria On February 23rd, creators of the new opera, The Shining, led a presentation at The National Opera Center in New York City. The Shining is based on t…
by: Carol Rocamora Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's aide, ice-fishing in Minnesota? Yes, it sounds like a mixed metaphor, but that's the kind of journe…
By Sandi Durell Ah, the joys of family and the holidays as the Shealys gather for Christmas in the neat little home where Dotty's memory (Dot played…
by Susan Hasho Based on true events, The Body of an American by Dan O'Brien begins with an interview on podcast and an email, with visuals on a screen behind the actors. Paul (…
Since moving to NYC in 2000, Jim Speake has sung in most of New York’s Cabaret venues. He was nominated for Best Musical Comedy Performer 2013, and Best Male Vocalist 2015, by M…
Theater in the Raw  by Marilyn Lester  Tennessee Williams' genius was often troubled; he lived a perpetual identity crisis, battling with drugs and alcohol for most of his life. As a…
Judy Gold, the acclaimed comedian known for her work on television, film, and Off-Broadway, will be making her Feinstein's/54 Below debut March 11, 12 & 18, 2016.  Theater P…
by Carol Rocamora Rarely does a revival come along that allows us to experience a classic as if for the first time, and see it in an entirely new light. Su…
No excuses now!  You can catch up on the latest off Broadway participating shows offering $20 tickets to the public 20 minutes before curtain for 20 days. Get a…
By Brian Scott Lipton Clearly, there are a bunch of New Yorkers who miss the Broadway megahit "Mamma Mia!" Plus, the Big Apple houses many fans of ABBA, the Swedi…
Beautiful, talented Television and Broadway star Megan Hilty, best know for starring roles in Smash, Wicked, Â 9 to 5: The Musical, lit up the stage celebrating Valentine's Day with…
by Linda Amiel Burns A remarkable cast of Broadway's best performed songs from I Do! I Do! for one night only with composer Tom Jones hosting. It wa…
The theater community is happy, happy, happy to hear that everyone’s favorite, three-time Tony Nominee Marin Mazzie, will be returning to Broadway in The King and I, assuming th…
An opportunity to be in on the ground floor of a new cabaret endeavor. By Joel Benjamin Who could be a better host for a radio program called This is Cabaret than the fabulous …
