7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
by: Carole Di Tosti From the moment you settle into your seat, check out the black and white "optical illusion" staging and watch the sequence of quotes scroll on a back…
by Joe Regan Jr. Todd Murray and Sean Harkness were scheduled to do a repeat of his "Croon" show Sunday afternoon February 14 at the Metropolitan Ro…
by Elizabeth Ahlfors At Feinstein’s/54 Below charismatic Liliane Montevecchi opened her show slyly emerging from the back of the house. With a flirtatious air, she…
It was Media Day for Eclipsed and Theater Pizzazz’ Louis Deacy was on the pulse of the event as it makes history as African-American lead producers on Broadway, Stephen Byrd …
by Paulanne Simmons As Scott Siegel, host and producer of The Greatest Pop Songs of All Time – The 1960s, pointed out a Feinstein's/54 Below on Feb. 11, "We never …
The Good to Go Songwriter’s Showcase, a concert celebrating new works-in-process created or co-created by women writers from around the country, will be hosted by Amanda Green,w…
The Cabaret Community may be small, but it is mighty!  Mighty close and caring. It’s coming together to help one of its own  – Erin Cronican – actor, director,…
Broadway bound Eclipsed will launch a campaign to bring 10,000 girls to see the show. Through the "10,000 Girls Campaign," girls from the Tri-State area between ages 16 to 24, who wou…
Blame It On My Youth: Michael Feinstein’s Great American Songbook Ambassadors by Marilyn Lester Imagine singing on the stage of Carnegie Hall one night, and then b…
Multi-talented star, known for his performances as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar (Tony nomination) and John Newton in Broadway's Amazing Grace, will be presenting an evening of show…
By Brian Scott Lipton To start this season, the folks at City Center Encores! have taken a chance on "Cabin in the Sky," the 1940 musical fable about a poor South…
The Cafe Carlyle continues its season with a versatile group of performers. From February 23 thru March 5, singer-songwriter Rita Wilson will be in residen…
by: Linda Amiel Burns John Lloyd Young, the Tony Award Winner, who originated the role of Frankie Valli in both the Broadway Show and the movie Jersey Boys, opened at th…
Musical theatre writers, performers and digital creators take over WNYC's The Greene Space and YouTube for the "Broadway Unlocked #giveback" concert! On Monday, February 22n…
The miraculous genius of Leonard Bernstein's theater songs revealed. By Joel Benjamin Rob Kapilow's What Makes It Great? Series at the Merkin Concert Hall …
Staunch advocates of new works for the theater " the late actress and philanthropist Betsy Von Furstenberg, along with sculptor and painter Donn Russell " will be honored when Theater for th…
by: Linda Amiel Burns Quadruple threat Robert Creighton brought his cabaret show "Lucky In Love" to The Metropolitan Room for one night only on Feb. 8, 201…
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The songwriting team behind Les Miserables – Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schoenberg will be honored by the New York Pops and Musical Director Steven Reinike at their Annual …
by Brian Scott Lipton Anyone who knows the work of the audacious Scottish-born actor Alan Cumming ("Cabaret" "The Good Wife") probably wouldn't have taken the tit…
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Getting to Know Them! Daniel Reichard Celebrates Rodgers and Hammerstein by: Paulanne Simmons At the Feb. 5 performance of Daniel Reichard's show celebrating Rodg…
By Michall Jeffers Louise Seger (Susann Fletcher) is in honky tonk heaven. Not only is she finally getting to see her idol Patsy Cline (Erin McCracken) sing in person, she's al…
By Marcina Zaccaria Janis Ian breezed through the American Songbook Series at Lincoln Center. A renegade voice of her generation, Ian shared popular songs like "Society'…
by Marcina Zaccaria  With members of the Iroquois Nation, attendees at Building Bridges Across Boundaries engaged in debate and even a moment of song yesterday, whil…
