7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
By Alix Cohen . . . On the heels of receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs, Marta Sanders blew the roof off Laurie Beechman Theater last ni…
By Melissa Griegel . . . Honoree George C. White was honored on April 11th, by the Eugene C. O'Neill Theater Center at the 21st Annual Monte Cristo Award Gala. This year's gala was held at G…
The 4th annual Chita Rivera Awards (www.ChitaRiveraAwards.com) will take place on Monday, June 20 at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (566 LaGuardia Place of…
Review by Sandi Durell . . . A weekend in Palm Springs . . . a pool, hot tub . . . friends old and new. You'd think it would be a dream getaway. And it appears to be going in that direction …
By Alix Cohen . . . "When you start to wonder, you start to think, and there isn't enough thinking going on." (Todd Robbins) At 25, Monday Night Magic is the city's longest running Off-Broad…
TRC Plaque Dedication Courtesy of Award-winning Actress Blythe Danner at NYPL Rising Star Event at Symphony Space The Rehearsal Club (TRC), the legendary rooming house for aspiring actresses…
ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY with BEBE NEUWIRTH, DONNA MURPHY, BERNADETTE PETERS And had this to say: "If you are a young person who dreams of being a part of Broadway, come to Ne…
By Andrew Poretz . . . If you look up the word "heart" in the dictionary, there ought to be a photo of performer Ari Axelrod.  This talented fellow is a beautiful, sensitive soul with…
A Century of Romance: 100 Years of Love Songs By Marilyn Lester . . . This edition of Standard Time, the long-running series at Zankel Hall with Michael Feinstein, was anything but standard.…
André De Shields, who has enraptured audiences with his award-winning portrayal of Hermes in Hadestown, Broadway's Tony Award®-winning Best New Musical, will play his final performanc…
By Sandi Durell . . . Younger than Springtime is she . . . is there anything that Marvelous Marilyn Maye can't do? The answer is obviously " NO! She puts us all to task trying to keep up…
Gold Standard Arts Festival Celebrates Emerging & Established Artists 50+ The multi-disciplinary week-long arts festival runs April 24 " May 1 on the Upper West Side Opening with a Jazz …
Music-Cabaret Updates Renowned English model and singer-songwriter Karen Elson debuts at the Café Carlyle, June 7 " 11. For her very first residency at Café Carlyle, Elson will ho…
The New York Theater Community will come together for 12 hours on Saturday, April 16, 2022 from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM for 24 online readings and conversations on www.HowlRound.com.  …
By Marilyn Lester . . . There's a lot of merit and hidden treasure to be discovered in this revival of Richard Greenberg's 2002 Tony-winning Best Play, Take Me Out. It's a beautifully writte…
Robert W. Schneider and Shannon Agnew's new book, Fifty Key Stage Musicals, has been released by Routledge Press; an exploration of fifty musicals whose creation impacted the trajectory of m…
Most Nominations to: Kimberly Akimbo & Oratorio for Living Things " 6; Black No More & On Sugarland " 5 Nominations for the 37th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achie…
By Melissa Griegel . . . The 2022 Theatre Forward Gala took place on April 4th at the Edison Ballroom. The celebration honored Tony and Obie Award winning director, producer, and actor…
The Society for the Preservation of the Great American Songbook is hosting its 2022 Benefactor Gala on Friday, April 29, at 6pm. This year's event will be held at an estate in Palm…
Happening On and Off Broadway: " Mrs. Doubtfire Original Cast Recording & reopening April 14; Science at TFTNC; Chekhov + Turgenev at Sheen Center; SAY 20th Annual Benefit Gala-Mariska H…
Samantha Barks (currently appearing as Elsa in Disney's Frozen the Musical in London's West End), Josh Gad (voice of Olaf in Disney's Frozen; Tony Award nominee for origina…
OFF BROADWAY UPDATES That Golden Girls Show! " a brand-new show that parodies classic Golden Girls moments " with puppets! 4/29 thru 5/29/22 Theater Row " Theater 3. Get set for an eveni…
14th Garden of Dreams Talent Show at Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 7:00pm! For the first time since 2019, the Talent Show makes its celebrated return to the …
Review by Alix Cohen . . . Times change. Years ago few people knew anyone divorced. Leaving a marriage elicited blame. With men and women in the closet, those who had gay friends and associa…
By Andrew Poretz . . . One upon a time, there was a rather whimsical Broadway musical that intertwined the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, with characters taken from "Little Red…
