7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
Old friends, Cady Huffman (Tony winner for The Producers) and Mary Ann McSweeney (award winning jazz bassist, Girl From the North Country) come together on February 22 a…
By Andrew Poretz . . . Gabrielle Lee is an actress and singer of considerable talent and charm who made her cabaret debut at the defunct Metropolitan Room back in 2013. For Black History…
Axis Theatre Company presents a limited return engagement of High Noon, their celebrated adaptation of the screenplay for the 1952 Western film, devised by an ensemble led by Artistic …
The highly-anticipated upcoming Broadway production of MACBETH has announced the MACBETH 2022: Ticket Initiative, a program developed to provide students with a unique opportunity t…
By Andrew Poretz . . . Mark William, at first glance, seems like the kind of fresh-faced, wide-eyed boy who lands in Manhattan off a Greyhound bus from Ohio and winds up in a Broadway chorus…
New Shows Coming Up Include: Made by God, Penelope (or How The Odyssey Was Really Written), The Forest, Paradise Square, The Baker's Wife, Cindy of Arc . . . Paradise Square new musical by C…
February At 54 Below: Feb. 18/19 @ 7 pm " Melissa Errico: Out of the Dark, The Film Noir Project; Feb. 16 @ 7pm " Make Them Hear You: Ode to Black Musicals w/Salome Smith etc; Feb. 17 @ 9:45…
By Andrew Poretz . .  . Pete Malinverni, a well-respected jazz pianist, composer and educator who has been on the New York jazz scene for nearly 40 years, brought his trio to one of t…
by Matt Smith . . . "Gotta get your new tuxedo pressed / Gotta sew a button on your vest / 'Cause tonight you wanna look your best / Someone's back in town!" The someone in question is not L…
Founder Rosie O'Donnell and Artistic and Executive Director Lori Klinger announce that Rosie's Theater Kids will return to the stage to honor CBS President and CEO George Chee…
Join Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in person or on-line for a Benefit Reading of Terrence McNally's "Unusual Acts of Devotion" (in partnership with Tom Kirdahy Productions), directed by Za…
New York City's Broadway and Opera star N'Kenge rejoins the cast in the award-winning production of On Kentucky Ave, a celebration of Atlantic City's famed Club Harlem of the 1960s.…
Audible Inc. live events from Audible Theater recorded live from the Minetta Lane Theatre and released to a global audience as Audible Originals. For three nights Thursday, March…
By Ron Fassler . . . The mission statement of the J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company states their intention to bring back three lesser known Broadway musicals a season with minimal design …
By Marilyn Lester . . . On August 13, 2019, celebrated jazz pianist-composer George Shearing would have turned 100 years old. Shortly thereafter, celebrated jazz guitarist, John Pizzarelli, …
The definitive Rita Hayworth is Quinn Lemley whose show Rita Hayworth " The Heat Is On " brings the 40s sex symbol to life. The show has been extended and extended some more at Don't Tell Ma…
By Sandi Durell . . . What to do when you're a singer of note with a lovely soprano voice and one day you are chosen? That's basically what happened to Valerie Lemon when she was 'picked' " …
by Matt Smith . . . "Hidee hidee hidee hi Hode hode hode ho Hee dee hee dee hee dee hee A hidee hidee hidee ho!" There was an extra dash of Disney magic in the air on January 31st, when form…
Marlene Dietrich and Edith Piaf, both cabaret divas of their own accord, were close friends throughout the years of their careers. But were they more than that? Rumors of their romance…
Music Man starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster Opens on Broadway By Melissa Griegel . . . The Music Man opened to great fanfare last night with a 45-piece NYC high school marching band st…
The Queen of Cabaret, the Marvelous Marilyn Maye will be back to celebrate her birthday at Broadway's living room, Feinstein's/54 Below, April 7 thru 16 at 7 pm. She'll only be 94 and has pr…
by JK Clarke . . . The cast was giddy with joy on opening night February 10, 2022 at the Winter Garden Theatre post performance of The Music Man.Theater Pizzazz' JK Clarke was on the scene t…
J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company (Jim Jimirro, Executive Producer/Co-Founder; Robert W. Schneider, Artistic Director/Co-Founder) today announced the complete company, along with photos f…
Producers Barry Diller, David Geffen, and Kate Horton announced today that the smash hit Broadway musical The Music Man is making available 10,000 tickets at just $20 each to …
By Marilyn Lester . . . Lyricists Marilyn and Alan Bergman are a pair of creatives that more than deserve the term "legendary." For sixty or more years, they wrote for movies, television and…
