7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
CULLUD WATTAH gives a snapshot of the lives of three generations of Black women in November 2016 where they haven't had clean water for 936 days. Written by Erika Dickerson-Despenz…
Legendary lyricist Sammy Cahn, singer-songwriter Melissa Manchester and composer-arranger Billy Strayhorn will be honored in an upcoming online event as the 2021 inductees to the Great Ameri…
Triple threat Mr. Show Biz, Mark Nadler, brings back his ever popular Hootenanny (the one you remember from Sardi's) with guests galore at The Friar's Club on East 55th Street in a two-hour …
By Brian Scott Lipton . . . While I had never gotten to see Seth Sikes before, his reputation of loving standards, especially those belonging to the late, great Judy Garland, gave me some hi…
A Turtle on a Fence Post is a new musical comedy, coming to the newly renamed Theater 555 (555 W. 42nd Street) with performances beginning October 26, and opening on November 14.…
Ladies of 90's Soul TONIGHT WITH EMILIE SURTEES, Dozen Divas, Liberace & Peggy Lee Return, Halloween Burlesque, Pam Ann at Midnight
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Review By Ron Fassler . . . Call me old fashioned, but let's make it another old fashioned, please. I couldn't get that phrase out of my head (along with its allusion to Ethel Merman singing…
Photo: TheaterPizzazz Feb. 20, 2020 Meet & Greet (Jenn Gambatese, Jake Ryan Flynn, Jerry Zaks, Avery Sell, Analise Scarpaci, Rob McClure) . . . Mrs. Doubtfire, the new musical produced b…
Review by Sandi Durell . . . Technically this is a solo show and it's Ruben Santiago-Hudson (writer, star, director) accompanied on guitar by Junior Mack (playing great blues of Bill Sims Jr…
Trouble in Mind will offer 300 discounted tickets for each of its preview performances, in partnership with R&B radio station 107.5 WBLS-FM. The Roundabout Theatre production will offer …
Rob Richardson (Broadway: Jekyll & Hyde, Tale of Two Cities) and Haley Swindal (Broadway: Chicago, Jekyll & Hyde) to head the industry presentations of Roy O'Neil's Save The Palace o…
Review by Andrew Poretz . . . A great send-off! Remember those old Contadina Tomato Paste commercials? "Eight great tomatoes in every jar!" How can such enormous talent be crammed in…
Review by Andrew Poretz . . . French-Canadian chanteuse Myriam Phiro returned to Birdland Theater on October 17 for a post-pandemic iteration of her show honoring the legendary French singer…
FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREMEÂ returned to the Booth Theatre last night on Broadway for a limited run to January 2, 2022. It was created by Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Anthony Veneziale a…
By Brian Scott Lipton . . . For over three decades, Carolee Carmello has proven to be the consummate musical theater actress, tackling everything from 1776 to Mamma, Mia! to Hello, Dolly! an…
By Ron Fassler . . . Playwright Joshua Allen is bringing a bit of his native Chicago to Westchester this weekend, when his new play The October Storm opens at the Hudson Stage Company. Known…
by Carol Rocamora . . . "Divorced, beheaded, died (ba-dum-dum) Divorced, beheaded, survived (bah-dum-dum)" You recognize that couplet " of course you do. You learned it long ago in your …
Ramin Karimloo and Jane Lynch will star in the Broadway revival of "Funny Girl" alongside Beanie Feldstein. Karimloo, who has previously appeared in "Les Misérables" and "Anastasia" on …
By Brian Scott Lipton and Sandi Durell . . . Is there some kind of state-of-the-art device hidden somewhere on Laura Benanti's body? Or maybe she's fooled us for the past 25 years by simply …
spit&vigor is thrilled to announce the world premiere of HIT YOUR MARK, DIE BEAUTIFUL, written by Peter Oliver and directed by Sara Fellini (2018 Planet Award Outstanding Direction nomin…
Atlantic Theater Company's world premiere musical Kimberly Akimbo features book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lindsay-Abaire, music by Tony Award-winner Jeanine Te…
by Ron Fassler . . . When I think of prison drama, my first thoughts go to film. Early 1930s melodramas (usually with James Cagney and Pat O'Brien as both sides of the coin, bad and good) an…
EGOT Recipient and preeminent orchestrator Jonathan Tunick is being honored on October 2 at Connecticut's Sharon Playhouse in a gala ceremony featuring a 27 piece orchestra and The Sound…
By Brian Scott Lipton . . . Big dreams, big city. Will you make it after all? Will you even make it at all? It's an oft-told tale, to be sure, but it takes someone like Melissa Errico to tra…
The Acting Company presents Marcus Gardley, acclaimed writer of X: or, Betty Shabazz v. The Nation, and directed by Ian Belknap, a comedy that rocks the foundations of faith and red…
