7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
  by Alix Cohen  Betty Comden (1917-2006) and Adolph Green (1914-2002) collaborated for six immensely fertile decades resulting in 18 musicals, 9 screenplays and their own high s…
 An Amusement Column  by Harry Haun  MONDAY BLOODY MONDAY: With all the galas and benefits going on these days, you'd think somebody would come up with some kind of Calendar of E…
   By Sandi Durell  Having watched Mark William since he debuted his first show "Come Croon With Me" at The Green Room 42 last year, and subsequent revivals, there's no doubt…
  By Sandi Durell  "I'm a Wizard everyday . . ." that about describes the incomparable Tony Winner Brian Stokes Mitchell (Kiss Me, Kate, Ragtime, Man of La Mancha) about to retur…
 by Alix Cohen  "Willkommen," nods maestro Steve Ross from the piano, launching into Cole Porter's lilting "Wunderbar" and Gus Kahn/Walter Jurman/Bronislau Kaper's jaunty "San Franci…
  By Marilyn Lester  Some events in life seem absolutely cosmic. Imagine being a kid growing up, listening raptly to the music of Michel Legrand being played at home by a concert…
  A little celebration was in order at Joe Allen's for Marianne Elliott's Company as it keeps growing and growing as more stars join the gender-blind revival of Stephen Sondheim and …
 On October 22, during rehearsals for the 2019 Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes,  all 80 Rockettes rehearsed choreography from the stunning finale scene, "Chris…
 by Matt Smith  "It is impossible to describe Marin Mazzie's ability to make a song that you know well, sound like you've never heard it before…. every time she sings." Quite a bol…
  By Marilyn Lester  It's not often that the usually stellar Irish Repertory Theatre misses the mark on one of its productions, but with this mounting of Conor McPherson's Dublin…
 Nancy McGraw celebrated Johnny Mercer with Mark Nadler at the piano " a perfect collaboration!   by Linda Amiel Burns  On October 20, 2019 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, Nan…
  By Marilyn Lester  For nearly 40 years, Gerard Alessandrini's capacity to pump out high-quality musical satire with wit and jollity has been seemingly unstoppable. His various …
 The Mabel Mercer Foundation celebrates The 30th Annual New York Cabaret Convention Monday October 28 thru Thursday October 31 at The Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center. It's the place…
BEST IN SHOWS 2019 " ANOTHER BIG SUCCESSÂ HONORING ORFEH AND ANDY KARL Â Watch the video for performances by all the Legends who helped make the evening a huge success. Â Â By San…
 By Tania Fisher  Powerful live and unscripted storytelling returned to Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center on October 12, bringing with it a slew of devoted fans of the Moth Mainstag…
 What a treat to see theater in such an elaborate and history-laden setting as the Park Avenue Armory. And so, here's information about what's up and coming at the Wade Thompson Dril…
  By Sandi Durell  It doesn't take but a moment to feel the electricity in The Café Carlyle when Wynonna Judd enters and takes the stage, accompanied by her husband (guitarist, …
  By Sandi Durell  Is there a specific gene that's the predisposition to alcoholism? Otherwise it's difficult to find a good Mormon Boy (or was he a bad one?) who, at a young ten…
  by Alix Cohen  "When you're practicing, don't go for the sound. Go for the feeling. You know what the feeling is like." Rosamond Hirschorn We've seen the cap, caps really, for …
  By Myra Chanin  After a considerable absence, Eric Michael Gillett hopped up on the stage of the Laurie Beechman Theater and once again astounded 100+ sophisticated arts afi…
 by Adam Cohen  Lynda Carter regaled the audience within Jazz at Lincoln Center's Appel Room Saturday night with songs that mattered to her.  Born in Arizona, Lynda Carter…
 By Ron Fassler  If Chita Rivera isn't a living legend, then who is? At eighty-six, she has been working primarily in the musical theatre for sixty-two years. The recipient of two Be…
  By Marilyn Lester  As if a CD release isn't enough to celebrate on its own, the féte for singer-songwriter Sara Zahn's newly released Both Sides of Bernstein came with a happy…
An Amusement Column   by Harry Haun  HEWES-FUSED NEWS: When he reached his 20th year as theater critic for Saturday Review, Henry Hewes II was only 55 but opted for premature ret…
The Lightning Thief " The Percy Jackson Musical  The Creatives Joe Tracz (book " Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Be More Chill), Rob Rokicki (score " Broadway de…
