7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
 by Sandi Durell  From a brilliantly devised title " "I Wish I Were 90 Again!" " to a well-constructed show, this remarkable chanteuse never ceases to amaze, thrill and bring her hea…
 by Alix Cohen  Buster Poindexter and his band are FUN! A vocalist/songwriter (later, actor) who burst on the East Village scene in the early 1970s (with birth name David Johansen) a…
 By Myra Chanin  Well, whaddaya know? The becoming-more-illustrious-with-every-passing-year, larger-than-life Ricky Ritzel, who produces, creates, performs and music directs a…
 by Adam Cohen  Someone keeps mugging Eva (Megan Hill) in the kitchen at her debt collection agency office. Co-workers Howie (Justin Long) and Jordan (Ugo Chukwu) fuel the clueless s…
 Encompass New Opera honors theater luminaries Laura Benanti and Bartlett Sher with "A Musicial Salute!" at the National Arts Club on March 31, 2019 featuring stars of Broadway, opera, t…
 by Sandi Durell  This smart, snazzy, stylish and savvy crooner, once again, regaled a full house of fans at The Green Room 42 reprising 'Come Croon With Me' on March 29. Dressed in …
 By Tania Fisher  We love Lainie. We just do. Can anyone define exactly why? I don't think so; it's like putting a label on a piece of artwork, and Lainie Kazan, is a true, l…
  By Sandi Durell  Back to Detroit where R & B and Motown all began . . . it's, as they say, the soundtrack of many lives, surely mine. Yes, I was among the thousands who mov…
  By Shoshana Medney  St. Peter's Foot will make you laugh, question some of your life choices and make you grateful for the people in your life: Written by Anna Theresa Casci…
 By Brian Scott Lipton   Forty years ago, Tony Danza worked his way into America's hearts as hunk with surprisingly strong comic chops on the hit sitcom "Taxi." Well, four decade…
   by Linda Amiel Burns  The New York Cabaret community filled their new glitzy venue Sony Hall for a festive evening on March 26, celebrating the best of cabaret and song in…
 By Shoshana Medney  I went in-depth with three of the stars from The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical. You'll find unique stories from my 10 minute conversations with Chri…
 By Sandi Durell  When you think of the iconic Judy Holliday, the immediate visual is of that dumb blonde Billie Dawn in Born Yesterday for which she received both an Academy Award a…
    By Ron Fassler  It was with some trepidation that I took my seat at actress Maddie Corman's one-person play Accidentally Brave, which she wrote and appears in. I knew…
 By Ron Fassler  Lyle Kessler has been writing plays for more than fifty years now. When his first Broadway show, The Watering Place, premiered in March of 1969, it had the misfortun…
 By Marilyn Lester  In the second of Sean O'Casey's Dublin Trilogy, Juno and the Paycock, the Irish Repertory Theatre has tackled the playwright's fierce realism head on and come up …
  by Sandi Durell  Without a doubt, in my book, Kiss Me, Kate is genius Cole Porter's best of the best " you know, love and can sing just about every song in this gorgeously stag…
 By Marcina Zaccaria  Stepping into St. John the Divine is nothing short of magical. The Episcopal Cathedral, located on Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan, is known for its uncommon Rose…
By Brian Scott Lipton  The lone feather temporarily left on the stage of New York City Center feels like the perfect metaphor for the Encores! production of "I Married an Angel," the 193…
  By Marcina Zaccaria  Birds of Paradise is a gem of a musical with Book by Winnie Holzman and David Evans and Lyrics by Wicked's Librettist Winnie Holzman. A Chekhov aficionado …
 THE CAST OF BE MORE CHILL had the time of their lives recording the original cast album on Ghostlight Records at Reservoir Studios on March 19 and Theater Pizzazz' Shoshana Medney wa…
  By Brian Scott Lipton  In some cases, familiarity breeds contempt, but for eight-time Grammy Award nominee Tierney Sutton, her familiarity with award-winning lyricists Alan and…
 by Matt Smith  The New York Pops were alive and kickin' on March 15 when the feted and fabulous orchestra closed out their landmark 36th season with a wide-ranging salute to cinema'…
 By Brian Scott Lipton  Will you feel taken for a ride if you head to Lincoln Center's Mitzi Newhouse Theater to take in John Guare's "Nantucket Sleigh Ride"? Without question, this …
 By Sandi Durell  When you solo at the age of 5 as a performer, live in a household where Mom is a professional pianist (young Mark spending a fair amount of time in an orchestra pit…
