7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
 By Sandi Durell  The topic of bullying and violence is on our minds and in our daily lives. Open a television, newspaper, internet or online publication and there it is, growling in…
 Riveting Theater (with Puppets) " Allow me to share an experience   By Alix Cohen  Ashes Dag (about 16" tall) is walking through a haze. He looks-haunted. Kinetic, animal…
 By Alix Cohen  Zero Mostel put an indelible stamp on Tevye (Fiddler on The Roof), Yul Brynner on the King of Siam (The King and I); Jason Robards was perhaps our best interpreter of…
  By Ron Fassler  There is a program note in Chisa Hutchinson's new play from the author herself that says: "This play is my answer to the White Savior Narrative, a simple assert…
   by Cathy Hammer  Despite there now being three Muslims serving in the US Congress, sadly still we see very few represented in our local artistic culture. Though no one Mus…
 The new play Smart Blonde starring Andrea Burns held a press meet and greet and Theater Pizzazz was on the scene with Maryann Lopinto on camera. 59E59 Theaters (Val Day, Artistic Direct…
 By Ron Fassler  For one-night only, it was actor and singer Jeremy Jordan's turn to sit in a well-upholstered chair (as if in a living room) beside the masterful host and musical ac…
 It was, undoubtedly, one of the most exciting opening nights when Be More Chill hit the Great White Way on March 10, 2019 " " screaming fans at a hi-octane level inside and outside …
 By Brian Scott Lipton   Isabelle Huppert sits silently on the world's longest white leather couch for seemingly countless minutes on the stage of the Atlantic Theater before Flo…
 by Michael Bracken  All too often, a musical starts with a rousing opening number, only to deflate by the second act or even the second song. Superhero, presented by 2ndStage at the…
 By Sandi Durell  By now I think most theatergoers know about the history of BMC that opened last night on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre. It has an interesting cult history when a n…
 by Michael Bracken  Tori Sampson, whose If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka just opened at Playwrights Horizons, knew as a black child that "very rarely" was her complexion cons…
 by Carol Rocamora  "I'd rather make $800 playing a maid than $8 a week being one." Those were the fighting words of Hattie McDaniel, the first African American ever to win an Ac…
 The Cast and Creatives of INK met with the press on March 5. Theater Pizzazz' Shoshana Medney was on the scene to capture it all, including interviews. Written by Olivier Award winning …
 by Cathy Hammer  Anyone who has been in a long term relationship has likely experienced a "song and dance" argument. One person says that thing, the other responds with that other t…
  By Ron Fassler  Although Betsy Wolfe has titled her first-time solo cabaret show at Feinstein's/54 Below "All Bets Are Off," she could easily have called it "Here's the Deal," …
 By Steve Nardoni  So what if one could be in an audience and get to hear songs by Noel Coward, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and others, all with a saloon singer, a comedienne, a sultr…
  By Tania Fisher  The stylish Café Carlyle fills quickly with happy patrons whose eager anticipation only becomes heightened as they wait patiently for the arrival of their bel…
 by Sandi Durell  The co-production of Vineyard Theatre and The New Group's 'Daddy' at The Pershing Square Signature Center (The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre) is a searing revela…
  by Brian Scott Lipton  "Follow the directions," North Carolina bakeshop owner Della (the marvelous Debra Jo Rupp) implores us at the start of "The Cake," now receiving its New …
"We're all of humanity, whether we like it or not."   by Carol Rocamora  That may be a line from Beckett's Waiting for Godot, but it also belongs in the stunning revival of Boesm…
   By Tania Fisher  Urban Stages once again brings top quality theater and well-deserved exposure to new writers, with Death of a Driver written by the talented recipient of …
 by Carol Rocamora  It's a challenge to write an apocalyptic comedy about the end of the world, isn't it? That makes Madeleine George's new play all the more impressive an achievemen…
   Deborah Grace Winer presents The Classic American Songbook Series on March 24 at 7 and 9:30 pm featuring George and Ira Gershwin's inimitable songwriting style and classic son…
  By Martha Wade Steketee  Deep moody melodies, a dark Yiddish lullaby, a few standards, and a smattering of singer-songwriter staples inform the splendid cabaret offering by vet…
