7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
by Michael Bracken There are worse places to find source material than the Bible. Just ask Craig Lucas, whose compelling but crowded I Was Most Alive with You, at Playwr…
 By Steve Nardoni Gunnar Montana, a Philly-based choreographer and performance artist last night transformed the basement at La Mama in the East Village into an insane and rollick…
By Ron Fassler Amanda Green is a force to be reckoned with. Not only is she a Tony nominated composer-lyricist; an actress; a writer and a song stylist, but she a…
By Samuel L. Leiter Revivals of anything by Tennessee Williams from the generally undistinguished days that followed Eccentricities of a Nightingale (1962's rewritten version o…
By Ron Fassler As a seasoned theatregoer, I freely admit that I am new to immersive theatre; which to those similarly uninitiated, features no theatre, no stage, and instead ta…
The press was invited to the York Theatre Company to meet with the cast and creatives of the off-Broadway premiere of the new musical Midnight at the Never Get. With book, …
by Hazen Cuyler James & Jamesy In The Dark, now running at Soho Playhouse thru October 14 and directed by David MacMurray Smith, is an outer space romp exploring our…
By Sandi Durell Commitment, passion and loyalty to a cause, or a person, can be admirable. Taken to extreme, it's downright ugly, crazy and inhuman. Welcome to The New G…
By Sandi Durell Ann Hampton Callaway is an entertainer's entertainer! She's unafraid when it comes to tackling new sounds and songs so long as they express what she feel…
by Susan Hasho The play Agnes produced by the group Lesser America involves four roommates sharing an apartment in New York City"brother Charlie (John Edgar Barker), Charlie's …
The American Songbook Association (ASA) presented its first Annual Gala, The Joint Is Jumpin'!, a joyous celebration of contributions to the American Songbook b…
By Myra Chanin There is nothing I enjoy more than my own enjoyment, so describing a performance I absolutely loved, like Michele Brourman's at Pangea, is as go…
by Maya Werner Oscar Winning-Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. met the press to celebrate his return to Broadway, playing the role of Billy Flynn in the Tony Award-Winning musical Chicago …
By Martha Wade Steketee The show starts on the stairs at 54 Below. Twice in the past few weeks, these aural pre-shows have been somber celebrations of great diva lives. …
by Alix Cohen Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) was a Mexican painter who employed folk art style in surreal, nationalist, Catholic, and distinctly autobiographical images. She came thro…
By Brian Scott Lipton A family sits around a table, discussing philosophy, sharing family grievances, eating and drinking. If it sounds like a Richard Nelson play…
By Myra Chanin I arrived a bit early at Don't Tell Mama a few days ago, notebook in handbag, led by my brain to believe that I would be hearing a comparatively unknow…
The hit musical comedy Desperate Measures, currently ensconced at New World Stages, celebrated its 100th Performance on Thursday September 13. Maryann Lopinto was there to c…
An exciting reprise of a beloved musical.  By Joel Benjamin Ain't Misbehavin' was the little engine that could in the 1977-78 New York theatrical season.  How…
Marin Mazzie was a three time Tony Award nominee and it’s painful to write that this lovely, talented and brave lady has passed away from ovarian cancer at the young age of 57. …
By Marilyn Lester In The Naturalists, the Pond Theatre Company has tackled an ambitious play by Irish playwright Jaki McCarrick, featuring an interesting premise and strong act…
By Sandi Durell If you're a millennial, this will probably have some meaningful impact. Generation Y or Z can readily relate to and understand the temporary hooku…
Review by Brian Scott Lipton Put two women who have made TV audiences laugh out loud for years on a stage together and you can expect hilarity. Add in the fact that both…
Review by Brian Scott Lipton The cabaret world is chock full of great artists, but few measure up to Amanda McBroom. A California-based singer-songwriter whose compositi…
 Review by Beatrice Williams-Rude As Joe Papp was to Shakespeare, Jose Quintero to Eugene O'Neill, David Staller is to George Bernard Shaw. David Staller is the best thing …
