7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
by Michael Bracken Basketball is the prism through which segregation is viewed in Separate and Equal at 59E59 Theaters. Presented by the University of Alabama, Seth Pani…
By Myra Chanin Jennifer Blackmer, the author of Unraveled, won the 2015 Pen/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for Emerging American Playwrights as…
By Myra Chanin Like many of the folks at Feinstein's/54Below on Tuesday night September 4, I remembered the musical Ballroom very fondly. How fondly? Fondly enough that as s…
The Songs of Kander & Ebb " They Just Move On! By Sandi Durell Happily Jana Robbins & Haley Swindal's Songs of Kander & Ebb are already scheduled for …
by Brian Scott Lipton Blonde, beautiful and both possessed of stunning voices that soar to the heavens, Rebecca Luker and Sally Wilfert are almost a modern-day, grown-up…
Marilyn Maye Will Receive an ASA Lifetime Achievement Award Presented by Bob Mackie! By Sandi Durell Cabaret keeps growing because there are enough people …
The press was invited for a sneak peek to see what’s up with the new comedy beginning performances shortly at the Davenport Theatre and featuring the directorial debut of two ti…
by Brian Scott Lipton There are few more daunting theatrical challenges than making the familiar seem fresh, which is why one must salute solo performer Shane O'R…
 A Great 21st Century Jazz Singer Honors Immortal 20th Century Songbirds and the Songs They Made Famous by: Myra Chanin Actress/Jazz Singer Linda Purl c…
"The Greatest Songwriter that has ever lived." (George Gershwin) "Irving Berlin has no place in American music " he is American music." (Jerome Kern) …
Emmy and Golden Globe nominated star of ER, Raising the Bar and Mr. Robot, Gloria Reuben is getting ready to present an intimate evening of song – The Men I Love at F…
The Box Office is Open, tickets are on sale in person, by phone or online for the upcoming Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention at Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center October 9 …
By Marcina Zaccaria The Scottish play is always a bloody, vengeful riot, fit to topple any pre-existing play structure that might rival it. Fans of this Shakespea…
by Alix Cohen Looking like a page out of Vogue magazine, Kat Gang approaches her music with as much style as she does her appearance. Understated charisma and subtle voc…
Ann Hampton Callaway Returns to Feinstein’s/54 Below with The Linda Ronstadt Songbook Award winning singer, pianist, songwriter and actress Ann Hampton Callaway, a…
Not only is David Friedman one of the top composers of our time, he also happens to be the composer of the hit new musical Desperate Measures (with book and lyrics by Peter Kellogg) c…
By Sandi Durell The interesting background on this show gives it more panache than one would realize . . . it's a little bit of this n' that . . . w…
by Carole Di Tosti Will and Peter Anderson, virtuoso jazz musicians have been presenting their glorious American Songbook Summit at Symphony Space for the entire month o…
by Alix Cohen  Maria Alejandra Rodriguez emigrated to The United States in 2010 and has been in New York just a year. A successful entertainer in her native Venezuela, she'…
By Brian Scott Lipton For five decades, British pop icon David Bowie was one of the most prolific "and chameleonic " singers on the planet, changing his musical s…
By Marilyn Lester It was difficult to know who was having the most fun " performer Maurice Hines or the audience who came out to see his show. Hines, who by his o…
by Alix Cohen  Last May, pianist Mike Renzi came across the recording I've Got My Standards in his collection. Delighted how well it held up, suffused with memories, he tel…
 By Sandi Durell  It's almost Labor Day and everyone will be back in the City. I can already hear the roar of the crowd – – the busy clubs and cabarets. Take a peek at wh…
By Sandi Durell After eight months of in depth research, Lillian Hellman's play about factory workers vs. owners was conceived in a fictional setting of Callum, Ohio, no…
by Magda Katz Daniel Reichard, originated the role of Bob Gaudio in Broadway's Jersey Boys. He was featured on the show's 'Grammy" Award-Winning multi-platinum cas…
