7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
On  August 15, 2018 at the Pearson Lakes Arts Center in Lake Okoboji, Iowa  legendary singer Marilyn Maye was inducted into the Iowa Rock n' Roll Music Asso…
The dynamic duo of Rebecca Luker and Sally Wilfert previewed an original new show All the Girls, at a recent press preview at Feinstein’s/54 Below set for September 7 and…
By Marilyn Lester For jazz and reed virtuosos Peter and Will Anderson, Hoagy Carmichael is a songwriter who's pretty much at the center of their wheelhouse. Carmichael (born Ho…
By Sandi Durell I would like to continue saying, you'll love this contemporary, somewhat updated stage version currently at the Nederlander Theatre. But, alas, al…
The Determined Quartet that turned their Third Try at an All-Sondheim Songfest into an Exhilarating Masterpiece #SONDHEIMMONTAGE By Myra Chanin As 2014 was drawing to…
Appearing together at Feinstein’s/54 Below are Jana Robbins (The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Gypsy, I Love My Wife) and Haley Swindal (Jekyll & Hyde, White Ch…
by Hazen Cuyler Pushkin is a new play housed within the eclectic interior of The Sheen Center. It's written by John Leaf and Directed by Christopher McElroen, run…
By Marilyn Lester The irony of Peter and Will Anderson, accomplished jazz virtuosos of reeds, devoting an entire concert of swing to Jerome Kern, is that this venerable …
Theater Pizzazz attended opening night red carpet at the Belasco Theatre on August 13, with Maryann Lopinto on camera. Some of the guests on the carpet included: Stephen Schwar…
by Grace Treston Rachel Tucker proudly returned to Broadway last weekend, and the Belfast-born star provided her New York audience with an intimate performance at Feinst…
by Brian Scott Lipton It says something about Broadway star Jill Paice's talent as an actress that I wasn't completely sure if she was truly as nervous as she claimed making he…
By Brian Scott Lipton Studs Terkel's landmark book, "Working," in which he interviewed dozens of people about the trials, tribulations and triumphs of their every…
By Sandi Durell You might be wondering what the music of the 1980s girl group the Go-Go's has to do with Shakespearean iambic pentameter styling from Sir Philip Sidney's 1580 E…
By Sandi Durell The Farmhouse – – a gathering womb where three couples congregate to celebrate their good friendships, warm feelings and special occas…
By Martha Wade Steketee You will hear, see, and feel the future of musical theater in the Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz creation Be More Chill, now at The Pershing Square Sig…
By Marilyn Lester Jazz's love affair with the standards of the American songbook reaches back to the beginnings of both idioms. Proving the Duke Ellington dictum that th…
By Sandi Durell To commit….or not to commit " that is the question! In Gianmarco Soresi's "unromantic comedy," that presents as a play within a play, standup co…
 By Beatrice Williams-Rude  The great Russia, poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko in commenting on translations observed that when they are beautiful they are rarely faithful and when they are …
By Ron Fassler I first saw Melissa Errico and Ryan Silverman on stage together in 2014, when they paired opposite one another as Clara and Giorgio in the Classic Stage C…
by Ron Fassler I recently had the chance to chat with Manu Narayan, currently playing the role of Robbie in Getting the Band Back Together, the new musical which has its…
by Carol Rocamora Watch out, theatre world! A dangerous new play is on the loose. It will sneak up behind you, grab you by the throat, and won't let go. This is a theatr…
By Sandi Durell The St. Cloud Rooftop Bar at the Knickerbocker Hotel in Times Square was a most fitting venue to introduce the contemporary production of the classic tale of King Kong…
By Marcina Zaccaria Austin Pendleton successfully combines two Shakespearean plays in Wars of the Roses: Henry VI & Richard III, bringing the best of actor's theater to the…
Being dazzling and dismaying at the very same time! By Myra Chanin Let's do dazzling first. Mike Birbiglia's latest, The New One, is one of the two best one-man shows…
By Sandi Durell In the continuing saga to promote the Blue Wave, the producers and creative team of Me The People are currently ensconced at The Laurie Beechman Theatre …
