7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
By Sandi Durell Reunited and it feels so good…. after nine years, the mishpocheh (says Michael Feinstein) are now happy to be back on the stage of his namesake Feinste…
By Sandi Durell Richard Bean, playwright (One Man, Two Guvnors) wasn't sure he wanted to actually write this one but, with enough nudging, he came up with a roadmap that is mos…
by Adam Cohen Legions of children have grown up with Sesame Street and it's human and puppet resident's teaching letters and numbers.  15 years ago composers Robert Lopez, Jeff …
Ana Gasteyer, Andy Karl and Orfeh will join Sierra Boggess, Adam Kantor, Lindsay Mendez, Brad Oscar, Hugh Panaro, Christine Pedi, Kate Rockwell, Douglas Si…
by Cathy Hammer Like its heroine Nadia, Eliza Bent's new play The Beyoncé is on the road to self discovery. Described as nodding to Queen Bey, the piece is based largel…
By Sandi Durell What more appropriate title for a show than Only From the Heart Can You Touch the Sky from the beautiful soul of Renee Katz? How can one explain the feeling of …
by Michael Bracken "A free woman of color." It would have been an oxymoron in Mississippi in the early 1800's, but not so in neighboring Louisiana, at least according to Marcus…
By Myra Chanin The current revival of Comfort Women, A New Musical, is difficult to watch, think about and certainly sing about which doesn't mean that the historical…
by Carole Di Tosti In '68: A New American Musical part of the 15th annual New York Musical Festival, Jamie Leo (Book and Lyrics) and Paul Leschen (Music) focus on one ex…
By Sandi Durell While the keeper of the flame for Ricky Ritzel's Broadway, Myra Chanin, is traveling in Hawaii, I couldn't let this auspicious evening of song pass me by…
"Lynn and Stephen… thank you for this music. Truly. Thank you for all of your music." by Matt Smith Peasants and grand-hommes came together in harmony last…
By Sandi Durell  Lisa Dellarossa is a little package of personality with an upbeat charm. Her recent show at Feinstein's/54 Below (July 25, 2018) was a homage to the many l…
A True Miracle of Miracles " The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene's (NYTF) Fiddler Oifn Darch By Myra Chanin For starters, let me tell you that if you haven't seen…
By Marcina Zaccaria Yuko Ninagawa directs a captivating production of Macbeth at this year's Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart Festival. The script, translated by Yushi Odashima, is…
By Sandi Durell (July 23, 2018) Â The newly opened Birdland Theater is now home to an array of talent. First, BIG thank you Gianni Valenti for the long awaited state of the …
By Sandi Durell The press met with the cast and creator of the new comedy Fern Hill written by Michael Tucker " actor turned playwright " and directed by Australian Nadia Tass.…
By Brian Scott Lipton I'm not entirely sure what I find most confusing about This Ain't No Disco, the extremely ambitious if hopelessly muddled rock opera now debuting a…
by Michael Bracken Two things you should know about avant-garde playwright Young Jean Lee, whose first conventional play, Straight White Men, just opened in a Broadway r…
By Marilyn Lester The husband and wife team of Jeremy Jordan and Ashley Spencer put on quite a show at Sony Hall " and it certainly wasn't your mother's cabaret. The app…
 by Alix Cohen Never underestimate the power of superbly performed, old fashioned, rock n' roll. Director/ Choreographer Joshua Bergasse imbues this exceptiona…
By Marcina Zaccaria In a bright fantasy that is Emojiland, the world inside of smart phone is examined for New York Musical Festival audience. Emojiland is a celebration…
by Hazen Cuyler Commissioned by Arena Stage in 2013, The Originalist by John Strand surrounds Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The play, directed by Molly Smith, re…
By Myra Chanin Sholem Aleichem, aka "The Jewish Mark Twain," was not always a hilariously funny writer. Life was never fun and games for the poor shtetl Jews he immortalized…
The Madison Square Garden Company celebrated Billy Joel's unprecedented achievement of 100 lifetime performances at The World's Most Famous Arena with a press conference on Wednesday, Jul…
Yes, it’s a BIG DEAL celebrating cabaret and the epitome of that is the Mabel Mercer Foundation’s New York Cabaret Convention at Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center, from…
