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Saturday, October 1, 2022

Theater Updates by Sandi Durell

Red Bull Theater – The Relapse; The Tank – Vatican Falls; Play On Shakespeare Season; Mint Theater – 2 plays; The Gene Frankel Theater-Dracula Mint Theater Company (Jonathan Bank, Pro…

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Friday, September 30, 2022

Rupert Holmes New Play About Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Sandi Durell

16 City Tour Begins Oct. 5 – See Locations Below All Things Equal – The Life and Trials of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a new play by multiple-Tony Award winning playwright Rupert Holmes, will l…

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Upcoming Cabaret by Sandi Durell

Open up the curtain, Sondheim tonight! Vanessa Paradis & Dream Productions present Side By Side By Sondheim at The Triad Theater October 6 and 7at 7:00 pm, and October 9 at 3:00 pm. Afte…

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

BETTY BUCKLEY AT THE CAFÉ CARLYLE by Sandi Durell

By Brian Scott Lipton . . . Early on in her spectacular new show at the Café Carlyle – shortly after spot-on renditions of Sting’s “Fragile” and Stephen Sondheim’s “Not a Day Go…

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The Wolves at McCarter Theater by Sandi Durell

by Adam Cohen . . . The Wolves is a high school indoors girls’ soccer team and the play reveals itself gently in a series of scenes before games while the players stretch and warm up. Nev…

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Speaking with Tonya Pinkins by Sandi Durell

by Sandi Durell . . . Tonya Pinkins began performances September 27 at the Public Theater in Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun. The production runs through November 6th. Tickets are…

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Mid-Career Women Director Grant by Sandi Durell

TheFrontOffice Foundation, charitable arm of Director/Producer Wendy C. Goldberg’s entertainment company, will be awarding a mid-career grant to a female identifying theater director that …

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center by Sandi Durell

The new David Geffen Hall opens to the public on October 8, 2022, the home of the New York Philharmonic and new welcoming cultural home for New York. Completed two years early with a transfo…

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But Beautiful – A Tribute to Julie Wilson by Sandi Durell

Featuring the Julie Wilson Award Recipients in two very special shows! Appearing in the order performers won on Friday October 14 @ 7 pm and 9:30 pm Sue Matsuki Hosts  7: 00 pm – Jeanne …

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Monday, September 26, 2022

Paula Vogel’s Bard at the Gate Features 4 Plays by Women by Sandi Durell

Four plays by women – including a solo work written and performed by U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo – will be featured in the third season of BARD AT THE GATE, the digital theater streamin…

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Amy Beth Williams – Great Ladies, Great Songs by Sandi Durell

By Alix Cohen . . . “Back in the day when there were television variety shows, these ladies would come out in beautiful gowns, sing a song and leave – clean and simple.” Tonight, with …

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The “Y” – 92NY Upcoming October Events by Sandi Durell

Some of the Conversations at 92NY include: Willie Nelson in Conversation with Whoopi Goldberg –“Me and Paul: Untold Tales of a Fabled Friendship”on Wed. Sept 28 @ 7 pm Thurs. Sept 29 @…

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CHEEK TO CHEEK: IRVING BERLIN IN HOLLYWOOD by Sandi Durell

By Ron Fassler . . . When my colleague, Marilyn Lester at TheaterPizzazz.com, reviewed the Irving Berlin revue Cheek to Cheek late last year, she called it “a singing and dancing jewel box…

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Sunday, September 25, 2022

Most Produced Plays and Playwrights by Sandi Durell

LYNN NOTTAGE and LAUREN GUNDERSON American Theatre magazine, published by Theatre Communications Group (TCG), has released Top 10 Most-Produced Plays and Top 20 Most-Produced Playwrights…

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Saturday, September 24, 2022

Encores! The Light in the Piazza, Dear World, Oliver by Sandi Durell

New York City Center has announced new performance dates for Encores! The Light in the Piazza as part of the 2022 – 2023 season. Due to scheduling conflicts, the Tony Award-winning musi…

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JON BATISTE AT CARNEGIE HALL by Sandi Durell

By Ron Fassler . . . The stage was set on September 22, 2023 at Carnegie Hall for the one-night only premiere of composer/performer Jon Batiste’s “American Symphony,” self-described as…

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What’s Happening at 59e59 Theaters by Sandi Durell

Upcoming productions set for fall 2022 and winter 2023 include: The Little OPERA Theatre of NY, in association with Harlem Opera Theater and National Black Theatre, will present a double bil…

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Friday, September 23, 2022

Cabaret Updates by Sandi Durell

Writers Celebrate Sondheim at 54 Below on Sunday Sept. 25th @ 7 and 9:30 pm www.54Below.com Birdland Theater will present singers Stacy Sullivan and Todd Murray in the new show “I’…

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Thursday, September 22, 2022

PETER CINCOTTI AT THE CAFÉ CARLYLE by Sandi Durell

By Ron Fassler. . . Peter Cincotti, virtuoso jazz pianist and vocalist, is back in town right where he belongs and is very much in a “New York State of Mind” (yeah, it was his rousing cl…

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Off Broadway Theater & Grants by Sandi Durell

The world premiere of Textplay, by Archer Eland, a virtual play that may be the world’s first text play.  In Textplay, presented by NYU Skirball, dialog appears as an exchange of te…

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

NY Pops Underground Raises Funds and Awareness by Sandi Durell

Broadway favorite Elizabeth Stanley headlined The New York Pops Underground cabaret performance on Monday, September 19, 2022 at 54 Below, performing selections from The event begins …

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SCOTT SIEGEL’S BROADWAY BY THE YEAR CELEBRATES THE HISTORY OF SONG AND DANCE IN MUSICAL THEATER by Sandi Durell

by Linda Amiel Burns . . . At Town Hall on September 19, 2022, Scott Siegel’s renowned series, Broadway By The Year, closed its 21st season with a “One Night Only History of Broadway So…

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Theater Updates and More by Sandi Durell

MANHATTAN REPERTORY THEATRE is pleased to announce the cast for the world premiere production of David Harms’ POWERHOUSE, directed by Artistic Director, Ken Wolf. POWERHOUSE will play…

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The Queen of Cabaret Marilyn Maye is Back by Sandi Durell

Yes, the much beloved, talked about Queen of Cabaret, jazz legend Marilyn Maye returns to Broadway’s living room, 54 Below on October 12 thru 22. This theatrical legend will melt your hear…

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Broadway Heats Up as ‘Some Like it Hot’ Begins Rehearsals by Sandi Durell

The cast is complete for Broadway’s highly anticipated new musical comedy, Some Like It Hot! at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway beginning Nov. 1, opening night Dec. 11. Joining the compa…

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Monday, September 19, 2022

Sesame Street the Musical by Sandi Durell

By Adam Cohen . . . There is, admittedly, a visceral thrill and wide smile under our masks, as the lights dim and the Sesame Street Muppets appear.  Who can resist Grover, Ernie, Bert, The…

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Little Amal Walks NYC: A Walk Unlike Any Other Walk  by Sandi Durell

By Carol Rocamora . . . This past Thursday, September 14, a ten-year-old girl stood on the steps of the New York Public Library, surrounded by hundreds of admirers.  Butterflies floated aro…

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New Jersey Rep Mainstage Season by Sandi Durell

New Jersey Repertory Company, located at 179 Broadway in Long Branch is proud to present the 2022-2023 Mainstage Season. This season New Jersey Repertory Company will be presenting six mains…

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Sunday, September 18, 2022

Jackie Evancho Sings Joni Mitchell by Sandi Durell

By Marilyn Lester . . . Cross-over vocalist Jackie Evancho’s voice is like a super power. She’s been a world-wide success from age 10, when she first appeared on Season 5 of “America�…

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Saturday, September 17, 2022

BURBANK – WALT DISNEY IN CRISIS by Sandi Durell

By Ron Fassler . . . Thirdwing, both a theatrical and online theatre company, has produced a very intriguing short play by Cameron Darwin Bassort at the Wild Project on Manhattan’s East Si…

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THEATER THEATER AND MORE THEATER UPDATES by Sandi Durell

The New Group has announced complete casting and dates for the company’s 2022-23 Season opener: Evanston Salt Costs Climbing, by Will Arbery and directed by Danya Taymor. The New York…

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