7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
By Myra Chanin Richard Holbrook reminds me of Dennis Day, the Irish Tenor on the old Jack Benny Radio Show of the 1940's. That should give you a...
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By Eric J. Grimm Writer-director James O’Neil has his dial set on “crowd pleaser” for Lonesome Traveler, his jukebox musicalÂ�…
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by: Paulanne Simmons At the very beginning of Ben Vereen's Steppin' Out at 54 Below, the audience watches a short montage of the high points...
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Review by Samuel L. Leiter In New York, you never know where you're going to find brilliant acting. Perhaps it'll be on Broadway,...
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by: JK Clarke Experiencing a break from reality as a manifestation of mental illness must be terrifying. By definition, one doesn't know that…
by: Susan Hasho A college reunion? Well, sort of. If you mean a gathering of people who went to the same school. But at 54...
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by: Brian Scott Lipton A group of outsiders gather in the parking lot of a now-closed seedy New Orleans hotel to give a "living funeral" to the...
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On Monday March 16th, the Pershing Square Signature Center was alive with excitement and sounds of the League of Professional Theatre Women who gathered to celebrate their own i…
by Joe Regan Jr. "This is your night" the monthly series presented at the Metropolitan Room by...
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by: Michael Bracken It's a mess " in the very best sense of the word. Melissa James Gibson's Placebo, at Playwrights Horizons, is...
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by: JK Clarke "We were supposed to be Will & Grace!" The story of young artists struggling to make it in...
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by: Michael Bracken Chances are you've never wondered why or whether Henrik Ibsen's image was officially sculpted for posterity. But w…
By: Sandi Durell I remember reading my history books –Â George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton (after all, his face …
The auspicious American Songbook debut of a rising Filipino-American musical theater star. by: Joel Benjamin Jose Llana, the Filipino-American singer has had a st…
Review by Marilyn Lester Tap dance, the uniquely American staple of the dancers' craft, is n…
By Eric J. Grimm Playwright David Ryan Colbert takes on the complexity of identity and truth in his new play, C.O.A.L.. (Confess…
By: Sandi Durell Looking 20-something, the vivacious Sutton Foster (soon turning 40) kicked up her heels and more at Carnegie Hall on Friday evening March 13th in her debut...
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Cabaret Review by Marilyn Lester When three alumni of the Broadway hit "Sophisticated Ladies" " friends for over three decades " get together to do a show,...
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Review by Joe Regan Jr. As part of 16th season of Lincoln Center's American Songbook series, on March 11 they presented a program featuring...
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A charmer of a one-man show given depth by clever writing and imaginative staging   By Joel Benjamin Even for those who are adamantly audience-participation adve…
By Brian Scott Lipton In "Sing, My Sisters, Sing," Maureen McGovern's stunning tribute to over 20 women singer-songwriters, you can hear the famed v…
Metropolitan Room's Joseph Macchia and Bernard Furshpan are excited to announce the formation of the Cabaret Hall of Fameâ„¢ (CHOF), as well as the Inaugural Induction Blac…
This review was originally posted in October of 2013. The Other Mozart has been on tour and is currently in production thru April 25th – Saturdays at 7pm...
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By: Sandi Durell If you didn't have any idea about what goes on behind closed doors at Buckingham...
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