7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
Reviewed by Joe Regan,Jr. March 28, 2013 Tom Judson's new show, Nature Boy:Â Songs of the Earth and Sky, performed at 54 Below March 28 at 9:30 PM is not about eben a…
Our Times Square Chronicle writers have much to say about Marissa Mulder and the Songs of Tom Waits. Here are two reviews for your reading pleasure! #1 – Written by Susan Ha…
By Joel Benjamin March 25th, 2013 Songwriter/singer Todd Almond held an intellectual musical theater hootenanny at 54 Below, attracting a bevy of talented friends…
By Karen Feld Patricia Racette has mastered opera and is trying her voice at cabaret. Although the soprano is accustomed to singing sad songs in opera, she opened her act last …
 Reviewed by Joe Clarke While it may be hard to believe, Shakespeare detractors exist. It is fairly easy to say, because it is true, that there are several constants in Sha…
Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. March 25, 2013 Hunter Ryan Herdlicka made a magnificent cabaret appearance at 54 Below. In 2009, four days after arriving in New York, the recent graduate o…
My View written by Stephen Sorokoff I had to check this out. The sound was so historically accurate I had to go behind the stage to see if it was being artificially produced or en…
By Karen Feld Helen Reddy, once known as the Queen of 70′s Pop in her heyday, wants us to forget that label. After a ten year hiatus from the stage during which she pract…
Cabaret Cares, the monthly benefit series, concludes its season on May 19th with the annual gala evening at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. Cabaret Cares is the monthly ben…
Written by Paulanne Simmons Anyone watching Wendy Lane Bailey perform will not be surprised to learn that she originally trained as an actress. Even when she realized that musi…
My View written by Stephen Sorokoff As Tony Bennett came over to congratulate Debby Boone after her swinging and exciting show at Cafe Carlyle, I overheard him politely …
Written by Sandi Durell The crossover of talent between the two genres has been rising steadily. Years back the Cabaret community consisted of its own special breed of performe…
“MY GRANDDAUGHTER’S VIEW” written by Stephen Sorokoff There are organizations which promote the American Songbook and the exposure of live performance …
By Joel Benjamin I could kick myself for never having heard Ms. Jo Thompson before. She's deliciously stylish, funny and in total command of her art. At 80-plus, she's …
I've often pondered the phenomenon known as Marvelous Marilyn Maye. What is that intangible that separates great singers and catapults a small handful into a category I call sublime? I'd nev…
Written by Susan Hasho Bebe Neuwirth is a well-known dancer, actor, singer, and she also happens to be a great story teller. Her performance was notable in that she allowed each song …
 Review by John Weatherford  Sitting in front of a stone fireplace with the embers crackling and the snow falling on a Vermont landscape is the feeling that came over me as the sultr…
My View written by Stephen Sorokoff Probably the Billion or so Facebook members would also like Debby Boone if they could fit into the Cafe Carlyle. One thing for sure, you…
 Written by Alix Cohen The bozos all are bozing/The audience is dozing/ The users all are using/The clowns have all come home sings Dusty (Noah Zachery) with the melodramati…
Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. Fred Barton, who has loved Jule Styne's music since he was two years old and heard his mother's original cast album of Gypsy, did An Evening with Jule Styne, anothe…
“MY VIEW” written by Stephen Sorokoff I'm a long time admirer of Amanda McBroom but it took Eric Michael Gillet…
Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. February 23, 2013 One of the most wonderful and unique shows you will see this year or any year in cabaret is C'Mon Get Pappy! a father-son cabaret act written …
When speaking with Tony Lo Bianco recently about his return in the upcoming performances of "The Little Flower" " the life and times of Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia, there's no doubt t…
Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. March 15, 2013 Ricky Ritzel, cabaret performer and musical director extraordinaire, is performing a new special cabaret show at 54 Below which began March 15 at 11:…
Written by Paulanne Simmons Barb Jungr, a British singing sensation who frequently tours the U.S. made a one night stop on March 13 at Birdland (315 W 44 Street), where she san…
