7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
Who Loves You, Baby? Sound familiar? Maybe you were a fan of TV's "Kojak"  back in the 70s or happen to have seen Tom DiMenna in the trenches of LA's underground cabaret scene c…
By Karen Feld It's unusual for an artist to perform a CD from top to bottom as a cabaret act, but that's what Tom Wopat did in his one nighter at 54 Below. He opened his show Monday e…
Steve Ross: Out Went the Song, On Went the Show Part 1: On February 11 Steve Ross presented a program entitled Out Went the Song, On Went the Show at the Bruno Walter Auditorium.
Adam Guettel Shows Why He is Theatre Royalty: 54 Below February 19"23, 2013 with Steven Pasquale and Whitney Bashor
We Lost It at the Movies: It's Oscar season; everyone loves classic films. Eric Michael Gillett launched a new bi-monthly series with a line-up of cabaret artists singing from a movie songbo…
Lorna Luft Celebrates Fields, Comden and Nyro: Stylishly dressed in black tux and a sequin lapel on her bare-shouldered jacket, Lorna Luft paid tribute Monday evening at "Lorna's Living Room…
Michelle Dowdy: A Brass Act at 54 Below February 13, 2013: Michelle Dowdy has a big, lush, gorgeous voice and she uses it with versatility - totally available to what she wants to accomplish…
We Put The Spring in Springfield: The Music of The Simpsons: These 3 Nerds (Anthony Napoletano, Douglas Goodhart and Will Larche) and a Girl (Shannon Amiry) as this talented crew calls thems…
Edward Hibbert Can't Something Be Done? When Broadway actor Edward Hibbert appears on the stage at 54 Below in Can't Something Be Done? and launches into Noel Coward's, "Why Must the Show Go…
Steve Ross Out Went the song, On Went the Show:
On February 11 Steve Ross presented a program entitled Out Went the Song, On Went the Show at the Bruno Walter Auditorium.
By Karen Feld Oh so many memories! Boomers will remember where they were when they first heard each of the familiar songs " "Say No More," "Crying," "Hurt So Bad" " that John L…
Follow Up Review by Joe Regan Jr. When I reviewed Joshing Around starring Joshua Warr and Joshua Desjardins at their first performance on November 9, 2011, I praised the du…
  By Joel Benjamin Celebrating its 20th Anniversary, a triumph for any modern dance troupe, the Buglisi Dance Theatre produced two ambitious programs for its season at the Joy…
Written by Alix Cohen On the Bar Mitzvah of Broadway by the Year (13 years old), impresario Scott Siegel welcomes us to the evening's bounty of familiar and eclec…
Written by Paulanne Simmons Whether you're a fan of Andrew Lippa, musical theater or great singers singing great songs, National Alliance for Musical Theat…
Written by Sandi Durell One would think that after doing eight shows a week in Spiderman Turn Off the Dark on Broadway, that Robert Cuccioli, aka Norman Osborn/Green Goblin, wo…
   My View written by Stephen Sorokoff Sometimes I lose focus during a show.  My predisposition to disconnect is annoying and not always justifiable. A…
 Written by: J.K. Clarke Yes, Clive  – the namesake of The New Group's world premiere at the Acorn Theater — is indeed on the slippery slope. His days of boozing, s…
By Karen Feld Every time I hear the haunting words and tune, "From A Distance," it always captivates me. The Grammy winning song was used as a wake-up call for the astronauts w…
Written by Paulanne Simmons Famed country singer Patsy Cline died in a plane crash at the age of 30. But her enduring popularity is proven by the millions of her records that h…
 Reviewed by: Alix Cohen There's a moment at the top of "I Could Write a Book," when Eric Michael Gillett emits a little laugh of surprise and delight to find himself in unlikely l…
               A Celebration of Contemporary Musical Theatre by: Frank Evans (January 21, 2013) David Sisco, one of the most adventurous yet acc…
Written by Sandi Durell Suffering from the remnants of a cold on the evening I attended, vocal angel Christine Andreas took on an even more exciting addition to her colorful in…
Written by Sandi Durell The Rose, by any other name, would still be Amanda McBroom. Debuting at the sumptuous Café Carlyle, this woman has enough love, warmth and inner…
Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. January 28, 2013 Several opera superstars have attempted to cross over to popular and jazz but only a few have been successful. Leontyne Price and Renee …
