7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
Written by Joe Regan, Jr. Album produced by Bruce Kimmel; for Kritzerland – Musical Director, Orchestrations and Arrangements by Lanny Meyers Sandy Bainum's new CD album, This C…
Reviewed by: Paulanne Simmons Alton Fitzgerald White's show at Metropolitan Room, "Can't Wait for Christmas," featured a good number of Christmas songs, but the s…
Written by Susan Hasho Karen Mason is magic"pure magic. I saw her first show at 54 Below on December 10th. Looking slinky in a sexy black dress with killer, spark…
Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. December 12, 2012 Patti Issues is an extraordinary autobiographical play by Ben Rimalower directed by Aaron Mark that began performances last month at…
Written By Joel Benjamin December 4th, 2012 For a chamber music lover there can be no better place to see and hear a string quartet than in a small…chamber! The Metropolitan Pla…
Written By Joel Benjamin The Boss by Edward Sheldon boosts the Metropolitan Playhouse's reputation for presenting fine tuned productions of plays from the turn of the Twentieth…
Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. December 10, 2012 Award winning cabaret performer Sharon McNight has been performing her very special Christmas cabaret act on the West Coast and some…
Reviewed by: Joe Regan, Jr. December 6. 2012 Mary Foster Conklin, who has won almost every award in the cabaret community for each of her shows and CDs, previewed her new show Thursda…
A Concert to Benefit The Actors Fund Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. December 9, 2012 A great start for the Holiday season was the December 9 benefit for The Actors Fund at Feinstein's at t…
Written by Susan Hasho Karen Akers opened the 2012 Winter Rhythms series at Urban Stages Tuesday night December 4th with her show Anything Goes: Karen Akers Sings Cole Porter (musical…
 Written By Karen Feld Should we forget it's the holiday season, Steve Tyrell, performing at the Café Carlyle for his eighth Christmas season, reminds us with his opening numbers…
By Joel Benjamin It's difficult for anyone under the age of sixty to understand what it was like to go to a show where the actors were not miked to death. Back then an enti…
The Final Cast also includes NATALIE TORO, MICHAEL WINTHER, ORFEH, ANDY KARL,AND MORE! In NY’s One and Only Concert EventCelebrating the Glory of Broadway Music From the Soul and Not t…
Whether you sing, do comedy, write songs or have any other artistic bent, it's all part of the performance compilation known as Jamie deRoy & Friends " and she has a LOT of friend…
My View written by Stephen Sorokoff Here's the question I have about Michael Feinstein's piano abilities. You can't play the way he does and not spend hours practicing. …
Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. on November 29, 2012 Ruth Carlin celebrated her new CD MoonSong with a new cabaret show entitled SongMoments with a series of performances at the Duplex in New York…
When the pencil thin and achingly beautiful Laura Osnes took the stage at 54 Below, I was excited to hear her perform, having had the pleasure of seeing her debut prior at Café Carly…
Jill O’Hara & Tony Roberts When you enter the historic building founded in 1917, you're enmeshed in theatrical history; the realization that you're sitting in a sanctuary where for…
Written by: Susan Hasho This can be counted on for unexpected and exciting new entertainment. The Monday night before Thanksgiving, I saw a lineup of four new faces (new to me)…
Each time I sit in the audience and listen to Michael Feinstein, I get the distinct feeling he has a little secret. It's that boyish twinkle in his eye as though he was telling himself a rea…
The First at Sirio – - – The Second at Feinstein's My View written by Stephen Sorokoff There is something magic in being able to be present when revered, creative, …
Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. November 21, 2012 Phil Geoffrey Bond has written and directed a new series Broadway Swings at 54 Below. The show opened November 20 and features cabaret s…
The Dream Center (Aimee Semple McPherson’s church) has created a way for “Scandalous – The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson” to offer a different kin…
Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. November 19, 2012 Len Cariou opened his cabaret act at 54 Below with a trio of songs:Â "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," "The Best Is Yet To Come" and "Just in Ti…
Liz Callaway at Helsinki Hudson MY VIEWÂ Written by Stephen Sorokoff Singer, pianist, voice teacher extraordinaire Shirley Callaway must be a very proud mother…
