7,093 stories by "Sandi Durell"
By: Stephen Hanks Craig Pomranz doesn't stage a show in New York every month"it only seems that way. Three months after his holiday show "Love and the Clock," and five months after his show …
Thursday, March 8, 2012, 5:30PM at the Snapple Theater Center  Musical Theatre and Jazz Workshop members, friends and colleagues of Jean Banks, who managed BMI’s ja…
By: Sandi Durell The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has selected six finalists for the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, reco…
 By: Sandi Durell The Laurie Beechman Theatre was alive with laughter as the man of the hour, Mark Nadler, strolled onto the stage beckoning with "Let The Good Times Roll." Needles…
Reviewed by: Myra Chanin I don't know where you spent last Sunday night, but most people squirmed through the Academy Awards, watching a spectacle which concluded with a bunch of Fren…
Written by: Linda Amiel Burns For the past nine years, Jim Caruso has hosted his open mic "Cast Party" at Birdland on Monday nights, where people from the worlds of Broadway, C…
Reviewed by: Susan Hasho It's very hard to be a reviewer when you're laughing too hard to write. And, Christina Bianco, in addition to being a very gifted impressionist, is also a no-…
By: Linda Amiel Burns It all began at Carol Shedlin's Birthday celebration at her home on January 8th, 2012. All day people were coming and going and some even g…
Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. – Â February 21, 2012 Nothing To Lose But Your Heart is a new show conceived and directed by award winning cabaret artist and director …
Reviewed by: Linda Amiel Burns The sounds of the 60's rocked Feinstein's at Loews Regency when Little Anthony and The Imperials (Clarence Collins, Robert DeBlanc, Ernest Wright) t…
Reviewed by: Linda Amiel Burns – February 13, 2012 The 12th season of the acclaimed Broadway By The Year concert series at The Town Hall began with "The Broadway Musicals…
Reviewed by: Linda Amiel Burns " February 14, 2012 The versatile Ted Sperling put together a program in what he calls "my own idiosyncratic look at what feels and sounds like a…
Reviewed By: Stephen Hanks I've been stung by Rosemary Loar. It's not the kind that causes any discomfort, but it has left a mark. Loar has made me view the music of Gordon Sum…
Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr.  January 27, 2012 Amy Engelhardt grew up in New Jersey and migrated to the West Coast to do film work, performing vocals on many films. In Los Angeles, she j…
THE TOWN HALL Announces Legendary Jazz Artist MARILYN MAYE, Tony ® Award Winner BEN DAVIS, Broadway's JESSIE MUELLER & AUDELCO Nominee DAMEKA HAYES Initial Casting Includes Alice R…
Out with the old, in with the new! Timing is everything. I heard the buzz a while back and just as the cabaret community sadly suffers the loss of the historic Oak Room Supper Club at the Al…
Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. – January 25, 2012 Lorinda Lisitza and Tom Stafford, two of the staff members at the Metropolitan Room, connected at the staff show in November and decided to…
Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. – January 26, 2012 Victor Neufeld, who doesn't appear in New York cabarets often, had an impressive single show at Don't Tell Mama January 26th. Backed by…
Reviewed by: Sandi Durell Now this might not be a very uplifting title for a show; especially from the musically extraordinary Christine Ebersole. But it becomes evidently clear, early on, t…
Tony® Winning Director John Rando helms "The Suicide" featuring Jackie Hoffman             Bick Goss and Frank Evans, Producing Artistic Directors of …
By: Sandi Durell Impresario Scott Siegel is a busy man again producing the now decade long celebration: the 10th Annual Nightlife Awards at The Town Hall. It is billed as the only…
 Reviewed By:  Stephen Hanks During the civil rights movement of the 1960s, no two groups worked harder or more closely together to achieve equality for African Americans than Blacks …
"My View" by Stephen Sorokoff I once called Colleen McHugh a "Cabaret Machine" because of her ability to create and perform so many different Cabaret Shows. I should really add to tha…
Reviewed by: Sandi Durell " January 24, 2012 I've never had the pleasure of seeing the iconic Petula Clark in person, but can't forget how many times I would listen to her recordi…
Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. – Â January 24, 2012 Euan Morton is a native Scotsman who came to the United States some years ago as the star of the musical Taboo and received a Tony nomi…
