By Sandi Durell   Mike Birbiglia is a force of nature whether he is dubbed new or old! His wry, slow and direct delivery about life, his life in particular, is filled with a lot of what people think but don’t talk about, at least not in a theater to a packed house of...

    By Sandi Durell   There’s a new game in town, back to when dinner theater was a way of life, now created and produced in a very unique, upscale contemporary immersive experience at Lightbox Event Space, 248 West 37 Street NYC. It’s an American Journey produced by Jerry...

    By Sandi Durell   The ultimate narcissists get real when they realize they need a cause! So a group of aging Broadway actors, who have seen better days, decide they’re going to be the saviors at a high school prom in small town Indiana when they read about a young teenager...

    By Sandi Durell   Some, but not many, may be aware of recent upsets in the long and illustrious career of theater critic Frank Rizzo, who spent 33 years at The Hartford Courant, is theater critic at Variety and, you have also read his thoughts and reviews at The New York...

    By Sandi Durell   It’s a truly reimagined rendering of the giant silverback gorilla as you may have seen him in the 1933 movie, where the lissome and beautiful Fay Wray was the struggling female in the palm of the ape. This is a BIG Australian $35 million dollar musical of...

    by Sandi Durell     The ATCA traditional highlight of its weekend conference is always the ‘Luncheon with the Stars’ at Sardi’s Restaurant where writers and journalists from around the country enjoy a relaxed and candid opportunity to mingle and...

      By Sandi Durell   If you’re fortunate enough to attend a Melissa Errico concert, then you can truly understand the meaning of the term genuine! Yes, she’s the real thing wrapped up in a total package of beauty both inside and out. And that is only the beginning of...

  By Sandi Durell   Can grief be good or bad or rather an emotional adjustment to the human condition of loss? Whatever the road one travels to assuage the pain is not usually within one’s control. This is the confusion that Nkechi [Ngozi Anyanwu – the playwright (The Homecoming Queen)...

EXTENDED THRU MARCH 31, 2019   by Sandi Durell   Women come out in droves at the Daryl Roth Theatre off Broadway to witness the spirited performance by Christine Lahti as the one and only Gloria Steinem in this biographical tribute to the feminist icon, the play written by Emily...

  By Sandi Durell     Rita Wilson is back at the Café Carlyle, but in a surprisingly different musical offering bringing along some of her best buddy songwriters from Nashville to L.A. and New York with the stories of the country, folk and pop rock music that became the...

      A special press event was held for a preview of Maltby and Shire’s Closer Than Ever which will be presented at the upcoming Abingdon Theatre gala on October 22 honoring Donna Murphy at the Edison Ballroom and hosted by Randy Rainbow.       Featured...

Melissa Errico ‘Sings Sondheim’   ; by Sandi Durell   A most fabulous morning of interviews recently for incoming talent at Feinstein’s/54 Below and particularly with Tony Nominated Melissa Errico who has sold out at every engagement at 54 Below and can now also...

    by Sandi Durell   Tony Award winning star of this season’s Broadway’s Carousel is returning to Feinstein’s/54 Below with the songs she loves and you will too!  With her roof-raising voice and fantastic presence, Lindsay has some spectacular Broadway songs,...

    By Sandi Durell   Axis Theatre in Greenwich Village is the tiny theater where Randy Sharp is directing a far reaching adaptation of the very familiar 1952 western that stars Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly – High Noon. The eerie almost white background with only a bar and small...

    by Sandi Durell   Press previews can be a lot of fun  and the one I attended for interviews, along with my super duper photographer Melissa Griegel and one-of-a-kind sketch artist Joan Chiverton,  a few days ago, had quite an exciting cast of talent. We just posted the...

  by: Sandi Durell   The redheaded firecracker (as she is known) will be back on the stage of Feinstein’s/54 Below direct from her Tony nominated role in Hello,Dolly! along with nominations from Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle. In this new show ‘How Did You Get This...

    by Sandi Durell   The press met with the talent who will take the stage at Feinstein’s/54 Below through October and into November. First up is The Jonathan Larson Project.     Under the creative guidance of Jennifer Ashley Tepper, who conceived and will...

  By Sandi Durell   I, and many others, received a good education at Carnegie Hall on Monday evening October 1 when the Benefit Touch The Sky unfolded on the stage of Zankel Hall honoring icon Chita Rivera, Broadway’s greatest triple threat talent, with their coveted Touch the Sky...

      By Sandi Durell   Leenya Rideout left an indelible impression on me when I first encountered her on Broadway in Cabaret; a multi talent of instruments, voice and movement. Then long periods of time went by when I didn’t hear about her, until she reappeared in War...

      By Sandi Durell   This is Alexa Ray’s fifth residency at the Café Carlyle, where the baby voiced now newly engaged 32 year old makes every effort to please her many happy fans, friends and especially her always smiling, glamorous mom, Christie Brinkley (camera in...

    The press was invited to the York Theatre Company to meet with the cast and creatives of the off-Broadway premiere of the new musical Midnight at the Never Get.  With book, music and lyrics by Mark Sonnenblick and co-conceived by Sam Bolen, performances begin October 2 for a...

    By Sandi Durell   Commitment, passion and loyalty to a cause, or a person, can be admirable. Taken to extreme, it’s downright ugly, crazy and inhuman. Welcome to The New Group’s The True, marking a return for playwright Sharr White in this blistering peek into politics and...

    By Sandi Durell   Ann Hampton Callaway is an entertainer’s entertainer! She’s unafraid when it comes to tackling new sounds and songs so long as they express what she feels in her heart and shares the magic with her audience. And so the premier of The Linda Ronstadt...

      By Sandi Durell   If you’re a millennial, this will probably have some meaningful impact. Generation Y or Z can readily relate to and understand the temporary hookups and lack of commitment that have emerged via the era of confusion and technology that has changed...

  The Songs of Kander & Ebb – They Just Move On!     By Sandi Durell   Happily Jana Robbins & Haley Swindal’s Songs of Kander & Ebb are already scheduled for a repeat in February 2019 at Feinstein’s/54 Below. Yes, they were quickly rebooked so those unlucky...