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...

  By Sandi Durell   Everyone’s back in the City. I can already hear the roar of the crowd – – the busy clubs and cabarets. Take a peek at who’s coming and where! October 9-12, the 29th Annual Cabaret Convention takes place at Rose Hall. Tickets on sale now!...

      “The Greatest Songwriter that has ever lived.” (George Gershwin) “Irving Berlin has no place in American music – he is American music.” (Jerome Kern)       by Sandi Durell   A young immigrant boy from a shtetel in Russia (later known as Belarus) makes...

    Emmy and Golden Globe nominated star of ER, Raising the Bar and Mr. Robot, Gloria Reuben  is getting ready to present an intimate evening of song – The Men I Love at Feinstein’s/54 Below on September 20 at 9:30 pm.   Gloria is a multi talent who will accompany...

Ann Hampton Callaway Returns to Feinstein’s/54 Below with The Linda Ronstadt Songbook       Award winning singer, pianist, songwriter and actress Ann Hampton Callaway, a leading pop/jazz icon of our time, has created an exciting evening of songs and stories celebrating...

        By Sandi Durell     The interesting background on this show gives it more panache than one would realize . . . it’s a little bit of this n’ that . . . written by a group of writers called The Grundleshotz – (i.e. Sebastian Arcelus, Fred Berman, Jay...

    By Sandi Durell   After eight months of in depth research, Lillian Hellman’s play about factory workers vs. owners was conceived in a fictional setting of Callum, Ohio, not too far from Wooster where the Wooster Brush Company was located, founded in 1851, and upon which...

    The dynamic duo of Rebecca Luker and Sally Wilfert previewed an original new show All the Girls, at a recent press preview at Feinstein’s/54 Below set for September 7 and 8 at 7 pm.   They will be exploring themes about today’s women with love, strength and...

    Appearing together at Feinstein’s/54 Below are Jana Robbins (The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Gypsy, I Love My Wife) and Haley Swindal (Jekyll & Hyde, White Christmas, Sweeney Todd) where they will perform “The Songs of Kander & Ebb: We Just Move...

  By Sandi Durell   You might be wondering what the music of the 1980s girl group the Go-Go’s has to do with Shakespearean iambic pentameter styling from Sir Philip Sidney’s 1580 English pastoral poem Arcadia! This fairytale jukebox musical, helmed by Michael Mayer (American Idiot,...

    By Sandi Durell     The Farmhouse – – a gathering womb where three couples congregate to celebrate their good friendships, warm feelings and special occasions in Michael Tucker’s new dramedy, Fern Hill, debuting at New Jersey Repertory Theatre in Long...

    By Sandi Durell     To commit….or not to commit – that is the question! In Gianmarco Soresi’s “unromantic comedy,” that presents as a play within a play, standup comedy and a frightening inability to fall in love and commit, gains new insight into the fears, regrets...

By Sandi Durell   The St. Cloud Rooftop Bar at the Knickerbocker Hotel in Times Square was a most fitting venue to introduce the contemporary production of the classic tale of King Kong as it follows it’s young actress Ann Darrow, played by Christiani Pitts, and maverick filmmaker, Carl...

    By Sandi Durell   In the continuing saga to promote the Blue Wave, the producers and creative team of Me The People are currently ensconced at The Laurie Beechman Theatre (West Bank Café) two evenings a week through November 6. With a talented cast of ardent young...

    By Sandi Durell   Reunited and it feels so good…. after nine years, the mishpocheh (says Michael Feinstein) are now happy to be back on the stage of his namesake Feinstein’s/54 Below. Great idea as they take off on a traveling adventure! These two uber talents are so much...

  By Sandi Durell   Richard Bean, playwright (One Man, Two Guvnors) wasn’t sure he wanted to actually write this one but, with enough nudging, he came up with a roadmap that is most unique involving snooker . . . the British version of pool and called it ‘The Nap.’ The cast met with...

    Ana Gasteyer, Andy Karl and Orfeh will join Sierra Boggess, Adam Kantor, Lindsay Mendez, Brad Oscar, Hugh Panaro, Christine Pedi, Kate Rockwell, Douglas Sills, Betsy Wolfe and Karen Ziemba, with special guest appearances by adorable four-legged friends, in the 2018 Best in...

  By Sandi Durell   What more appropriate title for a show than Only From the Heart Can You Touch the Sky from the beautiful soul of Renee Katz? How can one explain the feeling of being wrapped in the tender, caring arms of this lovely soprano whose heart is like an open book? The...

    By Sandi Durell   While the keeper of the flame for Ricky Ritzel’s Broadway, Myra Chanin, is traveling in Hawaii, I couldn’t let this auspicious evening of song pass me by without being part of the BIG anniversary celebration at Don’t Tell Mama that earned Ritzel and his...

    By Sandi Durell   Lisa Dellarossa is a little package of personality with an upbeat charm. Her recent show at Feinstein’s/54 Below (July 25, 2018) was a homage to the many lady legends of song and incorporated quite a list from back when to now. She has a vibrant and extensive...

    By Sandi Durell (July 23, 2018)   The newly opened Birdland Theater is now home to an array of talent. First, BIG thank you Gianni Valenti for the long awaited state of the art space that is right below the upstairs historic Birdland. The sound, lights, architectural layout is...

  By Sandi Durell   The press met with the cast and creator of the new comedy Fern Hill written by Michael Tucker – actor turned playwright – and directed by Australian Nadia Tass. The ensemble cast is made up of many sought after and well known actors including his wife, Jill...

    By Sandi Durell   What! Idina Menzel in a biting comedy without a note to sing? Well, it happens and luckily it happened in Joshua Harmon’s (Bad Jews, Significant Other, Admissions) continuing exploitation of neurotic Jewish families. As wont to happen, Menzel’s Jodi Isaac,...

  Kate Shindle and Abby Corrigan will appear together at Feinstein’s/54 Below on August 8 at 9:30 pm. In 2016, 18 year old Abby, fresh out of high school, and the much older lady with a lot of titles, embarked on an adventure playing the very same lesbian cartoonist on a 14 month...