Never on Sunday
Vandis was in the original Broadway cast and led the title song in "Illya Darling" (1967), a musical based on his film "Never on Sunday" (1960). The title character Illya was a carefree Greek prostitute. "Newsday" critic George Oppenheimer wrote, “Major credit goes to Titos Vandis for his playing of Illya's oldest client, who sings and dances as rousingly as the youngsters...” Vandis reprised his role in a Westbury Music Fair production in 1968. "Newsday" critic Murry Frymer wrote that Vandis “... is delightfully authentic. In fact, he's better than that. Vandis has been in both the film "Never on Sunday" and the Broadway production of "Illya Darling" and he's not tired of it at all. His portrayal was fresh and kept bringing the affair back to the colorful gayety that bubbled through the motion picture.”