Archive for October, 2016
Why I Had Kids So Late in the First Place by Pamela Francis
October 30th, 2016
I became a first-time mom at the ripe old age of 35. Yes, I scoffed at the “Down’s Syndrome” and “High Risk Pregnancy” admonitions -- twice -- to become a mom at age 35 and again seven years later at 42. Admittedly I was downright defiant about my ability to ...
Theatre Blogger: HEISENBERG: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
October 27th, 2016
For reasons we do not know or witness, Georgie plants a kiss on the back of the neck of a complete, elder stranger at a London train station, and we are swept into their lives and, in particular, the rambling dialogue of Georgie, played by the always charming Mary-Louise Parker, ...
Theatre Blogger: ALL THE WAYS TO SAY I LOVE YOU: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
October 26th, 2016
[caption id="attachment_24117" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo credit: Joan Marcus[/caption] I have been a fan of the multiple award-winning Judith Light from her days on the soap opera One Life to Live. And, since then, I've seen her in various stage roles, and she always impresses. Her latest appearance, however, in Neil LaBute ...
TICKET GIVEAWAY from MotherhoodLater.com: Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic
October 24th, 2016
Tilted Windmills Theatricals presents: Puffs, or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic Written by Matt Cox Directed by Kristin McCarthy Parker The Elektra Theatre - 300 West 43rd St, 2nd Floor (Between 8th and 9th Aves) Some people are born to do great things. Some people change the world. ...
Guest Blog Post: Confessions of a Mom Almost 40, Raising Three Kids Under Age 6 by Summer Blackhurst
October 23rd, 2016
The great thing about having my babies in my mid 30’s was spending a decade and a half, more than many 20 something moms, having the figure of an athlete and the schedule of a world traveler. Triathlons, mountain biking, water skiing, hiking, races, rollerblading - boy did I look and ...
Improv Lessons for Parenting by Zoe Richmond
October 20th, 2016
Colleen Specht is a funny mom. No, seriously, she is professionally funny. Besides being a stay at home mom to a boy who is 6 and a girl who is 4, she also started ImprovMania. Colleen has been doing improv and stand-up for 16 year. She meet her husband Dave Specht, ...
Mom Theatre Blogger: Mr. Popper’s Penguins: Show Review by Amy Wall Lerman
October 19th, 2016
In 1938, Richard and Florence Atwater wrote a children’s book called Mr. Popper’s Penguins which has been entertaining young readers for 3 generations. It’s a story about a small town house painter named Mr. Popper and his wife. They live with their two children in Stillwater, Oklahoma, a small town ...
Happy Bloggiversary to Me by Pamela Francis
October 18th, 2016
So it’s been 1 year since I began blogging for Motherhoodlater.com and I can tell you that my bio needs a complete overhaul as I am no longer several of the things I was a year ago. Let’s go down the line, shall we…? Replace “Georgia resident” with “California returnee”. Replace “wife ...
Theatre Blogger: Such Nice Shoes: Show Review by Susan Coronel
October 18th, 2016
[caption id="attachment_24070" align="alignleft" width="300"] (Photo credit: David Bexton)[/caption] “Spare any change, please?” pleads an African-American lady, shuffling at the entrance to a Brooklyn subway station. Her accent, persistent limp and twisted wrist paint a precise portrait of one of many people trying to make it in New York City. The woman ...
Columbus Day Weekend Staycation in Times Square, NYC with My Son by Robin Gorman Newman
October 18th, 2016
Ever since my son turned 13 last February, there’s been a growing maturity and desire on his part for both privacy and autonomy. In our home, he now shuts his bedroom door, and we hear him hanging with friends and playing for hours on his gaming laptop. He emerges for ...
