Archive for December, 2018

Up Close Festival: Show Review by Lainie Gutterman


Marisol Rosa-Shapiro among the audience members in VELVEETA UNDERGROUND: A Pizza Rat's Quest to Save Cheesy Beet Poetry. Photo by Buatti-Ramos Photography. I am extremely picky when it comes to performances. When a last minute opportunity to review Up Close Festival at the New Ohio Theatre in the West Village (154 ...

My Boy’s Going to be a Husband! by Sharon O’Donnell


I haven't posted since July. Lots of changes. My youngest son started his senior year of high school in August and then began the college application process. He's been accepted into several wonderful colleges and is looking forward to the decision process over the next few months. My mother-in-law passed ...

Ruben & Clay’s First Annual Christmas Carol Family Fun Pageant Spectacular Reunion Show: Review by Robin Gorman Newman


Kicking off with a nod to Star Wars (scrolling type), followed by an homage to Broadway musicals and a battle of blingy blazers between Ruben and Clay, the tone was set for a warm 'n witty two hour holiday show featuring the best bud duo of Ruben Studdard and Clay ...

“Tamar Broadbent: Best Life” Comedy, Review by Andrea Santo Felcone


As 2018 draws to a close, you may find yourself taking stock of your life, perhaps asking yourself the age-old question: “Are you living your best life”? This is the question haunting British comedian Tamar Broadbent, as she dives into the New York debut of her one-woman show at the ...

EMPATH: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman


After a sold-out run this April, Theaterlab brought back EMPATH, a one-man show about emotional superpowers, written by and starring David Sauvage, that just wrapped its brief return run this month. The show follows its creator’s path from self-proclaimed “typical Jewish cynic” from LA through the discovery of his gift for ...