Archive for the ‘Blog’ Category
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 ...
Sunday Confessional by Elizabeth Dodson
October 17th, 2016
I have a confession. This motherhood thing is kicking my ass. I have a nearly 9 month old daughter. She has been crawling for a couple months, standing for about equally as long, cruising and now often tests her balance out to see if she can stand alone. She also attempts ...
Theatre Blogger: KURIOS-CABINET OF CURIOSITIES from Cirque du Soleil: Review by Susan Coronel
October 15th, 2016
[caption id="attachment_24044" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo credit: Martin Girard shootstudio.ca[/caption] Cirque du Soleil’s latest spectacle, Kurios-Cabinet of Curiosities, returns to the yellow-and-blue big top at Randall’s Island this fall with a steampunk fantasy realm that dazzles from start to finish. Arguably one of the best circuses on the planet, Cirque du Soleil has ...
Mom Theatre Blogger: CATS: Broadway Musical Review by Robin Gorman Newman
October 14th, 2016
[caption id="attachment_24010" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo credit: Matthew Murphy[/caption] It's been many years since I saw CATS on Broadway, but I have very fond childhood memories of Betty Buckley, Terrance Mann and Laurie Beechman in their breakout roles. All tough acts to follow, but the new revival of CATS is simply a ...
Theatre Blogger: MILES THORN: Master Illusionist – Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
October 12th, 2016
After three sold-out engagements on 42nd Street last holiday season, Spring & Summer 2016, Master Illusionist: Miles Thorn brings his magic and illusion show back to Times Square bigger and better than ever. Thorn grew up in Astoria, N.Y. and began performing at the age of 15. He is also the Season 1 Winner ...
Mom Theatre Blogger: 90210! THE MUSICAL! Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
October 4th, 2016
90210! THE MUSICAL!, the new Off-Broadway parody of the popular 90s teen soap Beverly Hills 90210, is now playing at Theatre 80, and if it's a night of laughs and a trip down memory lane you're carving, then this is the show for you. And, if you're a diehard devotee of ...
