Archive for the ‘Theatre’ Category
Mom Theatre Blogger: Robin Hood: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
October 5th, 2015
The Seattle Children’s Theatre’s Robin Hood opened the 20th Anniversary season of The New Victory Theater, and it got the season off to a high energy and highly entertaining jumpstart....literally. Written by Greg Banks (Tir Na N’og, New Vic 2000) and directed by Allison Narver, the versatile cast of four convincingly ...
Mom Theatre Blogger: Hamlet in Bed: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
September 29th, 2015
[caption id="attachment_21975" align="alignleft" width="300"] photo credit: Tristan Fuge[/caption] “An actor and an actress perform a play. The actor and the actress may or may not be mother and son, and they may or may not know it. You know the play, the play is Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” Yes, ‘that’ mother and son.” ...
Mom Theatre Blogger: Daddy Long Legs: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
September 29th, 2015
Starring Megan McGinnis (Broadway’s Les Misérables, Side Show, Little Women) and Paul Alexander Nolan (Broadway’s Once, Jesus Christ Superstar, Doctor Zhivago) and based on the 1912 novel by Jean Webster, DADDY LONG LEGS features music and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Paul Gordon (Sense and Sensibility), book by Tony ...
MOM THEATRE BLOGGER: MISS SAIGON: London Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
September 19th, 2015
MISS SAIGON tells the heart wrenching,tender tragic tale of young bar girl Kim, orphaned by war, who falls in love with a American GI named Chris - but their lives are torn apart by the fall of Saigon. Each makes touch choices that ultimately dictates their fate and future relationship. In ...
Mom Theatre Blogger: Laugh It Up, Stare It Down: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
September 18th, 2015
[caption id="attachment_21911" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo by Richard Termine[/caption] Laugh It Up, Stare It Down, a new play written by Alan Hruska and directed by Chris Eigeman, is premiering at The Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street). The cast features Jayce Bartok (Made In Poland, The My House Play), Katya Campbell (Broadway: Disgraced, ...
Mom Theatre Blogger: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
August 10th, 2015
There's a new Hedwig or Hed-nig town, as he refers to himself, and he's making the show his own. Taye Diggs is now starring in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the 2014 Tony Award winning Best Musical Revival, for a limited 12-week engagement at Broadway’s Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street). ...
Princess Phooey at TADA! Youth Theater: Kids Show Review by Kirsten Augestad
July 18th, 2015
The Perfect Message! TADA! Youth Theater’s musical revival of Princess Phooey hit just the right notes with a delightful tone and message. From the moment you walk into the theater until the very last scene, the excitement can be felt by the Ensemble as well as the audience. Coined as a ...
39 STEPS — SHOW TICKET GIVEAWAY from MotherhoodLater.com
July 16th, 2015
The Tony® Winning Hit Comedy 39 STEPS 4 INSANELY TALENTED ACTORS, 150 ROLES, 100 BREAKNECK MINUTES OF SHEER THEATRICAL FUN FOR EVERYONE AGES 9 TO 99 $49 Tickets* Mon/Wed/Thu performances (reg. $79) $59 Tickets* Fri/Sat/Sun performances (reg. $89) “ABSURDLY ENJOYABLE! Theater at its finest!” -Ben Brantley, NY Times. “INGENIOUS! A DIZZY DELIGHT!” -Joe Dziemianowicz, Daily News “COMEDY OF THE ...
HAPPY 50ISH — SHOW TICKET GIVEAWAY — from MotherhoodLater.com
July 6th, 2015
HAPPY 50ISH The musical comedy cure for everyone’s mid-life crisis! SPECIAL OFFER All seats $35* (reg. $69.50) JULY 15 - AUGUST 30 ONLY! SHOW YOUR HUSBAND A GOOD TIME... It’s a surprise party and you’re invited—to Happy 50ish, the musical comedy that proves you haven’t lived until you’ve had a mid-life crisis. Meet baby ...
THE BERENSTAIN BEARS LIVE! in Family Matters the Musical: KIDS SHOW REVIEW by Jaime Sumersille
June 15th, 2015
The one hour musical, Berenstain Bears Live in Family Matters entertained an audience that spanned generations on Saturday, June 13.A “beary” good time starts for families as they walk through the doors and are given foam bear crowns. Everyone – parents included – immediately become part of the Berenstain family.Set ...
