Archive for the ‘Theatre’ Category
Mom Theatre Blogger: PERMISSION: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
June 9th, 2015
Playwright Robert Askins has two shows in NYC right now, and while it's hard to top the impact of HAND TO GOD, Permission holds its comedic own with an appealing cast and a quirky twist on couplehood, the pursuit of marital intimacy and Catholicism.Askins is adept at pushing the religious ...
Mom Theatre Blogger: The Spoils: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
June 3rd, 2015
The Spoils, written by actor Jesse Eisenberg (the Social Network, etc.) gets a resounding A++ for the most graphically gross (not a spoiler alert...consider it a warning) -- luckily not reenacted -- description of an unsanitary, nightmarish dream -- though for Ben -- the main character -- it was a ...
Mom Theatre Blogger: What I Did Last Summer: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
May 22nd, 2015
We are watching a play unfold as typed through the eyes of a 14 year old. In this case, it's Charlie - representing Gurney -- and his stage direction and select lines slide across a screen. It is a unique way to spin theatrical material, as if it's unfurling, and ...
Mom Theatre Blogger: RHAW: Family Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
May 12th, 2015
Alvin Ailey Award recipient and choreographer Dr. Rennie Harris has returned to The New Victory Theatre with his company of young performers, Rennie Harris Awe-inspiring Works (RHAW), in LUV: AMERICAN-STYLE running through May 17th.In LUV: AMERICAN-STYLE, Dr. Harris’ laws of hip hop—individuality, creativity and innovation—rule as the energetic young RHAW ...
Mom Theater Blogger: HAND TO GOD: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
May 8th, 2015
[caption id="attachment_21084" align="alignleft" width="300"] photo credit: Joan Marcus[/caption]If there ever was a demonic alter ego that will go down in theatrical history, he's currently on stage at the Booth Theatre. Hand to God, opened on Broadway on April 7th, marking the Broadway debut (and an impressive one) of playwright Robert Askins, ...
DISENCHANTED! The Hilarious Hit Musical – TICKET GIVEAWAY – from MotherhoodLater.com
May 7th, 2015
Book, Music & Lyrics by Dennis T. GiacinoDirected By Fiely A. MatiasWestside Theatre Upstairs - 407 West 43rd St (between 9th & 10th Avenues), NYCFeaturing Jen Bechter, Alison Burns, Karen Burthwright, Becky Gulsvig, Michelle Knight, Erin Leigh Peck, Lulu Picart, Soara-Joye RossSnow White and her posse of disenchanted princesses take ...
Mom Theatre Blogger: Something Rotten: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
May 5th, 2015
[caption id="attachment_21035" align="alignleft" width="300"] photo credit: Joan Marcus[/caption]Something Rotten is something comedically brilliant!It's a laugh a minute, light-hearted randy romp that will bring a chesire grin to your face from the moment the curtain opens.What a treat to see a total feel good show that is high energy and high ...
Mom Theatre Blogger: Fun Home: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
May 4th, 2015
[caption id="attachment_20910" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo credit: Joan Marcus[/caption]Fun Home is a musical that deserves to be watched, celebrated and studied by aspiring playwrights, theatre enthusiasts and professionals for years to come. My hope is it wins the Tony Award for Best Musical, and without a doubt, it will deservedly win ...
Mom Theatre Blogger: THE VISIT: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
May 1st, 2015
[caption id="attachment_20981" align="alignleft" width="300"] photo credit: Thom Kaine[/caption]The set alone is a conversation piece in this dark, but entrancing showpiece for the iconic 82 year old triple threat Chita Rivera. As Claire Zachannassian, she commands the stage majestically, particularly as she stands surrounded by arches of dried up intertwined branches ...
Mom Theater Blogger: DOCTOR ZHIVAGO: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
April 28th, 2015
[caption id="attachment_20965" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo credit: Matthew Murphy[/caption]The new Broadway musical DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, based on Boris Pasternak’s Nobel Prize-winning 20th-century epic Russian masterpiece is a theatrical force to be reckoned with.This sweeping musical romance, which revolves around five intertwined lovers set against a nation in upheaval, is directed by two-time ...
