Archive for the ‘Theatre’ Category

Mom Theatre Blogger: LIVING ON LOVE: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman


Four time Grammy Award winner opera singer Renée Fleming makes her Broadway debut and an impressive one it is!She is starring with Tony Award nominee Douglas Sills, 2-time Emmy Award nominee Anna Chlumsky, Jerry O’Connell, Blake Hammond and Scott Robertson in the new comedy Living on Love by two-time Tony ...

CHUGGINGTON LIVE! KIDS SHOW — TICKET GIVEAWAY — FROM MOTHERHOODLATER.COM


The North American premiere tour of CHUGGINGTON LIVE! The Great Rescue Adventure rolls into New York City’s Beacon Theatre on Saturday, May 16 and Sunday, May 17, 2015. The live-action, musical children’s show, based on the popular TV series, gives young fans and their families the opportunity to experience the ...

Mom Theater Blogger: It Shoulda Been You: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman


For all the Jewish mommas out there, this one's for you! For all the son-loving mommas out there, this one's for you!  For all the 'big-boned" single gals seeking a mensch, this one's for you! And, most of all....for all the theatregoers who love a big laugh, this one's for you!This ...

Mom Theatre Blogger: New York Spring Spectacular: Family Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman


The New York Spring Spectacular, created by a Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning team for Radio City Music Hall, is inspired by the magic of spring, set against a musical celebration about the energy, places, people, passion and promise that make New York a one of a kind destination.This all-new ...

Mom Theatre Blogger: The Unexpected Guest: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman


Theater Breaking Through Barriers (TBTB) launches its 2015 season with a revival of Agatha Christie's rarely seen 1958 thriller THE UNEXPECTED GUEST, at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre (410 West 42nd Street) in Manhattan.In THE UNEXPECTED GUEST, directed by Victoria Rauch Lichterman, a lost man, Michael Starkwedder, stumbles into a house ...

Mom Theatre Blogger: FINDING NEVERLAND: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman


[caption id="attachment_20826" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo Credit: Carol Rosegg[/caption]Starring Tony Award® nominee Matthew Morrison (“Glee,” South Pacific), Emmy® winner Kelsey Grammer (“Frasier,” La Cage aux Folles), Olivier Award-winner Laura Michelle Kelly (Mary Poppins), and based on the Academy Award® winning Miramax motion picture by the same name, Finding Neverland follows playwright ...

Mom Theatre Blogger: The Heidi Chronicles: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman


[caption id="attachment_20808" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo credit: Joan Marcus[/caption]I adore playwright Wendy Wasserstein, and was hugely saddened by her untimely passing at age 55.  She was a "later" single mom of a beloved daughter named Lucy, and I would have loved to profile her for MotherhoodLater.com.So, when I heard that The ...

Mom Theatre Blogger: GIGI: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman


The new Broadway production of Gigi, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s beloved Oscar and Tony Award-winning musical comedy, opened April 8th at the Neil Simon Theatre (250 West 52nd Street).Gigi stars Vanessa Hudgens, who makes her admirable Broadway debut in the title role, Tony Award-winner Victoria Clark (The Light ...

Mom Theater Blogger: IOWA: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman


[caption id="attachment_20711" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo credit: Joan Marcus[/caption]Playwrights Horizons is presenting the world premiere of IOWA, a new musical play written by Susan Smith Blackburn Prize finalist Jenny Schwartz (God’s Ear, Somewhere Fun), music by Todd Almond (Stage Kiss at PH, Kansas City Choir Boy, The Tempest, On the Levee) ...

THEY CALL ME FIREFLY: Ticket Giveaway from MotherhoodLater.com


Looking for a moms or couples night out?New Perspectives Theatre Company and VH Theatrical Development Foundation are taking the phrase "drinks and a show" to a whole new level with Teresa Lotz's new play, She Calls Me Firefly.It's Nickel Beer Night at Freddie's Place. As you enter, you will instantly ...