Archive for the ‘Theatre’ Category
Mom Theatre Blogger: BROOKLYLNITE: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
February 26th, 2015
The hip, new, Off Broadway, original musical, BROOKLYNITE, is inspired by the real Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company located in Park Slope and based on characters created by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman. With book by Peter Lerman and Michael Mayer and music and lyrics by Peter Lerman (winner of the Jonathan ...
Mom Theatre Blogger: ONE DAY: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
February 14th, 2015
What a theatrical thrill to be perched on the edge of your seat, knowing you're seeing something creatively compelling and memorable.In a word, this show "rocks" literally -- in every sense. Think RENT meets SPRING AWAKENING meets Eve Ensler's I AM AN EMOTIONAL CREATURE (but with a co-ed cast in ...
Mom Theatre Blogger: Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man: Review by Robin Gorman Newman
February 11th, 2015
Dan, the author of an international best-selling sex tips book, takes center stage to be interviewed by Robyn, a pretty, but awkward student, when he takes the bull (and more) by the horns, and leads an active demonstration and chat with the audience. He's there to dispense advice to attendees, ...
MOM THEATRE BLOGGER: Cirque Ziva: Family Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
January 7th, 2015
New York’s premier theater for kids and families recently presented CIRQUE ZÍVA at The New Victory Theater in NYC. My son and I had the opportunity to check it out during school break, and it was really impressive and a stunning spectacle. From Hebei Province, China, the Drama Desk-nominated Golden Dragon ...
Mom Theatre Blogger: The Illusionists: Review by Robin Gorman Newman
December 6th, 2014
In a word....WOW! The Illusionists – Witness The Impossible™ opened on Broadway Thursday, December 4 at the Marriott Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway), and lives up to its name and more. If you're looking for fun, entertaining, glitzy, mystifying, unique family entertainment, look no further. The two hour show features jaw-dropping talents of ...
MOMMY THEATRE BLOGGER: Me, My Mouth and I: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
November 24th, 2014
ME, MY MOUTH AND I – a new solo play written and performed by Joy Behar – is making its world-premiere production at Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce St.), playing a limited 7-week engagement through December 21. With more than 30 years on stage and screen, Behar takes her audiences on ...
MOM THEATRE LOVER: If/Then: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
October 7th, 2014
[caption id="attachment_19014" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo by Joan Marcus[/caption] If we knew then what we know now about our lives, would we make the same choices? To quote Alfred Lord Tennyson, "Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." Is this so? IF/THEN, the contemporary new Broadway musical ...
THEATRE LOVER MOM: Drop Dead Perfect: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
August 5th, 2014
[caption id="attachment_18635" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo credit: John Quilty[/caption] The Peccadillo Theater Company presents Penguin Rep’s production of DROP DEAD PERFECT, a new comedy starring the legendary Everett Quinton at the Theatre at St. Clements (423 W 46th St – between 9th and 10th Avenue). Written by Erasmus Fenn and directed by Joe ...
THEATRE LOVER MOM: Forbidden Broadway: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
May 23rd, 2014
[caption id="attachment_18298" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo credit: Carol Rosegg[/caption] Gerard Alessandrini’s FORBIDDEN BROADWAY COMES OUT SWINGING! is an up-to-the-minute new edition featuring Alessandrini’s dry witted take on Kinky Boots, Matilda, Rocky, Cabaret, The Bridges of Madison County, Aladdin, Pippin, the turntable-less Les Miz, Motown, The Sound of Music Live! and Bullets Over Broadway, among others. Featured in the cast ...
MOMS NIGHT OUT: Bullets Over Broadway: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
April 11th, 2014
Featuring existing music from the 1920s, BULLETS OVER BROADWAY includes a new adapted book by Woody Allen. The new musical comedy tells the story of an aspiring young playwright who is forced to cast a mobster’s no-talent girlfriend in his new show in order to get it produced. The 1994 ...
