Mom Theater Blogger: It Shoulda Been You: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
April 21st, 2015
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: FINDING NEVERLAND: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
April 19th, 2015
[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 ...
Helping My Son Make the High Self Esteem Grade by Robin Gorman Newman
March 27th, 2015
My son, who recently turned 12, transitioned into public middle school this year, and it's been nothing short of challenging in more ways than I ever would have anticipated.We've had to change his classes, deal with the departure of a new teacher, bring in a learning specialist, create strategies for ...
MOM THEATRE BLOGGER: Side Show: Review by Robin Gorman Newman
November 19th, 2014
Directed by Academy Award® and Golden Globe® winner Bill Condon (Chicago, Dreamgirls, Twilight: Breaking Dawn Parts 1 and 2, Gods and Monsters) making his Broadway directorial debut, this new staging of Side Show includes new music by multiple Grammy Award® winner, Academy Award®, Golden Globe®, and Tony Award® nominee Henry ...
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: MOTOWN: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
April 30th, 2014
MOTOWN THE MUSICAL, featuring music and lyrics from the legendary Motown catalogue and a book by Berry Gordy, began performances on Broadway on March 11 and officially opened April 14, 2013 at The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street), The first national tour of MOTOWN THE MUSICAL is launching ...
MOMS DAY OUT: BEAUTIFUL – The Carole King Musical: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
January 17th, 2014
[caption id="attachment_16799" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo credit: Joan Marcus[/caption] Beautiful - The Carole King Musical is the new musical about the early life and career of the legendary and groundbreaking singer/songwriter. With a book by playwright and Academy® Award-nominated filmmaker Douglas McGrath, direction by Marc Bruni and choreography by Josh Prince, Beautiful ...
MOMS NIGHT OUT: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
December 6th, 2013
Photo by Joan Marcus On January 26, 2013, the New York production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA reached a historic, unprecedented milestone: becoming the first and only Broadway show ever to celebrate 25 Years. In February 2012, it became the first and only Broadway show ever to reach milestone performance #10,000. ...
FAMILY MUSICAL: ANNIE: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
November 21st, 2013
ANNIE, the new Broadway production of the Tony Award®-winning musical, opened November 8 at the Palace Theatre (Broadway at 47th Street in NYC). ANNIE features a book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin, with all three authors receiving 1977 Tony Awards® for their work. ANNIE ...
ROBIN’S SHOW REVIEW: FIRST DATE
August 19th, 2013
[caption id="attachment_14084" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo credit: Joan Marcus"][/caption]Anyone who has gone on a first date knows that they're lucky if it goes well. In FIRST DATE, the amusing new Broadway musical, we spend 95 minutes (no intermission) on a voyeuristic ride observing be-spectacled, business suit-clad, uptight, self-deprecating Aaron (Zachary Levi) who ...
