Women on Fire: Stories from the Frontlines: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
March 16th, 2020
Fired up with emotion, 12 women took to a cool, industrial-looking space, each to deliver a short monologue with fervor....some with humor, others with passion. From Louis CK to Bill Cosby to Roman Polanski to President Clinton to President Trump, an array of subjects were taken on. Written and Directed by ...
UP CLOSE Festival 2019: Review by Hannah Singer
January 8th, 2020
Sometimes I think I am younger than I am, after all, I write for Motherhood Later! (In my case it was later and later and later!) But I also forget I have a moody tween, and I never know if she will enjoy anything. But, when I was offered tickets ...
The Amazing Max: Show Review by Alyson Treglia
December 30th, 2019
[caption id="attachment_29483" align="alignleft" width="178"] (photo credit: Carol Rosegg)[/caption] The Amazing Max is a one man performance starring Max Darwin and produced by Christine Cox. It is an interactive magical show for the whole family (recommended age 3 and up). Prior to the show, premium ticket holders can engage in the VIP Magic ...
Other Than We: Show Review by Jo Mispel
December 2nd, 2019
‘Other Than We’ is a very satisfying cli-fi (Climate-fiction) experience. It is a playful but powerful meditation on some of the more urgent philosophical questions we need to ask as we approach ecological catastrophe. Not just how did we as a species bring this crisis upon our biosphere, our home, ...
FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
November 11th, 2019
[caption id="attachment_29353" align="alignleft" width="215"] (Photo credit: Carol Rosegg)[/caption] If you are a theatre fan, run, don't walk, to Gerard Alessandrini’s FORBIDDEN BROADWAY that has returned to New York after a five-year hiatus. Ardent fans know what they are in for....but if you have yet to experience, now's your chance to take ...
Around the World in 80 Days: Show Review by Lainie Gutterman
May 13th, 2019
There has always been something about the call of the unknown. Published in 1873, Around the World in Eighty Days is an adventure novel written by French writer Jules Verne. I admit that my family has not yet had the opportunity to travel around the globe as much as I would ...
The Quest for the Seven Teeth: Accomplice, An Adventure Theater Co: Review by Amy Wall Lerman
July 1st, 2016
There’s magic in the air! At least there was yesterday in New York City’s Central Park when I took my eight year old son to see the Accomplice production of “The Quest for the Seven Teeth.” Okay, I say “I took” him “to see” it, but that’s not exactly the ...
MOM THEATRE BLOGGER: CAGNEY: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
April 10th, 2016
[caption id="attachment_22874" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo by Carol Rosegg[/caption] I've always enjoyed James Cagney films, but it's been quite some time since I watched one of his classics. Thanks to the new exhilarating and heartfelt Off Broadway musical, Cagney, I've rediscovered Cagney, both as a performer and a man, and I'm all ...
MOM THEATRE BLOGGER: The Effect: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
March 31st, 2016
[caption id="attachment_22842" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo by : Matthew Murphy[/caption] Is someone on a placebo? And, if so, does that make their feelings more real than someone on a pharmaceutical? Boy meets girl over urine samples in this highly thought-provoking new work by Lucy Prebble, and while uncertain of the truth of their ...
Mom Theatre Blogger: The Inn at Lake Devine: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
October 15th, 2015
[caption id="attachment_22015" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo credit: Maeghan Donohue[/caption] Tongue in Cheek Theater Productions (Jake Lipman, producing artistic director) is presenting the world premiere adaptation of the popular novel, The Inn at Lake Devine by Elinor Lipman. And, if you're a fan of the book, you will be heartened to know this ...
