The Hope Hypothesis: Show Review by Jo Mispel
November 4th, 2019
[caption id="attachment_29316" align="alignleft" width="300"] (Photo by Beowulf Sheenan)[/caption] As soon as one sits down and sees the dull, gray bureaucratic office space that is the stage set for The Voyage Theater Company’s new play The Hope Hypothesis, it is hard not to start preempting a story about the dehumanizing realities that ...
CAGNEY THE MUSICAL: Ticket Giveaway & Discount Offer: from MotherhoodLater.com
June 29th, 2016
CAGNEY THE MUSICAL The Musical About Hollywood's Tough Guy In Tap Shoes **4 FRED ASTAIRE AWARDS NOMINATIONS** including WINNER: OUTSTANDING MALE DANCER OFF-BROADWAY – Robert Creighton **3 OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE NOMINATIONS** – Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical. Outstanding Actor in a Musical – Robert Creighton. Outstanding Choreography – Joshua Bergasse **BEST NEW MUSICAL OFF-BROADWAY** – Off-Broadway Alliance Nominee **2 DRAMA DESK AWARD NOMINATIONS** – Outstanding Actor ...
Mom Theatre Blogger: TRIP OF LOVE: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
June 24th, 2016
Laugh-In (the retro tv show) meets Las Vegas at TRIP OF LOVE, the fluffy, yet entertaining dance musical celebrating the biggest hits of the ‘60s, that aims to take you on a "trip," literally, at Stage 42. Created, directed and choreographed by James Walski, TRIP OF LOVE stars Joey Calveri (Broadway’s ...
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 ...
THEATRE LOVER MOM: Poor Behavior: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
August 18th, 2014
The New York premiere of Poor Behavior, a new comedy by Theresa Rebeck, is playing a limited engagement through September 7th at Primary Stages at The Duke on 42nd Street. Evan Cabnet directs the company featuring Heidi Armbruster (Maureen), Brian Avers (Ian) , Jeff Biehl (Peter) and Katie Kreisler (Ella). Bringing to ...
SHOW TICKET GIVEAWAY FROM MOTHERHOODLATER.COM: UNDER MY SKIN
March 31st, 2014
Take the dashing CEO of America’s leading healthcare provider, a single mom from Staten Island, and an outrageous twist of fate and you’ve got the makings of a sexy and outrageous new comedy, UNDER MY SKIN. Kirsten Sanderson directs the new off-Broadway comedy about three things we all want but ...
ROBIN’S SHOW REVIEW: UNLOCK’D
July 12th, 2013
Not since Rapunzel, has hair taken on such a distinctive role. UNLOCK'D plays it to the hilt with this charming original musical comedy featuring book and lyrics by Sam Carner and music by Derek Gregor. Winner of a Richard Rogers Award and a "Best of Fest" winner at the New York Musical Theatre ...
ROBIN’S SHOW REVIEW: Mommalogues
May 31st, 2013
MOMMALOGUES, written by long-time friends Sharon Lee Glassman and Gretchen Klinedinst Furst and directed by William Sanders, is playing at TBG Theatre (312 West 36th Street) in Manhattan. It explores the relationship between mothers and daughters, as four actresses of varied ages deliver monologues reflecting a wide range of experiences ...
ROBIN’S SHOW RECOMMENDATION: PIGGY NATION THE MUSICAL
April 12th, 2013
[caption id="attachment_11390" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Photo credit: Graham Dougherty"][/caption]PIGGY NATION THE MUSICAL, a new off-Broadway musical with book and lyrics by Richard Rosser, composed by Alec Wells and based on the children’s book “Piggy Nation: A Day At Work With Dad,” is playing at the Snapple Theater Center, (1627 Broadway at ...
ROBIN’S SHOW REVIEW & TICKET GIVEAWAY: FALLING
October 26th, 2012
Falling, by Deanna Jent, is a new drama about how 18-year-old Josh, who has autism, affects the lives of everyone around him. When a relative comes to visit, the entire family is thrown off their equilibrium, with everyone trying to balance what is best for the family and what is ...
