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 ...
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: BILLY & RAY: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
November 13th, 2014
“Mad Men” star Vincent Kartheiser and Broadway's Larry Pine (CASA VALENTINA) play Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler, respectively, in BILLY & RAY, Mike Bencivenga's new play -- directed by the famed director/writer/producer Garry Marshall -- being given its NY premiere at the Vineyard Theatre (108 East 15th Street). Completing the cast ...
MOM THEATRE LOVER: The Country House: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
October 10th, 2014
[caption id="attachment_19055" align="alignleft" width="164"] Photo by Joan Marcus[/caption] Manhattan Theatre Club’s co-production of THE COUNTRY HOUSE , the new play by Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies, directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan, opened Thursday, October 2 at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street). THE COUNTRY HOUSE stars Tony ...
SHOW REVIEW: The Old Man and The Old Moon – by Margaret Hart
October 3rd, 2014
I took a break from my blog for a while, and I am happy to be back, to talk about an incredibly creative and thoroughly entertaining Off-Broadway show my family and I just had the pleasure of seeing, called The Old Man and The Old Moon, at The New Victory ...
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 ...
Family Entertainment: Magic and Comedy Shows in NYC by Robin Gorman Newman
February 28th, 2014
[caption id="attachment_16888" align="alignleft" width="300"] Michael Chaut (right) with TV Personality Robin Leach[/caption] Magical Nights Inc presents New York's longest running Off-Broadway magic show, Monday Night Magic. Each week at the The Players Theatre you’ll find a different array of stage magicians performing magic in an intimate theatrical setting. (Every show features ...
Chat with Theatre Director Roxane Revon by Robin Gorman Newman
October 18th, 2013
In support of my passion for theatre and desire to share with readers information about cool shows in NYC, I did an interview with Parisian director Roxane Revon. Ms. Revon will direct Eugene Ionesco’s classic play La Cantatrice Chauve / “The Bald Soprano” for a limited run at the ...
MOM’S NIGHT OUT: ANTHEM Ayn Rand: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
October 11th, 2013
ANTHEM is the story of a young man, EQUALITY 7-2521, who is born into a future world that has banished all individuality. Not satisfied with a world lighted by candles, EQUALITY fosters his love of discovery in an abandoned subway, a relic of the past. In solitude, EQUALITY rediscovers electricity and ...
ROBIN’S SHOW RECOMMENDATION: BUYER & CELLAR
August 16th, 2013
[caption id="attachment_13929" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo Credit: Sandra Coudert"][/caption]On the heels of strong box office and reviews, the producers of Buyer & Cellar, starring Michael Urie (“Ugly Betty”), written by Jonathan Tolins, and directed by Stephen Brackett, recently announced that the hit off-Broadway comedy will play an open-ended run at the ...
