ROBIN’S SHOW REVIEW: The Weir
June 21st, 2013
by Conor McPherson directed by Ciarán O’Reilly Extended through August 4th at Irish Repertory Theatre, 132 West 22 Street, NYC Three men are spending time in a remote country pub in Ireland, drinking and telling ghostly, supernatural stories on a dark night with the wind whirling outside, as they attempt to verbally ...
ROBIN’S SHOW REVIEW: Who’s Your Daddy?
May 17th, 2013
Who's Your Daddy?in association with Georganne Aldrich Heller & Jami Heidegger by Johnny O'Callaghandirected by Tom Ormeny Extended through May 26th Johnny O'Callaghan's Who's Your Daddy? is the uplifting and funny true story of his adoption of a Ugandan orphan. No one expected the single, gay, out-of-work actor living in Los Angeles to ...
Robin’s Show Review: Love Therapy
May 2nd, 2013
In this new play by Wendy Beckett, a psychology counselor herself in Australia, we become a fly on the wall to therapy sessions led by a junior, 30-something therapist new to NY, Colleen, and we are taken along for an intriguing behind the scenes ride. Colleen Fitzgerald (Margot White) is seeking ...
ROBIN’S SHOW REVIEW: Le Grand C at New Victory Theatre
April 21st, 2013
RICOCHET – ARTS FOR ALL AGES! is a festival of French performances for young audiences and their families presented by The New Victory Theater alongside French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), in collaboration with Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York. RICOCHET will feature three U.S. premieres of French ...
ROBIN’S SHOW RECOMMENDATION: THE INTERGALACTIC NEMESIS: BOOK ONE “TARGET EARTH”
April 12th, 2013
As featured on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” and NPR’s “All Things Considered,” THE INTERGALACTIC NEMESIS BOOK ONE: “TARGET EARTH” takes to the stage in a new genre: a sci-fi live-action, graphic novel. With a unique combination of comic book meets radio serial, mediums converge as three actors, a Foley ...
ROBIN’S SHOW RECOMMENDATION: STOMP
April 5th, 2013
STOMP is the winner of an Olivier Award for Best Choreography (London’s Tony Award); an Obie Award; a Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatre Experience, and a Special Citation from Best Plays. The performers “make a rhythm out of anything we can get our hands on that makes a sound,” says ...
ROBIN’S SHOW RECOMMENDATION: Bethany
January 25th, 2013
America Ferrera, who many came to love as Ugly Betty in the hit television sitcom, takes a totally different spin as the heroine in the new Off Broadway drama/dark comedy, Bethany by Laura Marks, and she's just as likable. We feel and root for her, despite desperate measures. When we meet ...
ROBIN’S SHOW REVIEW: The Good Mother
November 30th, 2012
[caption id="attachment_8932" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo by Monique Carboni"][/caption]The New Group is presenting the first production of its 2012-2013 season, the world premiere of The Good Mother, a new play by Francine Volpe. Directed by Scott Elliott, the production features Mark Blum, Darren Goldstein, Gretchen Mol, Alfredo Narciso and Eric Nelsen. In ...
ROBIN’S SHOW REVIEW & TICKET GIVEAWAY: Emotional Creature
November 16th, 2012
Emotional Creature is a new play written by Tony Award®-winning playwright, performer, activist, and The Vagina Monologues author Eve Ensler. Directed by Obie Award-winner Jo Bonney with original music and musical direction by Charl-Johan Lingenfelder, Emotional Creature began previews at The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature ...
Show Recommendation: MOJO – by Margaret Hart
October 30th, 2012
I had the opportunity to see a fantastic show this past weekend in New York City. It's called "MOJO," and is playing at The New Victory Theater through November 4th. If you have a chance to see it before it moves on, hurry and buy tickets for you and your ...
