Mother's Day is around the corner. And what better gift than tickets to a warm, funny, moving Broadway show, starring an incredible newcomer: Carmen Cusack. Tickets to Bright Star, which opened on Broadway this season, would make the perfect Mother's Gift this year. Bright Star, written and Continue Reading
Theatre season in New York is in full swing. New shows are opening, revivals are selling out. (I'm desperate to see the well reviewed revivals of Side Show, and On The Town and super curious about Stalking the Bogeyman at New World Stages, bummed I missed Found at Atlantic Theatre Company, and SO Continue Reading
Yesterday, I was at a press conferece with Idina Menzel. Yep. That's me and her - right there with Rebecca Levey. We were together to announce some special events at this year's Kids Night on Broadway. And to ask this question: Is your kid Broadway's biggest fan? Because KidzVuz (my website for Continue Reading
Like lots of kids in my generation, I grew up listening to the songs of Godspell. Even all these years later, I remember just about every word to every song. But until last week, I hadn't ever seen the show. Godspell first appeared on stage in 1971 at a time when churches were losing people Continue Reading
I grew up in a family where sports were virtually non-existent. My father never watched a single game. My brother never played on a team. My mother couldn't have named a single professional athlete. My sister and I were wholly uninterested (and unskilled) at organized sports. We weren't Continue Reading
On average, I'd say my husband and I go to the theatre about 15 times a year -- maybe even a bit more. Our kids? Not so much. A lot of the time, New York productions skew either too old (inappropriate) or too young (can you help the Princess find her way home? Clap three times everyone!). We do Continue Reading
The new commercials say it all: 55 million people have seen Disney's The Lion King on Broadway. And as of Saturday night, my daughter is one of them. (I had already seen it. This was my second torture time.) Want to know what my 10 year old daughter thought? "It's beautiful! I love the puppets Continue Reading