Friday, September 21, 2012
Maplewood, NJ is a Rockwell-esque little nook where theatre people with families hideaway beneath the oak trees. Three years ago, when baby 2 made his appearance, my husband and I took a dee…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30AMTuesday, September 18, 2012
Submissions for The New York Children's Theater Festival will be accepted October 1 through November 12, 2012, it was announced today by Festival co-founders Michael Shawn Lewis, Chelsey Sha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMMonday, September 10, 2012
Can someone tell me when cheerleading became so cool When I was in high school in the ahem 80s, we used to make fun of the cheerleaders. We called them rah-rahs and made fun of them when t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:09PMThursday, July 26, 2012
A little over a year ago, I took my daughter to see her first Broadway show. It was Sister Act, and even though the on-stage gun was scary for about a minute, she loved the show more than a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AMTuesday, June 26, 2012
For those living under a rock or if you happen to have missed my story last fall on Annie casting, the little orphan with big dreams and red hair is coming back to Broadway this fall. Annie…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMMonday, June 4, 2012
This is the first year that Ill be watching the Tonys with my child. After a terrific Broadway season packed with family-friendly offerings, my eight year old and I are ready to enjoy the s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMMonday, May 7, 2012
Just like there are all kinds of adult theatre-goers, there are varying tastes among kids. Some are just working on sitting still for ninety minutes or more, while others are more seasoned …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:35AMFriday, April 20, 2012
Last October I took my daughter to see NEWSIES at Papermill Playhouse and was thrilled to find another rare gem for my small collection of shows that parents can genuinely enjoy with their c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:29AMFriday, March 30, 2012
There are a few reasons a Broadway lover might be interested in Mirror Mirror, a family-friendly comedy that is more Brothers Grimm than it is Disney. First, Nathan Lane steals the show on …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38PMMonday, March 26, 2012
This season, between GODSPELL and JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, Ive learned more about the last week of Jesus life than I ever knew before. The season started for me at Circle in the Square when I…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:41PMMonday, February 27, 2012
This year my daughter saw her first two Broadway shows Sister Act and Mary Poppins. We're not counting that unfortunate Lion King incident at age five when she was scared out of the theatre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMTuesday, January 3, 2012
Remember last Spring when I took my daughter to see Sister Act It was her very first Broadway show, and a perfect choice for a little Jewish girl who is terrified of guns on stage. She end…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:45AMFriday, December 30, 2011
Ive never been to the circus. Can you believe it Im thirty ahem years old and have never seen a show under the big top, and neither have my kids. They also never tasted cotton candyuntil …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:17AMThursday, December 22, 2011
Why, why, why is it always the mom who has to do all of the gift-buying I work. I take care of the kids. I produce spare hours by magic when the day is over and theres work left to be don…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:22PMFriday, December 16, 2011
When I heard that Madison Square Garden would be hosting a production of Peter Pan this month, I knew I had to bring my kids to see it. Weve had an amazing year since I started covering fami…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AMWednesday, December 14, 2011
Its official. Julianne Moores polka-dotted optimist is back in New York after a successful run at New World Stages. Shes been gone since last Spring and weve missed her rosy cheeks and cri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMSaturday, December 10, 2011
If youre looking for weekend plans, you still have time to catch the kids from SHUFFLES dance and musical theatre academy strut there stuf at Manhattan Movement and Arts Center. Peter PANto…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMFriday, December 2, 2011
On December 10th, an old favorite and an exciting new addition to the New York family theatre scene will be giving something back. Manhattan Movement and Arts Center, the new Off-Broadway d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:40PMTuesday, November 29, 2011
About three years ago, when my daughter was five, she was invited to join a classmate and the classmates grandmother on a GrandmotherGranddaughter day at the theatre. This lovely woman had g…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:42PMMonday, November 28, 2011
Last weekend the folks at Disney Theatrical set me and my daughter up for a real treat. My eight-year-old, her friend and I along with other bloggers and columnists were all invited on a sp…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:34AMWednesday, November 16, 2011
Last week marked the official, one-year anniversary of BroadwayWorld Jr. I took a moment to look back on the first few shows I took my kids to see last year. My daughter, then six, was you…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:27AMTuesday, November 15, 2011
Last week marked the official, one-year anniversary of BroadwayWorld Jr. I took a moment to look back on the first few shows I took my kids to see last year. My daughter, then six, was you…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:20AMMonday, October 31, 2011
Godspell is best when it wears its heart on its sleeve. That's not necessarily a comment on this most recent revival of Steven Shwartz's classic theatricalized telling of the Gospel Accordi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AMWednesday, October 26, 2011
MamaDrama on BroadwayWorld is a new initiative that's perfect for theatre-loving parents. MamaDrama reports are here to help you decide what's worth the cost of the sitter The shows covered…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:57PMMonday, October 24, 2011
There are two things I'll say right from the start about Off-Broadway Family Theatre's production of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe now playing at St. Luke's Theatre It's one of the be…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:31AMFriday, October 21, 2011
SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris, Producers has announced an exciting ticket giveaway in celebration of Halloween At both the 130 p.m. and 730 p.m. performanc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:14PMMonday, October 10, 2011
The first Broadway Show my parents ever took me to see was Peter Pan. I remember this fluttery feeling in my stomach as the orchestra started to play the overture, and a few years later I w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:31PMWednesday, September 28, 2011
This past weekend, my family welcomed a new era of family theatre reporting My daughter, almost eight, is officially too old for Baby Shows and my son, age three, is ready to sit in a chair …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:28PMMonday, September 26, 2011
This month, Broadwayworld Jr. and I are proud to be a part of a new initiative that's perfect for the theatre-loving parents who read this column. It's called MamaDrama NY, and it's here to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:08PMLast week, at the end of BoradwayWorld Jr.'s Fall Flash article which highlighted the best family theatre options for fall, I added on a just for parents recommendation for those of us who m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AMTuesday, September 20, 2011
With all the chaos of getting two kids back to school, making the transition from summer to cool weather and preparing for the upcoming High Holidays, it's been hard to get my kids to the th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:14PM 
