BWW JR: ANGELINA BALLERINA- Get Up and Dance!
It first happened to me about 5 months ago.
It first happened to me about 5 months ago.
Last month, on a quest to find out how Broadway Moms balance the demands of parenthood with the demands of a busy show schedule, I interviewed Supermom/Actress Marissa Jaret Winokur.
Any working mom will agree: it's a balancing act.
In 2008, Readers of BWW met then ten year old Nicholas Dayton, a New Orleans musical theatre fan who made a connection with the cast of IN THE HEIGHTS when he posted YouTube videos of himself performing pitch-perfect renditions of the show's musical numbers.
If you are like most parents, you love your kids to death but that doesn't stop you from cringing every time your seven-year-old fails to say 'Thank you' or your two-year-old insists on greeting guests with his finger jammed up his nose.
The Galli theatre, now housed at the National Comedy Theatre on West 36th St.
Once upon a time, in a far-away land called the Upper West Side, there lived a little girl who was scared of Disney movies.
In an age when tolerance, self-acceptance and respect for others are the most important themes for children and their parents, I should have been first in line to check out this timely, accessible musical and the books that inspired it.
The Pee-Wee Herman Show, now running a limited engagement at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on Broadway, is not geared towards anyone who is currently a child.
As any preschool or elementary school teacher can tell you, the hardest part about reaching kids is getting their attention.