So that kid of yours has just gotta be the next Billy Elliot on Broadway or maybe your adorable Mackensee wants to be the next Little Cosette at your local theatre group?  The Mama Rose Files will help you be the best Stage-Mama you can be.
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There is a lot of baggage associated with the term “Stage Mother.”  [...]

Recently, I sat down with six of the most sought after opinion-shapers in popular culture (in my world, anyway) to have a lively conversation about the state of entertainment.
 The Panel:
 
Lucy 5 1/2 years old and StageMama daughter, obsessed with “Full House” and begs daily for a Slip ’n Slide
Alexis 5 years old, with an endearing voice (reminiscent of Lauren [...]

Lucy had her dance recital on Sunday and I am happy to report there was no bumping, grinding or flailing from the preschoolers in her Intro to Tap & Ballet: Level 1 group. 
There was, unfortunately, a bordering-on-hysterical parent who would just not stop complaining (loudly) about how much everything cost.  If you don’t want to pay $40 [...]

Back when my nearly six-year-old daughter Lucy was born, I had the cleverest of ideas.  I began collecting books that I wanted her to read at different stages of her young adult life.  Each book was placed lovingly into a green box with a Post-It™ note affixed to the book’s cover telling Lucy at what [...]

  
Many of our kids are gearing up for the Spring school play so it’s a perfect time to remind you of several, key best practices … rules of the StageMamas and Papas, if you will.
Read on.
 Take the oath.
Once more, unto the breach:
 
 
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I will not bully, demean or challenge the director on casting choices.  There will undoubtedly be [...]

Four days and counting until I’ll be sitting in the audience of the New York Philharmonic’s 80th Birthday celebration of Stephen Sondheim.  Yes, I’m excited but it’s also sure to be a cathartic experience because Stephen Sondheim has provided much of the soundtrack to my life since I appeared in “Gypsy” in 1976. 

The Balloon Girl, [...]

THE MAMA ROSE FILES 

My observations and experiences parenting in the age of American Idol, America’s Got Talent, So You Think You Can Dance, Glee et al.   Featured occasionally will be my darlingist girls, Lucy & Eliza, as I attempt to keep my StageMama impulses in check. 
 
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Mission (I cared to accept it): 
Get Lucy into Manhattan on a Wednesday [...]

THE MAMA ROSE FILES 

My meanderings on parenting in the age of American Idol, America’s Got Talent, So You Think You Can Dance, Glee et al.   Featured regularly will be my darlingist girls, Lucy & Eliza, as I attempt to keep my Stage Mama impulses in check. 
Coming up:  the debut of  OPOSMs  (Official Panel of [...]

THE MAMA ROSE FILES 

My meanderings on parenting in the age of American Idol, America’s Got Talent, So You Think You Can Dance, Glee et al.   Featured regularly will be my darlingist 5 year old, Lucy Jane, as well as insight from my OPOSMs  (Official Panel of StageMamas).  Aren’t Acronyms fun?
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So here we are five days into [...]

So that kid of yours has just gotta be the next Billy Elliot on Broadway or maybe your adorable Mackensee wants to be the next Little Cosette at your local theatre group? The Mama Rose Files will help you be the best Stage-Mama you can be.
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I’m in back-to-school mode and I thought this would be [...]