Kafkaesque! currently playing at Theatre 154 celebrates the laugh riot that is Kafka's oevre, particularly his finest creation, Gregor Samsa. In an amazing feat of alchemy (Kafka would app…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 10:07AMHow do you define 'trauma?' Is it Pain? Fear? Desperation? Doubt? For the characters In Ashes & Ink it's all of that and more. They wrestle with undercurrent of their individ…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 03:20PMFrom the Burne-Jone-esque promotional photo I thought Honeyland was going to be a nostalgic, romantic, perhaps insightful musical representation of 1960's counterculture. I'm sorry to say,…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 05:10PMIn a special performance at Birdland on September 30th, celebrated lyricist Bill Russell showcased some of his most famous songs from his long career. Lean and vibrant, Russell burst wit…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 09:36AMBalletX brought its unique brand of contemporary ballet to the Joyce Theater last week. In a program of three ballets, these excellent dancers moved effortlessly among diverse dance and th…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 05:25PMA woman walked into a theater ... and lost her mind. In the best way possible. The post Medea Re-Versed appeared first on The Front Row Center.
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 07:45PMIn Vile Isle, currently playing at the Tank, a beautiful Drag Diva prophet of doom presides over chaos as a flood of Biblical proportions threatens humanity, sending four men on a tempes…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 09:46AMThe Meeting: The Interpreter, purports to examine issues of identity and individual freedom in the face of government's impersonal, all-powerful machinery. Sadly, the play fails to communic…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 03:38PMPilobolus, the storied, avant-garde dance company formed in 1971 by three inquisitive Dartmouth students has evolved into a major driver of change in the dance world -- and for good reason.�…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 06:26PMThe Delicate Tears of the Waning Moon (Las Dedicadas Lágrimas de la Luna Menguante), inspired by true events of historical human rights violations in Venezuela is heartfelt and heart-rendi…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 05:11PMThe Village! A Disco Daydream, an over-the-top, loving tribute to the village’s gay Gay past, delivers on its promise to memorialize the Village at its disco finest. You want to celebrate…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 03:40PMIn her solo piece Magdalene: I am the utterance of my name, Sylvia Milo challenges received notions of the identity of Mary Magdalene, seeking to restore an unjustly silenced female voice …
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 11:17AMThe Fires is a fascinating new play by Raja Feather Kelly, it's all three - at the same time - and in the same place: Brooklyn. In an anciet, railroad apartment, characters in three dis…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 09:27PMInvasive Species at the Vineyard Theatre, interrogates the confluence of certainty and accomodation in the search for, or creation of, identity. The performance is colorful, inventive, vis…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 02:26PMThe Wiz has returned to Broadway, and boy is it fun - and boy is it exhausting. Director Schele Williams has taken a "more is more" attitude to this classic show, with emphasis on bright c…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 03:01PMPerfect Crime is a charmless, clueless play that passed its sell-by date 20 years ago. Between endless monologues, convoluted plot line and extraordinarily maladroit execution, this play i…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 01:22PMJonah, by Rachel Bonds, is an exciting, absorbing drama about a young woman navigating that difficult transition from teenager to independent adult, hampered by more than her fair share of d…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 11:56AMIn the inventive, heartfelt and entertaining piece Primordial by Lillian Isabella, playing at the Tank through February 24th, six actresses speak the words of real women and people involve…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 03:43PMWhite Rose tells story of an idealistic young woman who with her brother and two friends braved danger by daring to speak out against Fascism in the form of a pamphlet of anonymous origin wh…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 12:05PMAt the Town Hall on Saturday Jauary 14th, Jules Grison sang his heart out, sharing his love of the great composer and singer Charles Asnavour with an audience who deserved neither his time…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 04:21PMJoy to the world! Christine Ebersole is performing at 54 Below! Together with partner-in-music Billy Stritch, Ebersole shows us How. It's. Done. In her pitch perfect holiday cabaret "I'…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 04:31PMDianne Fraser kicked off the release of her album You and I – The Words and Music of Leslie Bricusse with a cabaret of the same name at Don't Tell Mama. What an exciting moment for any a…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 12:18PMReason 4,723 to visit in New York City: Peter & the Wolf , directed and narrated by Isaac Mizrahi. What an absolute delight. Appearing annually at the Guggenheim Museum since 201…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 03:24PMRelationships are never easy. For the five women in Shadows, written and directed by Anthony M. Laura it is ever so. Alas, we don't really learn why. The actresses do their best, but b…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 12:36PMIn her play, 'Til Death, Elizabeth Coplan examines the less attractive aspects of death - less attractive in that as we watch a loved one reach the end of his or her life, feelings we would …
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 01:16PMWith next level production design, evocative score and extraordinary dancing, Jungle Book Reimagined is, well..., extraordinary. The piece recontextualizes the original narrative of aban…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 12:53PMI had one of those tingly New York theater experiences last Friday night. You know the kind -- you walk into an unprepossessing theater space, not sure what to expect, and witness some ast…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 05:05PMIn November 1918: The Great War and The Great Gatsby, John Monsky has brought what is clearly a labor of love to the stage in an apt and timely Veterans Day homage to the soldiers who served…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 10:37AMIn her startling one woman show #UglyCry, Katie Mack, a veritable dynamo of a woman, meditates on the meaning, nay, the very nature of existence. This is no quiet Shakespearean soliloquy…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 03:10PMThe Fabulist Fox Sister is an absolute delight. Intelligent, sardonic, deep-down human with just enough edge to keep you on your toes, the show cracks open the origin story of séances, a…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 01:50PMAn admirable goal and lofty subject matter, Christopher Tajah's's solo show about systemic racism and violence takes on a difficult, timely subject but alas doesn't help us to shed any parti…
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