Sunday, April 12, 2026
These very fine actors are precise in every way and lead us all on a merry chase through time and location. Â The connection between these women brought me back to the rich friendships wit…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 04:15PMFriday, April 10, 2026
New York is reinventing itself every day. Â Angelos is all in on that. Â At the same time she is telling us "remember whence we come" - in this case she means the vibrant, rich and still…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 10:42AMTuesday, April 7, 2026
Marilyn Maye is a brilliant, sparkling comet who takes no prisoners. Â Once you see her you belong to her with no regrets.
The post Marilyn Maye Spring Residency @54Below appeared first on…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 11:45AMWednesday, March 25, 2026
TOUCH - Anthony Rapp's skills as a performer take center stage so easily that we hardly notice the new characters appearing. Â Two former students who are now grownup and one power literar…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 08:00AMFriday, March 20, 2026
This is a beautifully crafted piece that is given to us. Â It is not extraordinary in its narrative. Â It is extraordinary in its attention to universal details. Â In its attention to …
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 12:19PMTuesday, March 17, 2026
I noticed I have been singing and humming the songs that Frank Dain gave us in his superb March 1st show at Don't Tell Mama. Â THAT is how much Frank Dain hooked me.
The post Frank Dain â…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 11:45AMOnce lift-off has been achieved there is no letup, and this cast is up to the task of doling out the story bit by bit so that we never get a chance to lost interest. Â While we never get a…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 08:20AMSunday, March 8, 2026
By Tulis McCall If you play your cards right you can still get to the final performance of this run of Finding Dorothy Parker tonight at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. The production features …
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 11:47AMMonday, February 16, 2026
Why DO they keep coming back?  It must be more than their 5 minute stories.  Not that these stories are dull because in the hands of these very fine actors each one become a jewel. Â�…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 04:15PMTuesday, February 10, 2026
By Tulis McCall Well, this production of “High Spirits†is kind of a jumble.  As I was leaving I heard two men talking “OK so you didn’t like it?†“I …
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 11:09AMby Tulis McCall OK Here is what you should know – I am not a weeper at shows.  Mary Kate O Flanagan’s “Making A Show Of Myself†tested those boundaries. If you a…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 09:25AMSunday, January 25, 2026
ULYSSES - The text flies through these characters actions, thoughts and feelings as if James were being pursued by a bear. Â All we can do is hang on to his coattails. Â
The post Ulysse…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 05:15PMFriday, January 23, 2026
All of the palaver is of no matter, however, when McKellen steps into your sight line. Â He looks right at you - not through you - because of the magic goggles that you wear.
The post AN A…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 09:34AMWednesday, December 24, 2025
By Tulis McCall This is a play that you should see because it has affected you.  Whether you know it or not. Meg Crane invented the first at-home-pregnancy test in 1968.  Called â€�…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 07:04AMTuesday, December 23, 2025
Sidney Myer is a cross between a mensch and an elf. Â At over 6 feet tall, with rosy cheeks, a curly mop of hair and an actual twinkle in his eye, Myer is an inside joke personified. Â F…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 05:51AMFriday, December 19, 2025
What if  you took the story of Ann Frank - that most of us read at least once - and turned it inside out.  Instead of focusing on two Jewish families who hid in an Amsterdam attic for …
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 06:09AMTuesday, December 16, 2025
Marjorie Prime is a sobering piece knocking on our door. Â It has all the time in the world to wait us out. The chickens come home to roost in our front yard while we watch.
The post Marj…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 07:03AMSunday, December 14, 2025
As I left St. Ann's Warehouse and stepped into the day's late gloom: mist, afternoon darkness and just a tinge of melancholy, I thought, "Wow - how did someone craft the perfect weather foll…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 11:45AMFriday, December 5, 2025
Ann Kittredge is a treasure and a pleasure. Â This is evidenced by her performance which is flawless: a soprano who fills her voice with color and vibrancy. Â Her generosity and populari…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 08:04AMThursday, December 4, 2025
"Diversions" will surprise the dickens out of you. Â Your world will expand while you sit there and let the magic enfold you. Â Don't worry - you won't have to lift a finger for it to wo…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 04:15PMFriday, November 14, 2025
Despite the enormous effort, and the tons of talent and work that went into making this production happen, we leave uninspired and embarrassed that this story, such as it is, was elevate and…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 08:31AMTuesday, November 11, 2025
By Tulis McCall The Story of The Baker’s Wife at Classic Stage Company:  A long time ago – a long, long time ago – kind of around the same time that Brigadoon made it…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 04:15PMFriday, November 7, 2025
Prince Faggot is a beguiling tragicomedy. Â "Beguiling" - I don't often use that word, but it is the one that surfaced. Jordan Tannahill's play is a dense tapestry of wonder, imagination, …
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 10:11AMWednesday, November 5, 2025
"Queens" is an ambitious play that begs us to look twice at immigrants. Â Look at them the way we would want to be looked at.
The post Queens appeared first on The Front Row Center.
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 04:45PMFriday, October 31, 2025
Maye comes close to floating as she glides through the crowd and onto the stage. And once she steps up onto the stage with her trio - Musical Director Ted Firth, Tom Hubbard on Bass and Mar…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 10:52AMTuesday, October 28, 2025
The producers of this show, National Yiddishe Theatre Folkbiene, clearly feel a sense of mission to reach Jews and non-Jews alike with this distillation in one compelling life of the connect…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 12:08PMSunday, October 26, 2025
Little by little, this most excellent ensemble delivers up the grains of the tale without hesitating or letting any single one drop until, voilà - we come round to the place where we bega…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 02:45PMFriday, October 24, 2025
Gopnik is a jewel of a writer. Â
The post Adam Gopnik’s New York appeared first on The Front Row Center.
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 07:19AMThursday, October 16, 2025
It is a serenade to the possibilities of life, even when we are mired in tyranny and beaten down by hypocricy. Â Ragtime gives us hope to hold onto today, where hope for many of us is in s…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 07:15PMWednesday, October 15, 2025
"Let's Love!" is engaging without involving you. Â I could have used a little more involvement, but I'll settle for a few laughs delivered by a few pros.
The post Let’s Love appeare…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 05:15PMTuesday, October 14, 2025
This is what theater strives to be. Â An event that touches you mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. Â An event that touches you in places that you didn't know were touchab…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 10:53AM 
