Friday, July 4, 2025

Out of Order by Nicole Itkin

A different show every night. Carl Holder's Out of Order is a war between flexibility and specificity. The post Out of Order appeared first on The Front Row Center.

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:38PM

Machinal by Sarah Downs

New York Theatre Company’s revival of Machinal at New York City Center Theatre 2 is an extraordinary, revelatory dissection of a play about patriarchy and repression, as relevant today as …

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:34PM
Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Henry VI by the Atlas Shakespeare Company by Edward Kliszus

In the intimate black box Chain theater on West 36th Street (a location that would have amused the Bard, who knew something about cramped performance spaces), Adriana Alter and her Atlas Sha…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 01:15PM

MAHABHARATA: DHARMA (PART 2) THE LIFE WE CHOOSE by Margret Echeverria

Arjuna's own son, Abhimanyu, is lost in the battle.   We do not expect this as he is only fifteen years old.  Krishna allows a bending of truth to come from the mouth of Yudhishthira (Sha…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 12:43PM
Monday, June 30, 2025

Riven by Holli Harms

While Melina and Alessandra work to sort out our discarded pieces, they work to support their friendship. A friendship fraught with summits of pain and discomfort, abuse, and neglect. Both w…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 04:08PM

Adam Pascal & Anthony Rapp: Celebrating Friendship & History by Sarah Downs

There’s nothing like watching two gifted, experienced performers – and good friends – enjoying themselves as they share their talent with an audience.  Adam Pascal and Andrew Rapp hav…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:14PM
Friday, June 27, 2025

Duke & Roya by David Walters

Duke & Roya, now playing at the Lucille Lortel, is a romcom (two people from different worlds, Stephanie Nur and Jay Ellis, struggling to come together), riding on the backs of a histori…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 05:57PM

Mahabharata: Karma (Part 1) The Life We Inherit by Margret Echeverria

Fernandes and Ravi Jain boldly combine tradition, rich with layered messages and meaning, with struggles of our modern Western-dominated world.  Characters are gender fluid, feminine wisdom…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 05:35PM

Paul Taylor Dance Company Returns to The Joyce Theater by Kendra Jones

The Paul Taylor Dance Company's run at The Joyce each summer is always a wonderful, much anticipated evening, as the diversity and creativity of each piece always surprise me. The ease of sh…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 05:30PM
Thursday, June 26, 2025

Low Country by Holli Harms

The performance I saw felt as if it was a rehearsal with everyone still working to find character and chemistry. The post Low Country appeared first on The Front Row Center.

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 10:56PM
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Trophy Boys by Tulis McCall

Trophy Boys is an investigation of gender both on and offstage.  The Australian playwright Emmanuelle Mattana lays out the thesis that "Gender is learnt, which means it can also be taught."…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 07:15PM
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

John Philip in SAY YES by Tulis McCall

Mr. Philip possesses a heart filled with Courage, Love and Hope that he happily shares with all of us with each song.  We leave his show feeling uplifted.  Who among us c old  not use a l…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:04PM
Monday, June 23, 2025

Prosperous Fools by Kendra Jones

Taylor Mac’s writing, coupled with Darko Tresnjak's direction, in Prosperous Fools is sharp, and infiltrated with bizarre sets and humor which is just as absurd—and certainly not subtle.…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 05:17PM
Sunday, June 22, 2025

The Hot Sardines by Holli Harms

The Hot Sardines have created an almost cult following of tweens, teens, millennials, and boomers. All drawn to their slide style of jazz that had the audience tapping their feet, swaying to…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 01:19PM
Friday, June 20, 2025

Bear Grease by Sarah Downs

I honestly don’t quite know how to describe Bear Grease.  It's a musical theater / night club act / low comedy / video show all jumbled into  one.  It has some really fun, but it’s ov…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 02:50PM
Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Prince Faggot by Tulis McCall

By Tulis McCall Prince Faggot is a beguiling tragicomedy.  “Beguiling” – I don’t often use that word, but it is the one that surfaced. Jordan Tannahill‘s play is a dense tapestry …

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 09:15PM

At The Barricades by Holli Harms

The play reaches back in time and asks those who fought, "What is your story?" It is riveting. The actors are all living their characters. We are caught up in the battle, in the mundane of d…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 05:03PM

The Price by Victoria Weisfeld

Two River Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey, opened an ambitious production of Arthur Miller’s award-winning The Price last weekend, directed by Brandon J. Dirden and running through June 29…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 10:06AM

Lucky Man: A Warrior’s Journey by Victoria Dammer

Thoms G. Waites takes you on a hypnotizing musical tour of his life, from success and alcohol abuse, to recovery and redemption in this engaging performance you will not forget. The post Luc…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 10:01AM
Monday, June 16, 2025

Romeo + Juliet by Vahni Kurra

This reinterpretation of Romeo and Juliet featured a largely Asian cast as the feuding Montagues and Capulets in a supposedly “dystopian” setting shaped by “fate, class conflict, and a…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 04:00PM
Friday, June 13, 2025

78th Annual Tony Awards – Our Writer was There! by Victoria Dammer

The Tony Awards spotlight the talent, the energy, and all individuals who make Broadway one-of-a-kind in the theater world. The post 78th Annual Tony Awards – Our Writer was There! appeare…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 11:18AM
Thursday, June 12, 2025

Call Me Izzy by Tulis McCall

Jean Smart is superb. Her performance is so smooth - even through rough bits - that she appears not to be acting at all.  She simply transforms over and over again as she slips into each ch…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 11:15PM

When Boys Become Men Too Soon: The Heartbreaking Genius of A Letter To Lyndon B. Johnson by Edward Kliszus

Some evenings in the theater change you. They reach inside your chest and rearrange something fundamental about how you see the world. "A Letter To Lyndon B. Johnson or God: Whoever Reads Th…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 06:54PM
Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Angry Alan by Tulis McCall

"Angry Alan" is an earthquake of a production.  It will lift you out of your lives, the way only extraordinary theatre can, and return you to them filled to the brim with the experience of …

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 11:59PM
Sunday, June 8, 2025

The Value at the Rockaway Theatre Company by Nicole Itkin

The Value by Nicholas Dunn is engaging, eerie, and deeply questioning. The post The Value at the Rockaway Theatre Company appeared first on The Front Row Center.

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:28PM

American Symphony Orchestra Delivers a Triumphant Guntram at Carnegie Hall by Edward Kliszus

Friday night's performance of Gurtram was a remarkable unveiling of a rarely performed but powerful work by Richard Strauss. From the onset, Strauss's mastery of rich symphonic intones was e…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:25PM
Friday, June 6, 2025

Leni’s Last Lament: Jodie Markell Delivers a Powerhouse Performance  by Edward Kliszus

In this provocative one-woman show, Markell inhabits the controversial filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl with such fierce intelligence and nuanced complexity that she transforms what could have bee…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 04:19PM

The Wash by Sarah Downs

In 1881 a small band of Black laundresses decided they'd had enough of being pushed around by dead-beat clients, and despite having little perceived leverage, went on strike for better pay.�…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 01:49PM

Sabeth Pérez Captivates at The Jazz Gallery: A Transcendent Preview of Searching for Beauty by Edward Kliszus

In a Stellar evening of musical artistry and cultural connection, the inimitable singer and composer Sabeth Pérez and her band delivered a mesmerizing performance at The Jazz Gallery, nestl…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 01:48PM

BALLS: The Monster Catchin’ Musical Comédy by Eryn Malafronte

...if you were like me, if you spent hours ruining your eyesight squintingat the dark screen of your Gameboy on a family road trip, or hoarded holographic laminated cards in hopes that one d…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 01:44PM
Thursday, June 5, 2025

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA by Tulis McCall

The HA HA HA HA HA HA HA is not a laugh fest.  It is a release and an invitation.  To tell you exactly what she does would ruin the surprise so I will say that it is a slow reveal.  Masli…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:12PM