Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Billy Stritch and Gabrielle Stravelli Set Birdland Ablaze by Edward Kliszus

Good evening from Birdland, where tonight Gabrielle Stravelli and Billy Stritch transformed song into pure magic—two master artists creating musical alchemy that reminds us why jazz is the…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 11:55AM
Monday, June 2, 2025

Eurydice by Kendra Jones

Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice is a poetic net capturing the sorrow and magic felt when simultaneously falling in love with a partner and still grieving a beloved. This play digs into grief: how it r…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 09:15PM

The Imaginary Invalid by Tulis McCall

By Tulis McCall Red Bull’s “Imaginary Invalid” is a perfection of a confection that will soothe the blues we are all experiencing.  I PROMISE it will make you laugh.  It made me laug…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 07:15PM

Irish & Brazilian Samba by Holli Harms

This was an astonishing evening created by Colin Harte and Dana Monteiro with their fusion of Irish and Brazilian Samba. Here was proof of the power of music, the instrumental and the vocal,…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:56PM

Laurie Roldan: A Song For You – The Music of Karen Carpenter at The Green Room 42 by Edward Kliszus

In an era when the world feels increasingly fractured and complex, Laurie Roldan arrived at The Green Room 42 like a beacon of comfort and hope. Her tribute to Karen Carpenter, "A Song For Y…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 01:52PM
Sunday, June 1, 2025

BOWL EP by Brittany Crowell

It’s a play about two skaters smoking and drinking and writing their first rap album together, yes; but more than that it’s about the cost of intimacy and what happens when two people co…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 12:18PM

Fire and Fate: Ballet Hispánico’s CARMEN.maquia Ignites New York City Center by Edward Kliszus

Last evening at New York City Center, Ballet Hispánico delivered a breathtaking interpretation of Gustavo Ramírez Sansano's CARMEN.maquia, transforming Bizet's timeless opera into a visce…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 12:13PM
Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Amy Engelhardt and Erin Hill in “Good Night and Good Pluck” at Pangea by Nicole Itkin

By Nicole Itkin Pangea is a supper club in the East Village with adorable sequined animal pictures on the walls, great food and drinks, and even better entertainment. This night, Amy Engelha…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 04:17PM

I’ll Take It by David Walters

Three art-forms, put into a box, shaken and stirred; interject into that three gifted physical artists with the restrictions of a confined space as their palette, and what happens is a world…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 04:13PM
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Nina Conti: Whose Face is it Anyway? by Kendra Jones

A rack of masks (inclusive in facial features and color) accompanies Nina on stage. Members of the audience are brought on stage to put on these masks while Conti “speaks” through them, …

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 11:30AM
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

GODDESS by Brittany Crowell

Amber Iman has a voice of the gods, easily filling the theater with beautiful tones as the goddess of music.  Iman leads the audience down a winding path of emotion with Thurber’s labyrin…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 09:45PM

Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole by Tulis McCall

There are moments when Hill's performance is so pure we would swear it was 1957 and the game was truly on.  The game of survival, race, rage and madness.  We are hurled back and forth by t…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 06:15PM

Transcendent Motion: Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company Celebrates Heritage Through Sublime Movement by Edward Kliszus

The evening concluded with "Tomorrow", featuring dancers in a harmonious blend of the evening's palette—blue, white, red, and gray—creating a visual symphony that celebrates unity. As th…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 02:45PM

The Importance of Being Earnest by Victoria Weisfeld

Oscar Wilde's classic is brought to exhilarating comic heights in this new Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey production. The post The Importance of Being Earnest appeared first on The Front …

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 02:43PM

A Magnificent Journey: PACS Spellbinding “Symphonic Storytelling” Concert by Edward Kliszus

Music creates a virtual world where stories unfold not in bytes, but in glorious, symphonic narratives that transport us to realms both fantastical and profound. After all, what could be mor…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 01:51PM
Monday, May 19, 2025

Bus Stop by Stanford Friedman

Grace’s Diner, the setting for William Inge’s classic, slice of life drama, Bus Stop, serves homemade pies and cakes. But the customers and wait staff who find themselves stranded overni…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:39PM
Saturday, May 17, 2025

She Takes Flight by David Walters

She Takes Flight is composed of the personal stories, told through monologues and skits, of five actresses, aged 40s to 60s, and their journeys living, creating, and becoming themselves in a…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 09:15PM
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Lobster by Kendra Jones

Lobster captures the funny, cringey, budding desperation for love and identity we search for in high school. The post Lobster appeared first on The Front Row Center.

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:46PM

Maddie: A New Musical by Sarah Downs

Maddie: A New Musical, at the Players Theatre, based on Jack Finney's novel "Marion's Wall" about the life of silent film actress Marion Marsh, promises a tale of second chances and mystery.…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 12:22PM
Friday, May 9, 2025

AN UPDATE ON NEA SUPPORT from MCC Theater by Tulis McCall

In the late hours of last Friday evening, along with many of our colleagues from across the arts sector, MCC Theater was informed that our FY25 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 12:38PM

The Black Wolfe Tone by David Walters

It's a powerful piece of playwriting as it withholds nothing of the inner turmoil that runs rampant in his psyche and acutely addresses depression, its roots and causes, questioning both sel…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 12:12PM
Thursday, May 8, 2025

Collected Stories by David Walters

These two actresses have discovered a connection within their characters that gives them ease in their interacting together that is a pleasure to be a part of. The post Collected Stories app…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 07:15PM

REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES by Brittany Crowell

Real Women Have Curves lifts up those tired and poor, it celebrates them (and the audience) and encourages us to show up as we are.  It teaches us to fight for our dreams and stand up for w…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 05:44PM

A Musical Time Machine: American Classical Orchestra Illuminates Mozart and Beethoven at Lincoln Center by Edward Kliszus

There are certain rare evenings when the walls between centuries dissolve, when the spirits of long-departed composers seem to hover in the air, nodding with approval as their intentions are…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 05:38PM

Sondheim’s Old Friends by Tulis McCall

By Tulis McCall If you do not adore Sondheim – this could be the show that changes your mind.  On the other hand, if you don’t LIKE Sondheim, you may be suffering from some heretofore u…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 05:34PM
Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Wonderful Town by Sarah Downs

It’s love!  It’s love!  Wonderful Town has brought joy to the City Center stage – and boy do we need it.  Someone, please take this show to Broadway! Eileen (an effervescent Aisha …

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 06:23PM

Dead Outlaw by Kendra Jones

After receiving seven Tony Award Nominations Thursday morning, the cast of Dead Outlaw was ready for an explosive performance on the night I was there.  They did not disappoint.  Let us ho…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 10:28AM
Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Celia Berk: For The Record by Holli Harms

Celia Berk and her wonderful accompanying artists traveling back into the time when jazz ruled the airwaves and voices like Berk’s with its range and depth created a beautiful melodic tape…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 05:07PM

Five Models in Ruins, 1981 by Yuval Jonas

Five Models in Ruins, 1981 purports to examine femininity and the pressures of modeling, but ends up rehashing the old stereotypes. The post Five Models in Ruins, 1981 appeared first on The …

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 05:05PM

Triumph of Sound and Spirit: Oratorio Society of New York Delivers Monumental Carnegie Hall Concert by Edward Kliszus

In the hallowed acoustic splendor of Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium, the Oratorio Society of New York, under the masterful direction of Kent Tritle, presented a splendid concert of profoun…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 04:57PM

Pirates! The Penzance Musical by Tulis McCall

Whatever-the-heck "Pirates! The Penzance Musical" is trying to be, you can be assured that a good time is waiting for you in the French Quarter that never was. The post Pirates! The Penzanc…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 01:26PM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre