1,424 stories from The Front Row Center
Parks does not permit us to go gently into that good night.  She will not leave us sitting comfortably in our own upstanding ignorance.  Like Jefferson she stands at the "intersection …
By Stanford Friedman The ancient myth of Pandora's box explains how all things evil came into the world when a lid was opened out of curiosity. S. Asher Gelman offers a futuristic twist on t…
The Leading Ladies Club is a great idea with a fabulous wrapper, but a bit of a mess in the middle. ÂÂ
NEW YORK - The American Relics at Chelsea Table + Stage, torchbearers of a musical revolution that continues to inspire generations.
This is a tight, strong, remarkable cast, and the staging, by Rebecca Aparicio, is directed as a dance of both struggle and joy for the senses.
Having seen Marilyn Maye many, many times for over a decade I know in advance there will be at least one point where she will leave me face down sobbing in my soup (should there be any aroun…
Peter Kiesewalter has crafted a beautiful event exploring the mysterious life of moths, their profound similarity to humans - our transformations, migrations, conflicts, biodiversity, and co…
...there is something of value lurking there in the script
A new play by Tim Mulligan, directed by Ken Wolf and presented by Manhattan Repertory is billed as an "immersive" production. It features haunted elements and tells the story of a non-tradit…
Much of the production is at a race pace that never gives us the chance to fall into the characters. We are never able to lock into the story. We are sitting back enjoying the wonderful perf…
House of Telescopes is a beautiful piece, wonderfully designed and fabulously performed and crafted. Filled to the brim with questions and experiences around trans identity, it is univer…
This duo is the perfect combination of charm and danger. More than once they scrambled my brain and handed it back to me with a side of fries.
I enjoyed the smart script and intelligent jokes as well as some of the slapstick moments and highly energized performances, but felt that the show lingered far too long and could have used …
There is a pattern that pops up from time in all of our lives.  An event or a thing or a person is pronounced "swell".  Occasionally we concur with the pronouncement, and occasionally …
SFJazz Collective Led By Saxophonist Chris Potter Amazes With Its Spirited Playing At Birdland
NEW YORK - The American Symphony Orchestra Performs Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder, an opulent, magnificent masterpiece.
Laurence Fishburne exudes his skillful talent as producer, actor, director and writer in his solo performance, holding back nothing, as he delves into his life.
Philadelphia, Here I Come! is no exception. It's a fulfilling evening of theatre all the way around and worth your time beyond the opportunity to see Brian Friel's work.
5 plays. 10 minutes each. This is the Estrogenius play festival in Under St. Marks: a tiny, but lovely theater. Here's a look at the five plays
Melissa Errico, radiant in boho chic at The Green Room 42 in Manhattan on March 22nd, presented a new show featuring Stephen Sondheim's songs (with one exception), on the great composer's ve…
The story of the 1941 labor strike at Disney; throughout the show, each actor tries to woo us over to their side of the fight, and each is remarkably convincing.
I'm not that big a love fan myself.  Onstage it can be clunky.  Passion can be badly choreographed or altogether unbelievable.  It can be too loud or too long or too sophomoric. …
NEW YORK - My Beatnik Youth: A Solo Riff, Justin Elizabeth Sayre is an extraordinary storyteller with powerful music and literature contextualizing his sojourn to personal discovery and hope.
It's remarkable how talented this band is and how much fun they're having (and have had) as they hit 25 years together as a band.
Uggams was a gift when she started out.  That she remains an iconic performer says something about not only her talent, but her determination and drive.  This is a woman who is not int…
