The Eglevsky Ballet's Nutcracker at Tilles Center with the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony delivered an enchanting holiday experience featuring NYCB principal dancers Miriam Miller and Ty…
Taylor Mac's Holiday Sauce was a holiday pageant with teeth. I expected an absurd spectacle of freaky and grotesque humor. I anticipated the campy, outlandishly creative, and sardonic rendit…
By Tulis McCall This is a play that you should see because it has affected you. Â Whether you know it or not. Meg Crane invented the first at-home-pregnancy test in 1968. Â Called "Predi…
Musica Sacra's "Classics for Christmas" at Carnegie Hall offers a transcendent musical experience that celebrates the season's joy and contemplation. Under Kent Tritle's masterful direction,…
By Holli Harms Birth + Carnage is the story of the life of celestial stars, from conception to growth to destruction and what happens after that cataclysm. It is truly one of the most gorgeo…
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…
By Holli Harms Norm Lewis: Christmas Lives Here at 54 Below is a not to be missed Yuletide celebration. This is Norm Lewis' most extraordinary, marvelous Holiday Show! This is his 11th resid…
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 …
The score is tremendous! Beautiful, haunting and humorous! The cast is stupendous! This is an ensemble to be reckoned with. Their voices, their performances, in harmony with one another.…
In Tartuffe at the New York Theater Workshop, Lucas Hnath is serving up satire in a colorful reinterpretation of an ever relevant tale of religious hyocrisy and human fallibility. Told i…
The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony's InsideOut Concerts® offer transformative musical experiences for audiences of all ages. Under the inspired leadership of Maestro David Bernard, this awa…
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…
This is On the Rocks Theatre Company's beloved production that with it's a lively witty humor and understanding that we all carry the Christmas Spirit is a great way to ring in the Holiday s…
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…
As much magical as you can get without it being a magic show. The post A Christmas Carol appeared first on The Front Row Center.
For a double treat, see the classic holiday story about George Bailey of Bedford Falls, NY, against the man who wants to take over the town, as well as the inner workings of a radio show pr…
The Brentano String Quartet's radiant performance at 92NY offered a journey through the string quartet's past, present, and emotional depths. With profound artistry and insight, they reveale…
In serious circumstances of citizenship and assimilation, we find humor, sincerity, and a spark from this cast that immerses us in their living room. From 1924, to a hundred years later, the…
In this radiant union of music, art, and history, The Orchestra Now and The Met transform ancient Egypt into a living presence. Through Botstein's insight and transcendent performances, audi…
Alice Eve Cohen's Oklahoma Samovar traces a Jewish family from 1887 Latvia to Oklahoma. But can family stories alone produce drama? The post Oklahoma Samovar appeared first on The Front Row …
A solid performance that is sure to leave guests feeling lighter and eager to embody the holiday spirit, It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play is a great way to spend an afternoon or even…
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) would be a thumbs up date night show no matter your age. The post Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) appeared first on The Front Row Ce…
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…
"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…
If you're a Laurie Metcalf fan, you're gonna love this. The post Little Bear Ridge Road appeared first on The Front Row Center.