1,399 stories from The Front Row Center
By Tulis McCall Saturday Church, now at New York Theatre Workshop, is an invitation into a fantasy.  We are invited in by the Black Jesus (J. Harrison Ghee) whose voice and presentation a…
Pen Pals, now playing at the lovely, intimate stage of the Daryl Roth (DR2) Theater on East 15th, opened in December of 2024 and is still going strong. Part due to the play and its unfolding…
THE ESSENTIALISN'T brings the notion of theater beyond plays and performances and creates a genre-defying experience: part litmus test, part ancient ritual.ÂÂ
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MEXODUS is one of the most amazing pieces of theater I have ever attended.
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The ACO's "Rococo Repast" at Manhattan's Metropolitan Club proved that period-authentic performance transcends mere historical recreation"it's sonic time travel. Under Thomas Crawford's witt…
Smart, with an underplayed sense of funny, satirical at times, reflective, and exploratory are but a few words to describe their writing, her singing, and his piano and vocal accompaniment.
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Can't Run Can't Dance has a twisted plot that will leave you laughing until the unpredictable ending.
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The story is a fast tumble into chaos, into anger, torment, and torture. The actors dive just as deep. They are a superb ensemble. They embody the delicate innocence of their in-between worl…
We laughed and cheered one another on for two hours in the quiet room downstairs at Town Hall. And we left with canvases of OUR art.
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Exquisite! Stunning!
A triumphant theatrical revival of Ibsen's The Wild Duck.
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When a sext goes to the wrong recipient, a group of middle-aged misfits romp around New York City trying to intercept the message. What could go wrong? Just about everything.
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As soon as the music started, I felt something powerful" I felt I had a sneak peak, a front row seat at something larger.
With a show in development, I did not know what to expect, but I was…
"I get rid of all the toxic people. And there is no one left."
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And at the end of the piece, the audience was asked to then exit through the gift shop.  I think McQueen (similarly to Banksy who so famously coined the phrase) would frown on this and ta…
If you're a lover of Dostoevsky, it's a must-see, as this appreciation and love of his work is not often dramatized.ÂÂ
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this show has an incredibly talented cast, The comedy portion of this show was apparent, and we very much enjoyed ourselves, seeing as how we watched opening night, It can only improve from …
Through an extensive collection of interviews, Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist walks us through the stories of Miranda's projects. From Hamilton to Encanto, Pollack-Pelzner…
A truly fun and thought-provoking evening.
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By Paul Meltzer Pangea" is what scientists call the one big merged landmass that existed before it all broke up into continents and drifted around the globe. Fitting then that Pangea, th…
Leading Ladies: A Celebration Through the Decades, was a performance of exactly that: not only did thirteen talented and vocally diverse singers take the stage"individually, as duets, and as…
David Bernard's Park Avenue Chamber Symphony transforms Stravinsky's devilish masterpiece into transcendent theater, proving that technical brilliance and emotional truth create the most pot…
By Nicole Itkin Octet is a musical in song-cycle form. The musical takes us into a support group for technology addicts, walking us through the eight group members' individual struggles with…
A magical journey of requited love that cannot be denied; a tale of true happiness and sadness that will keep your attention thought the performance.
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This two-and-a-half-hour respite from the world is what we all need right now.
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"TWELFTH NIGHT" IS AT THE DELACORTE!!
Bravo to the return of theatre to this glorious location!!!  Bravo to the hundreds of people who made it happen.  There is nothing like sitting un…
