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
Monday, May 5, 2025

A New Take on Mahler’s Ninth: David Bernard and the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony by Edward Kliszus

In the vast catalog of orchestral recordings, certain interpretations emerge as definitive statements that reshape our understanding of familiar masterworks. The new recording of Mahler's Sy…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 01:54PM

The Shark is Broken by Victoria Weisfeld

When three actors of dissimilar personalities are confined on a small boat awaiting their fake shark prop to be repaired, plenty of comic mayhem ensues. The post The Shark is Broken appeared…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 01:50PM
Thursday, May 1, 2025

Mingus Big Band at Birdland Through May 3 by Holli Harms

Mingus Big Band is a not-to-be-missed piece of history and a contemporary musical language that speaks to all. They are some of the grandest, best darn musicians we have. They are playing at…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 04:32PM

Mystic Conversations by Stanford Friedman

Every mother thinks her child is special, but rare is the mom who believes her son is gifted to the point that he can communicate with the dead. The post Mystic Conversations appeared first …

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 04:22PM
Tuesday, April 29, 2025

The Death of Rasputin by Nicole Itkin

A splendid premise, but ultimately an experience so confusing as to be disappointing. The post The Death of Rasputin appeared first on The Front Row Center.

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 04:38PM

Healing Mined by Holli Harms

Meneses' beautiful, heart-endearing poetic prose is the story of this tsunami pain, the deepest pain humans experience, and how we manage it, or don’t. It is a poetic fable of human resili…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 04:30PM
Monday, April 28, 2025

Ceremonies In Dark Old Men by Tulis McCall

You will carry this family and their associates with you.  No matter your race or economic situation.  In this tiny little shop in this tiny little family rests the whole world.  Every ho…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 09:15PM

Just In Time by Tulis McCall

When the show is over and we leave because they make us leave, we are not mourning the very short life of Bobby Darin.  Not even close.  We are celebrating.  We are high on the story of B…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:43PM
Sunday, April 27, 2025

The Employees by David Walters

All theater doesn't have to be art, but when they both, theater and art coalesce, you know that you're experiencing something valuable. The post The Employees appeared first on The Front Row…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 11:58AM
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Hold Me In The Water by Tulis McCall

If Ryan J. Haddad's script for "Hold Me In The Water" were any more spare it would disappear.  As a mater of fact, this enchanting piece already does that.  This is a master class in turni…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 08:45PM
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW by Brittany Crowell

Something strange has indeed opened on Broadway in the form of the uncanny, magical, terrifying, theatrical show-stopper Stranger Things: The First Shadow.  The post STRANGER THINGS: THE FI…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 11:59PM

Grief Camp by Yuval Jonas

Grief Camp creates a vivid, fully inhabited world and assembles promising conditions for drama, but never shapes them into a story. The post Grief Camp appeared first on The Front Row Center.

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 09:15PM

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Celebrates 7 Years on Broadway by Tulis McCall

(New York, NY – April 22, 2025) Today, on the production’s seventh Broadway anniversary, producers of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child released a new video trailer illustrating the imme…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:03PM

SMASH by Sarah Downs

There’s nothing more fun than watching a musical about creating a musical.   We all love a peek behind the curtain, indulging in a certain schadenfreude as we experience the agony and th…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 02:49PM

Floyd Collins by Tulis McCall

By Tulis McCall Talk about circuitous journeys.  Here is a question for you – where were you in 1994?  Or 1996?  Do you remember ANYTHING from those years.  Well, if you are Tina Landa…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 02:34PM
Friday, April 18, 2025

From Basement to Brooklyn: Verdi’s Lost Ballet Finds New Life by Edward Kliszus

In the sumptuous acoustic embrace of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church, the Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra, under the skilled direction of Philip Nuzzo, delivered a concert of extraordinary hi…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 04:35PM

Irishtown by David Walters

Where it does go is making Irishtown a fun romp, played to the hilt, crackling and crisp, that will have you smiling, laughing, and joyful as everyone is Irish at an evening like this. The p…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 04:31PM
Thursday, April 17, 2025

GLASS. KILL. WHAT IF IF ONLY. IMP. by Kendra Jones

All four pieces, making up GLASS. KILL. WHAT IF IF ONLY. IMP. are joined by their asking of the audience to place ourselves in a fantastical, undetermined space and time. We release expecta…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 05:14PM

Under the Rainbow – Final Show April 19 at United Solo by Alice Jane Klugherz

Do we need another story of a gay man’s coming of age? Yes, we do, because it pulls us in with the best elements of theater: a story lived and told; sung and danced. In John Gazzale's one…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 12:50PM

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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