Tuesday, May 12, 2026
The Receptionist, written by Adam Bock, and first developed in 2006, intrigued me with its supposed “chilling relevance” of bureaucracy and complicity taking place in an office, but whil…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 12:13PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Hosted by Alex Moffat, the 41st annual ceremony for the Lucille Lortel Awards were held at NYU Skirball. This year, I found myself especially drawn to artists challenged physically, emotiona…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 01:11PM[SHARE]Monday, May 4, 2026
“It could never happen here…"
It's the mindset, the seemingly overused piece of dialogue we speak out loud to ourselves, to each other, as we try to convince ourselves history won't repe…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:32PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 23, 2026
I expected Beaches to emotionally hit, as I know of the tears both the novel and film caused, but I left with a sigh of sadness.
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SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 11:23AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Miracle on South Division Street presents the stakes of losing faith and heritage through generations, as well as the understanding and accepting loved ones for differing perspectives and ch…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 06:44PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Scorched Earth is exactly the murky happening I needed to watch unfold through dance and narrative. This is theater that is felt in every bone of my body, every emotion aroused and agitat…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 10:36AM[SHARE]Monday, March 30, 2026
Iris Bahr's one-woman show, Stories From the Brink: My Festive Near Death Adventures, is exactly what it needs to be. If you want to see a personal narrative that is comedic, dramatic, and v…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 12:03PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 29, 2026
In a world where war is ever present, Milo Cramer lifts us from today and drops us into live-action Korean War propaganda: a performance enticing us of the camaraderie and satisfaction fo…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 10:12PM[SHARE]Friday, March 20, 2026
Grace (Shannon Tyo) and her three sisters are gathering for Jesa, a Korean ceremony honoring their parents"a ritual of loved ones gathering to ask for the blessings of the dead. But, while t…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 09:15PM[SHARE]Monday, March 16, 2026
Calf Scramble begins as we get seated and see an American flag and a Texas State flag hanging side by side. As a pre-show playlist typically sets the tone of the show, "Our God is An Awesome…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:04PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Bughouse is a sensory experience, a story of fears, fixations, and cruel imaginings that tumble from Henry Darger's (John Kelly) mind to our own visions. Darger is frantic, unhinged, present…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 10:21PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Co-written by two-time Grammy nominee Dru DeCaro and Carey Renee Sharpe--who also stars as Valerie--BLOOD/LOVE, immerses us in the world where vampires thrive, party, dance, and struggle thr…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 02:51PM[SHARE]Friday, February 27, 2026
Marcel on theTrain is not merely a dramatic theatrical production; it is a haunting and real space: an ever-relevant piece of history transformed into a beautiful memory. And that's the sing…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 09:44AM[SHARE]"I don't know what happened, Grandma. I don't. I swear I was sober for six months."
"You were not sober, you were just not drinking."
We see the pain of disappointing those Josh loves, time …
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 09:39AM[SHARE]Monday, February 16, 2026
If you're looking for a show with exactly two things: energy and dancing--then 11 to Midnight is the entertainment for you. But if you want a complete storyline and depth--even an opportunit…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 08:41PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 12, 2026
After years apart--LIL is now big, and BIG is...well, he always had to be big. After leaving home and high school, BIG began MMA; it pulled him from addiction but pulled him farther away fro…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 07:29PM[SHARE]After a 2024 London premiere, Alexander Zeldin's The Other Place, hisses a torrent of silent shame. It shows how differently people respond to grief: how long we hold it, how much we hide, w…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 07:08PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 29, 2026
It's a spectacle, it's a sort of social experiment, it's shameless vulnerability; Gridley wants us to watch her walk. She wants us to immediately see her: the part of her that we are quick t…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 11:01AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 6, 2026
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…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 12:25PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 11, 2025
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…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 11:39AM[SHARE]Friday, November 7, 2025
Romy & Michele is stupid in all the right ways. The audience absolutely eats this up. The audience was a complete raucous"literally! Endless laughter, clapping, and an audience member wh…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 02:34PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 6, 2025
A bald head, pointy ears, and a thirst for blood. We all want a cute bat boy. And this Bat Boy, Taylor Trensch, is fresh off a Tony-nominated run in Floyd Collins. Trensch embodies this h…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 12:46PM[SHARE]Monday, October 27, 2025
Suddenly purses are dropping, people are thumbing for tissues, a group of women behind me is sniffling, the man next to me has tears rolling down his cheeks, and so do I. This is church; …
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 04:16PM[SHARE]Friday, October 24, 2025
Every stereotype of aging men, midlife crises, and couple conflicts are referenced on stage. It was like there was a checklist of cliches, stereotypical lines to say that would make the audi…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 11:35AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Oratorio for Living Things is as much as an individual experience as it is composed for a group. Signature Theatre's Resident Heather Christian has brought a complex yet humble and angelic s…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 04:24PM[SHARE]you are seen: Sequences of sisterhood are chilling, dark, and a silent aura envelops the space. I notice I'm suddenly aware of how loud my breathing is; I don't hear a single person shiftin…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 04:19PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 14, 2025
NOTHING CAN TAKE YOU FROM THE HAND OF GOD -- "I'm homesick and I can't go home."
We tell stories, we stretch the truth; but what happens when truth offends those near us? We weave stories, w…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:46PM[SHARE]Monday, September 22, 2025
We're in Fresno, CA, and the county is on fire. Preppy-aesthetic Weather Girl, Stacey Gross, is on air and on a never-ending bender of alcohol and place attachment. Weather Girl embodies the…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:49PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 14, 2025
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…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 12:43PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 4, 2025
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…
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:01PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 7, 2025
In a span of fifteen minutes, we see two old acquaintances (Maria Jose Payares & Cheng) unravel each other, somewhere between life and death. This surprisingly dark drama gives us a glim…
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