The Front Row Center

Why did I start Usher Nonsense and then Front Row Center? In my view, theatre is one of the top reasons to celebrate being human. I love stepping out of my home and into a dark theatre full of strangers to watch talented actors perform. It’s all about the inspiration for me. I willingly let myself be guided through any story they wish to tell, as long as they keep me engaged. If I attend a show that doesn’t quite hit the mark, I feel compelled to steer you away from it. I don’t want you to waste your time at a performance that doesn’t live up to expectations. I’ll do whatever it takes to redirect you – I’ll block the entrance, swing from the rafters, or even shout “FIRE!” just to keep you from feeling let down. I’ll suggest you do something more worthwhile with your evening, like saving your money for a dinner with a friend you haven’t caught up with in ages or taking a stroll with your dog, child, or partner. Even going to bed early is a better choice than attending a mediocre show. I admit it: I have high standards when it comes to ushering and theatre experiences.

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The Front Row Center

1 week ago | thefrontrowcenter.com | Holli Harms

by Holli HarmsIt is Monday night, and Dan Jr. has five more days to go before he stages his big comeback. Well, not his comeback so much as his actual fight. Circumstances beyond his control kept him from his battle five years ago. The fight that would have made father and family proud. This is the opening to the gripping, Fight Night, now playing at 59E59 Theaters. Dan Jr’s family members are known boxing men.
BOOP! The Musical

1 week ago | thefrontrowcenter.com | Holli Harms

By Holli HarmsBroadway has got it! A hit musical to stand the test of time! Stand back, because BOOP! The Musical book by Bob Martin, music by David Foster, and lyrics by Susan Birkenhead is the real deal! It will enchant, delight, and have you cheering for Betty and her cast of friends, feminists, and doubters.
In The Unlikely Event of an Actual Emergency

1 week ago | thefrontrowcenter.com | Holli Harms

By Holli HarmsLiving in the now, in your art, is what John Mullican’s new play “In the Unlikely Event of an Actual Emergency“, playing at The Chain Theatre, is entreating us to practice. Fear stops us from doing our art and from being the whole person we can be, but what if we were faced with an unbelievable life-threatening moment that wakes us up to our true selves? That life-threatening moment comes to life in this remarkable true story about the accident on January 23, 1982.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARILYN MAYE at 54 Below

2 weeks ago | thefrontrowcenter.com | Tulis McCall

ByHolli Harms and Tulis McCall#1 – By Holli HarmsCertain performers are spiritual archeologists digging into our souls and our imaginations, rising us up to another place with their voices with the pitch of sound, the shifting of vocals, the sum of their performance.
All The Beauty In The World

2 weeks ago | thefrontrowcenter.com | Tulis McCall

By Tulis McCallIf you are inclined to see “All The Beauty In The World” – and it would be a worthwhile adventure – be aware that this is not a play by any definition. It is a more of a TED Talk. And it is a lovely one. It is lovely because it is a reflection of Patrick Bringley who is kind, intelligent and insightful. For the better part of ten years he was a guard in the of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He spent a great deal of time in the Old Master Wing.
I'm Assuming You Know David Greenspan

2 weeks ago | thefrontrowcenter.com | Holli Harms

By Holli HarmsI’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan, written by Mona Pirnot, directed by Ken Rus Schmoll, and starring David Greenspan himself, is a cathartic evening for anyone in the theater world, especially a playwright. This is a refreshing piece of true theater that cannot exist anywhere but on stage. Mona Pirnot pushes us with her words, and Greenspan is her muse with his indescribable performance style, stage presence, and pure self-expression that considers the audience.
The Cherry Orchard

2 weeks ago | thefrontrowcenter.com | David Walters

By David WaltersDonmar Warehouse‘s production of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard is now playing on this side of the pond for a limited engagement through April 27 at St. Ann’s Warehouse. This is a new version of the play, written and directed by Benedict Andrews.
Good Night, and Good Luck

3 weeks ago | thefrontrowcenter.com | Tulis McCall

By Tulis McCallWe forget, or I do, that reviewing a show is journalism. It is an actual thing. George Clooney and Grant Heslov‘s “Good Night, and Good Luck,” makes the point in spades. Reporters report. We reviewers are reporters, advising you to take yourself to the theatre or stay home and buy your sweetheart a hot fudge sundae. In this case you can forgo the sundae if you have the do-re-mi.
The Front Row Center

3 weeks ago | thefrontrowcenter.com | Holli Harms

By Holli HarmsHilariously funny, uncomfortably funny, astute, emotional, and dark. This is Chisa Hutchinson’s staggering new play Amerikin. It is about the collateral damage of misunderstandings we live with in our striving for acceptance and community. Amerikin transcends stereotype and instead deals with real humans who are complicated in their beliefs, their wants, and fears.
The Front Row Center

3 weeks ago | thefrontrowcenter.com | David Walters

By David WaltersMasterclass is closing out its world-wide victory-lap, having won the hearts, minds and patriarchy bashing distortions of the current world order. Defying any theatrical categorization, Masterclass starts off as farcical mimicry of a televised interview (two chairs, coffee table, fake fig leaf plants), by 70s costumed Feidlim Cannon, of the mad theatrical genius, Truscott, and his misogynistic writing and work.