The Front Row Center - New York Theatre Reviews

McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton, N.J., presents a stunning new play by Rachel Bonds, directed by Tyne Rafaeli, that opened January 18 and runs through February 9. The play’s five characters have fifteen relationships among them, relationships with the power to sneak up on you and knock you out of your seat.

Feos

by David Walters | Jan 21, 2020 | Reviews

Puppeteers create life with inanimate objects, anthropomorphizing to give the illusion that there is existence. Chilean theater troupe Teatro y Su Doble, utilizing multimedia storytelling, borrowing techniques from Bunraku-style puppetry and animation, create lives lived.

Mac Beth

by Sarah Downs | Jan 21, 2020 | Reviews

Once upon a time, three girls went into the forest but only two came out. In Erica Schmidt’s brilliant adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth you will discover how that could be.

Cicada Song

by Holli Harms | Jan 21, 2020 | Reviews

I say get some friends or family, or both, sit down together and dim the lights, make the popcorn, download Cicada Song on your choice of Apple TV or Amazon and enjoy this marvelous film.

My name is Lucy Barton

by Tulis McCall | Jan 21, 2020 | Reviews

I am confounded. I don’t know what My Name Is Lucy Barton is. I know what it is not. It is not a play. Which, in and of itself might not be a bad thing if a person could latch onto whatever it is and go for a ride. I could not find a latching-on place.

Maz and Bricks

by Tulis McCall | Jan 14, 2020 | Reviews

I am a fan of Fishamble theatre company. Their previous play at 59E59, Blueberry Hill, left me gobsmacked. Maz and Bricks did not. This is a sort of romantic travelogue with a touch of politics, a touch of self-doubt, shame, and of course hope. What it was lacking was a large dose of character and action to balance out the touches.

salt.

by Brittany Crowell | Jan 14, 2020 | Reviews

salt. is a poetic epitaph for those who have nothing concrete to grieve. It is a hymn of anger and of healing, of loss and empathy, of hope. I recommend that all attend, as you will find enlightenment, teachings, and possibly healings from Selina Thompson’s story.