Stanford Friedman, Author at The Front Row Center

Author: Stanford Friedman

Broadway By The Year, 2000-2004

Posted by Stanford Friedman | Feb 25, 2020 | Reviews

Not only a bang for your buck, but a tap, a sizzle, and more amazing pipes than the organ of Notre Dame.

Romeo and Bernadette

Posted by Stanford Friedman | Jan 31, 2020 | Reviews

An ebullient battle of the tenors thinly masquerading as a spoof of Shakespeare’s renown star-crossed lovers.

Amanda McBroom and John Bucchino at Birdland

Posted by Stanford Friedman | Dec 19, 2019 | Reviews

The joy of listening to songwriters sing is the care and attention paid to the words being sung. McBroom shapes every syllable into rich and ripe tones capable of bringing on the tears. Bucchino weaves his words into a tight tapestry that matches his gentle humor and complements his superior work at the keyboard.

Sing Street

Posted by Stanford Friedman | Dec 17, 2019 | Reviews

The tunes offer a mix of 1980’s pop fun and big-hearted emotions, but in going from silver screen to live stage, this teen dramedy, as Duran Duran would say, has come undone.

MsTrial

Posted by Stanford Friedman | Dec 5, 2019 | Reviews

What’s surprising about MsTrial is that it was written in 2002 and what is not surprising, unfortunately, is how familiar its circumstances seem. Lawyer-turned-actor Dep Kirkland wrote and stars in this production that measures the very sharp angles of a workplace triangle.