Front Row Centre: SONG AND DANCEMay 14, 2006SONG AND DANCE - A Disaster on Danforth! Toronto production suffers the loss of its key dancing star on opening night.
* (out of 5)
Front Row Centre Review: RENT (Tour)May 13, 2006Energetic cast enlivens non-equity tour of RENT, which opened a one-week run at Toronto's Elgin theatre on May 10th.
* * * (out of 5)
Front Row Centre: OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODSMay 9, 2006An ideal match of cast, director, producer and venue results in the delightful production of OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS that opened at the studio theatre last Thursday. The seemingly innocuous title heralds a really special play that is not to be missed!
SHAW FESTIVAL KICKS OFF ITS 45TH SEASON THIS WEEKMay 3, 2006Each summer Niagara-on-the-Lake - one of the most beautiful places in all of Southern Ontario - becomes a theatre lover's dream as the Shaw Festival offers a series of 10 plays and musicals.
CanStage presents Edward AlbeeMay 3, 2006A rare opportunity to see the prize-winning author of WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, A DELICATE BALANCE and many other acclaimed plays.
Front Row Centre Review: HAIRMay 3, 2006HAIR no longer shocks or titillates, and given the uninspired staging on view here, offers little true entertainment value. * 1/2 (Out of 5)
Front Row Centre Review: BOYGROOVEApril 30, 2006BOYGROOVE landed in Toronto on April 26th for what looks to be a lengthy run. The show is full of fun, and presented in an unfussy straightforward manner by four energetic, and winningly talented guys.
* * * * 1/2 (out of 5)
Front Row Centre Review: OLIVER!April 25, 2006Poor staging sabotages good performances in Community theatre production of popular musical OLIVER!
* * (out of 5)
Hamilton's Theatre Aquarius offers INHERIT THE WINDApril 20, 2006Theatre Aquarius presents its bi-annual Lawyers' Show: INHERIT THE WIND by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee takes to the stage of the Irving Zucker Auditorium of the Dofasco Centre for the Arts for four performances only; April 27-29, 2006.
The Civic Light Opera Company presents A FUNNY THING...March 24, 2006Following its acclaimed sold-out run of TITANIC-THE MUSICAL, the Civic Light Opera Company is pleased to close its 27th season with the show that has been dubbed by many critics as 'the funniest musical in Broadway history.'
Mark Andrew Lawrence began his broadcasting career as music director for St. Catharines radio station CHRE. After six years there and eight years at classical station CFMX, he created FRONT ROW CENTRE to supply theatre reviews and articles to magazines, newspapers, and broadcasters across the greater Toronto area. Mark Andrew Lawrence maintains an extensive collection of over 3,500 Broadway show recordings in all formats (78 RPM singles, 45 RPM album, 10 & 12-inch Lps, and Compact discs) dating back to the early years of the 20th century.