Attended a 7pm Tuesday performance with pie tasting beforehand…read more I've seen many live performances, from big names on Broadway to small productions, but this experience will forever hold a special place in my heart! To start, the Barrow Theater is a small, intimate space. At a first glance, the performance area reminds you of an old fashioned cafeteria--heavy, wooden tables and benches situated in rows across the entire space. You get very close and personal with your neighbors, as the public is sat in a way that allows close interaction with performers during the show. There is a mezzanine with additional seats as well. That seating is somewhat uncomfortable. The wooden benches reminded me of church pews--very narrow seats that will ensure your posture is straight and rigid throughout the entire performance. Not the most comfortable of seats, so those with back issues, consider this when reserving seats. It's not a problem for younger audiences. For older folks or anyone with back/neck/leg problems, recommend reserving a seat in the main (orchestra?) seating area. The show lasts 2.5 hours with one 20 minute intermission, so prepare your behind for a lot of seating on rigid, wooden benches. Before seeing the performance, you have an option to try their famed pies. The website mentions that a former White House chef is responsible for those pies. After trying them, I became a believer! My expectations were pretty low [I'm not a fan of pies], but the vegetable pie blew my mind. Seriously spectacular! Better than meat ones. Do your taste buds a huge favor and order the vegetable pie. The dough was flaky and flavorful. Crispy shell (with shaved, golden parmesan baked on top), chewy texture on the inside. The vegetable medley was fantastic--sooooo much flavor, I couldn't believe cooked veggies could be that delicious! Rainbow carrots, marsala, shallots, artichokes, brussels, wild mushrooms, cheddar cauliflower and parmesan make up the pie filling. Every pie is served with potato mash with shaved truffles. I don't eat mash, but that one was delicious--shaved truffle was a perfect touch to add fragrance and that extra punch to creamy potatoes. The portion filled me up. Very hearty. Consider this for your dinner--you won't regret the experience! The show takes place on the first floor, where you were just eating your pies. The actors make perfect use of the limited space. Live band is playing in the corner. Actors get close and personal with the audience, dancing on tables and engaging you throughout the entire two and a half hours. Definitely didn't expect such intimate experience! Honestly preferred it to the big Broadway theater layout, because I got much more enjoyment out of being so close to (and almost in!) the performance. Nothing beats being in the same space as the performers--you feel engulfed in the atmosphere. Totally captivated. Like you are living through the story along with the actors. The performers were brilliant. Just spectacular--the sheer talent in that small space was overwhelming in the most magnificent way. I left without words--I was so impressed with what I've experienced that I couldn't even express my delight. Every performer was a true character. The songs, the live music, the acting, the masterful use of small space and décor--everything was top notch. Some scenes almost made me cry, some spooked me to the bone. Traveling back home around 11pm, I felt a chill running down my spine as I remembered some powerful and dark moments from the performance. Hours after the show I still felt its' after effect. Now, that's what an absolute success of a show feels like! A must for any and all live performance enthusiasts!!!

Accessible via the 1 train to Christopher St. or A/C/E/B/D/F/M to W 4th St…read more Barrow Street Theatre, which is located inside the Greenwich House, is small in size but big on heart. The same building also houses a nursery school, among other things. The front desk in the center of the lobby has a check-in clipboard for visitors as well as some publications. The right wall has glass cases of memorabilia on display and for sale and a corner office that serves as the box office. The opposite wall has a staircase to the upper mezzanine, as well as another corner room that serves as both bar and coat check. After I picked up my ticket, I was able to use the men's room upstairs (two sinks, two toilets, and two urinals). The lobby employees dressed as pie-shop workers are pretty friendly: not sure if they were in character or just being cordial. The Sweeney Todd seating arrangement consists of five (six?) wooden tables & benches (seating 12 each) positioned perpendicular to the stage, and 3-4 rows of tiered upper and lower mezzanine seats in the back of the room. I was fortunate enough to score a seat at one of the benches, and my neighbors and I were instructed to keep the tabletops clear at all times because "anything could happen". As you have probably heard, the actors move all around the room during the course of the show, even appearing in the balcony a few times. Regardless of where your seat is, you'll need to turn your head to see all of the action. Despite being closer to the action, I confess that I found the table seating extremely awkward: I spent the entire show with my torso twisted 45 - 90 degrees and trying to avoid direct eye contact with the girl sitting across the table from me. People sitting at the tables closest to the front will be the primary and most obvious targets of audience participation, e.g. when I saw the show, Mr. Todd screamed at an audience member in the front to move so that he could sit the beggar woman down and properly fake-murder her. This and two other instances were the only I observed where a direct response from an audience member was required. If you get serenaded by the beggar woman or Mr. Todd himself, you can for the most part just enjoy the eye contact without having to do much else. To give you an idea of how close the actors get to the audience: I got to see Anthony's boots up close and feel the fabric of Johanna's dress (not by choice) while they were at my table. The pit is a 3-man group of clarinetist, violinist, and pianist (who also blows the tin whistle when a character is murdered). The lobby is just barely large enough to contain the entire audience during the 15-minute intermission, so I recommend walking around the block (away from the smokers and construction) instead of slowly suffocating inside. I didn't have to pee during intermission, so I can only guess how horrible the lines for the restrooms must have been. Interestingly, programs (non-Playbills) are placed on tables the lobby at the end of the performance, rather than given out before the performance. I was fortunate enough to see most of the original company (minus Brad Oscar). Most of the principals in the current cast will be departing the show later this month, starting with Norm Lewis on 8/14, so if you still want a chance to be within spitting distance of any of them while they're still together you have about 2 weeks before the cast gets reshuffled.

Great venue! Small intimate theatre. I've seen many shows here through the years. Live performances…read moreat it's best. You really can't go wrong with any of their shows. I had the pleasure of seeing Hugh Jackman here, up close and personal. Loved it!! Restroom are in the basement; no elevators. Professional and very pleasant staff!

Saw sexual misconduct of the middle class starring Hugh jackman. It was a really great show and I…read morewas surprised by how much I liked it. Seats are ok. It's pretty small so visibility even in the back is good. Unfortunately if you're upstairs if you sit across from the stairs you're going to have to climb over everyone if you want to get down to the bathroom. At least it was clean and big.

I had a great experience in this cinema, Kyle and Gabe, the managers of the cinema are the most…read morededicated, resourceful and helpful people from all the cinemas that I've been too in Manhattan. This is a beautiful indie theatre, and I recommend you go watch your anticipated movies in this theatre. God bless the managers and I will keep coming back to this theatre because of the remarkable experience I've had watching my anticipated films.

I was delighted to see the absence of assigned seats. This wouldn't be my first choice for Jurassic…read morePark, but the visual and audio quality for Conclave were top-notch. There's a well-chosen stash of indies and a few more prominent names, for example The Substance. I knew nothing of the movie I Love You Forever but from the description, I'm thrilled to see it's playing here; this 89-minute offering is the kind of film that was once abundant in Manhattan but now is too often relegated to forums like ShitFilm, The Streaming Service Exclusively For Phones. Only four stars due to sightlines, which wouldn't be ideal in a sold-out or close situation. Nonetheless, I'm glad to see an indie spot holding on, with a bit more shine than a couple of its remaining competitors.

Now this is what one pays NYC rent for! I had the privilege and pleasure of watching Natalie…read morePalamides' one-woman show "Weer" on the final weekend of the show's run and was utterly blown away. I don't want to give too much about the play away because I know she will perform it elsewhere but if this is the sort of theater coming out of Cherry Lane, it's a harbinger of good things for the future. The theater itself is quite intimate, with only 16 rows or so. I was near the back and didn't feel like I had to squint to see the performance on stage. Whoever did the set design made very good use of the stage space such that the audience could feel transported into different "rooms" and time zones. Acoustics were pretty good too though I would occasionally miss a part of the dialogue over the sound of the cacophonous laughter in the audience. There is a bar in the front and you can bring drinks into the theater. I wish I could've also checked out Wild Cherry, the restaurant attached to the theater, but it's too poppin right now. Some of the best stars got their start at Cherry Lane and it's lovely that they're drawn to such a place a short subway ride from where I live.

Came here to see shifters and sat in row F, last seat on the wall. This theater is so intimate and…read morecozy but I swear I saw a roach crawling on the ledge next to me!! Can't imagine there is a bad seat in the house. Maybe the ones behind the stage? The people looked a little cramped. Either way, staff were inviting and friendly. I'd come back for another show for sure.

Film Anthology Archives raised me, cinematically speaking, in a way no other film screening house…read morehas. Jonas Mekas and Co. presented an incredible gift to the city and the world at large by presenting and preserving this important space. I met my friend Ken Jacobs and his wife Flo here during a New York-centric short film screening that featured the works of Warhol, Shirley Clarke, Jacobs, Marie Menken and the Kuchar brothers, among others. On another occasion, Clarke's incredible film The Cool World was presented in a rare screening with Hampton Clanton in attendance. I also had the great fortune of catching Jean Vigo's L'Atalante and Taris at the Anthology Film Archives. Such a great place!

Came here for the Asian American Film Festival's screening of "Go, Grandriders" (which is fantastic…read moreand everyone should watch it). We were upstairs on the third floor and the theater was really cozy. However, if you needed to go to the bathroom, it was on the second floor. The staff was very friendly. But, they need to get their shit together. There is a huge buildup at the lobby full of people getting tickets or picking up preordered tickets. And I had to make an effort to find where to go and such because of the rowdy chaos in the lobby. Also, I don't know if it's a frequent occurrence, or if there is any correlation between the AAFF and the subway station, but getting wolf-whistled at with a "Hey Oriental beauty, where you from?" is not okay.

I am not rating the theater based on the play I came to see, which was a vampire cabaret event that…read moreI found on the Fever app. It wouldn't be fair to the theater because then the ratings would be a one for lack of story, no props other than the beautiful big moon on stage, and the worst Dracula I've ever seen. The choreography was terrible because it seemed like the dances were made up on the spot except for one of the dancers who seemed to have a dancing background but not even that could save this show that was overly-priced. I wish I could ask for my $45 back but at last, this was a lesson to me to not go to anything that doesn't have any reviews because I have a feeling that they would have been all one-stars. The theater itself was very disorganized and had chairs set very closely to each other in what was the orchestra area. The stage itself looked like it belonged in a middle school and the balcony sets were too close to one another. The staff was nice and friendly but that was the only good thing about this whole experience.

The theater itself has a lot of promise. If managed by the right team, it can produce great…read morecontent. Unfortunately, the show I went to see did not make me want to go back to the Roulette ever again. Went there with one of my besties to see a Vampire cabaret show that she found on fever. Loving vampire stuff I was eager to go and see an amazing show. Instead we paid $45 to see a show that looked like it was planned at the last minutes. There was barely a story line, the dancers were "meh" and Dracula.. Ill leave it at that. The venue wasn't the most organized but the staff was friendly/pleasant. The poor rating is mostly for the show, not the theater.

I was here for a private screening a couple of weeks ago. I was excited since it's…read moreDe Niro's place place and all. It's a cozy theater with seating for about 70 people. The screen is not huge, but it doesn't have to be. It's a tad dated, but the seating is comfy. It's just too bad that there is a room right next door that can have it's own event, this causes a good amount of traffic in the hallway when you are coming, going or using the restroom. Other than that, it's pretty cool.

The review itself is more so for the Beyond Babel show I went to with my wife…read more What an amazing show, easily one of the best performances we have ever seen. The location it was held was so small and intimate, allowing for crowd interaction, while limited as it was, was extremely welcome. You go to watch a dancers perform on stage and while the choreography was just simply amazing, what you also get out of watching this show is an amazing story acted out by amazing performers/actors. You can see it on their faces and their movements, every emotion and intent they meant to portray on that stage to illustrate an amazing story telling experiences. I honestly do not think there was a dry eye in the house the night we went. I can't wait for the next chance to see Beyond Babel again, there is no doubt I will try to see this or any other production this troop does next.

This is an off-Broadway theater that seats up to 200, located in the lower level of Judson Memorial…read moreChurch. The theater is fairly small and intimate, so every seat is pretty good. The seats are like the stacking chairs you usually find at conferences. What I really like about the Gym at Judson are the productions. I recently saw PigPen's The Old Man and the Old Moon there, and it was one of my favorite theatrical experiences yet. I highly encourage you to check them out!