{"id":609581,"date":"2026-08-21T19:54:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olympiajournal.com\/news\/story\/609581\/broadway-broadcastings-2026-telly-awardwinning-5th-row-center-with-roma-torre-returns-for-season-two.html"},"modified":"2026-08-21T19:54:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:54:49","slug":"broadway-broadcastings-2026-telly-awardwinning-5th-row-center-with-roma-torre-returns-for-season-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olympiajournal.com\/news\/story\/609581\/broadway-broadcastings-2026-telly-awardwinning-5th-row-center-with-roma-torre-returns-for-season-two.html","title":{"rendered":"Broadway Broadcasting’s 2026 Telly Award-Winning 5th Row Center \u2026with Roma Torre Returns for Season Two"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“5th Row Center \u2026with Roma Torre is a hybrid interactive platform. No other TV program combines independent reviews, in-depth conversations with theater creatives and live audience participation in one place. Roma’s trusted voice, decades of covering theater, and journalistic integrity make her the perfect host. Broadway and the entertainment community face real challenges, but extraordinary work is happening. Season Two lets us bring even more voices into the conversation.” – EP Karin Garfin<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Broadway Broadcasting’s 5th Row Center \u2026with Roma Torre returns in September for its second season, featuring Roma Torre’s trusted reviews, live audience discussions with the theater community’s leading voices, and coverage of the productions, artists, and organizations shaping today’s theater industry.<\/div>\n

NEW YORK – Aug. 21, 2026 –<\/strong> Broadway Broadcasting announced today that its 2026 Telly Award-winning interview and talk television series, 5th Row Center …with Roma Torre<\/strong>, returns in September for its second season.<\/p>\n

Created and executive produced by veteran broadcast journalist and award-winning television producer Karin C. Garfin and hosted by three-time Emmy Award-winning theater critic and journalist Roma Torre, 5th Row Center …with Roma Torre<\/strong> was honored with a 2026 Telly Award in the Interview & Talk Television Show category.<\/p>\n

AUDIENCE FIRST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Season One began building a living library of Roma Torre’s Emmy Award-winning multimedia reviews, always available on @5thRowCenter on YouTube and linked on 5thRowCenter.com<\/strong>. The website is also home to the “BROADWAY BARGAINS DISCOUNT TICKET GUIDE<\/strong>.” This vibrant index helps audiences discover what’s on the boards, evaluate what to see, and make informed ticket-buying decisions in real time.<\/p>\n

ROMA’S SEASON 1 REVIEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

+ Ragtime<\/strong><\/p>\n

+ Bug<\/strong><\/p>\n

+ An Ark at The Shed<\/strong><\/p>\n

+ The Lost Boys<\/strong><\/p>\n

+ Schmigadoon! <\/strong><\/p>\n

+ Shifters <\/strong><\/p>\n

+ Operation Mincemeat<\/strong><\/p>\n

+ The Outsiders <\/strong><\/p>\n

Season One’s BROADWAY unScripted<\/strong> roundtable discussions explored some of the biggest issues facing the theater industry right now through conversations with Tony Award winners, theater critics, producers, journalists, historians, nonprofit leaders and artists.<\/p>\n