Review: “Waiting for C-Row” Swaps Bowler Hats for Stiletto Heels
Waiting for C-Row Written and directed by Aaron J. Stewart Presented at Teatro LATEA 107 Suffolk Street, Manhattan, NYC January 27-31, 2026 Ndeye Daro Niang and Precious Omigie Two people wait on a deserted stretch for a third, who has power over their lives. Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot and Aaron J. Stewart’s Waiting for C-Row share this basic situation, the latter drawing inspiration from the former while transposing the action to a less abstract, more contemporary setting. In place of Godot ’s country lane, Waiting for C-Row unfolds on an urban street abutting the water; in place of a leafless tree, a single lamppost rises from center stage, simultaneously Godot ’s tree and moon; and rather than a pair of everyman tramps, our protagonists are a pair of female sex workers. Having begun life as a ten-minute play and later developed and adapted into a short film in 2021, Waiting for C-Row made its premiere this January as a new, full-length one-act play at New York Theater F...