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Thursday, June 12, 2025

Call Me Izzy by Tulis McCall

Jean Smart is superb. Her performance is so smooth - even through rough bits - that she appears not to be acting at all.  She simply transforms over and over again as she slips into each ch…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 11:15PM
Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Angry Alan by Tulis McCall

"Angry Alan" is an earthquake of a production.  It will lift you out of your lives, the way only extraordinary theatre can, and return you to them filled to the brim with the experience of …

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 11:59PM
Thursday, June 5, 2025

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA by Tulis McCall

The HA HA HA HA HA HA HA is not a laugh fest.  It is a release and an invitation.  To tell you exactly what she does would ruin the surprise so I will say that it is a slow reveal.  Masli…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:12PM
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Lunar Eclipse by Tulis McCall

...as mild mannered as the text was, Birney and Emery made us believe that these two were the real deal.  As performers and characters their bond is mighty.  And that, my friends, is prett…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 09:15PM

A Freeky Introduction by Tulis McCall

Njikam leaps onto the stage and into our hearts.  You don't have a chance to deny him, because he is that slick.  The deed is done before  you realize it. S-L-I-C-K! The post A Freeky In…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 09:15PM
Monday, June 2, 2025

The Imaginary Invalid by Tulis McCall

By Tulis McCall Red Bull’s “Imaginary Invalid” is a perfection of a confection that will soothe the blues we are all experiencing.  I PROMISE it will make you laugh.  It made me laug…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 07:15PM
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole by Tulis McCall

There are moments when Hill's performance is so pure we would swear it was 1957 and the game was truly on.  The game of survival, race, rage and madness.  We are hurled back and forth by t…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 06:15PM
Friday, May 9, 2025

AN UPDATE ON NEA SUPPORT from MCC Theater by Tulis McCall

In the late hours of last Friday evening, along with many of our colleagues from across the arts sector, MCC Theater was informed that our FY25 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 12:38PM
Thursday, May 8, 2025

Sondheim’s Old Friends by Tulis McCall

By Tulis McCall If you do not adore Sondheim – this could be the show that changes your mind.  On the other hand, if you don’t LIKE Sondheim, you may be suffering from some heretofore u…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 05:34PM
Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Pirates! The Penzance Musical by Tulis McCall

Whatever-the-heck "Pirates! The Penzance Musical" is trying to be, you can be assured that a good time is waiting for you in the French Quarter that never was. The post Pirates! The Penzanc…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 01:26PM
Monday, April 28, 2025

Ceremonies In Dark Old Men by Tulis McCall

You will carry this family and their associates with you.  No matter your race or economic situation.  In this tiny little shop in this tiny little family rests the whole world.  Every ho…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 09:15PM

Just In Time by Tulis McCall

When the show is over and we leave because they make us leave, we are not mourning the very short life of Bobby Darin.  Not even close.  We are celebrating.  We are high on the story of B…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:43PM
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Hold Me In The Water by Tulis McCall

If Ryan J. Haddad's script for "Hold Me In The Water" were any more spare it would disappear.  As a mater of fact, this enchanting piece already does that.  This is a master class in turni…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 08:45PM
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Celebrates 7 Years on Broadway by Tulis McCall

(New York, NY – April 22, 2025) Today, on the production’s seventh Broadway anniversary, producers of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child released a new video trailer illustrating the imme…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:03PM

Floyd Collins by Tulis McCall

By Tulis McCall Talk about circuitous journeys.  Here is a question for you – where were you in 1994?  Or 1996?  Do you remember ANYTHING from those years.  Well, if you are Tina Landa…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 02:34PM
Thursday, April 10, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARILYN MAYE at 54 Below by Tulis McCall

Marilyn Maye's  voice is like a caramel parfait with a touch of bourbon.  She stretches notes and swirls the story around the entire room.  No one is immune to her charm.  Not nobody not…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:39PM
Tuesday, April 8, 2025

All The Beauty In The World by Tulis McCall

If you are inclined to see "All The Beauty In The World" - and it would be a worthwhile adventure - be aware that this is not a play by any definition.  It is a more of a TED Talk.  And it…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 04:20PM
Thursday, April 3, 2025

Good Night, and Good Luck by Tulis McCall

Clooney embraces Murrow completely.  He has modified his own speech patterns to emulate Murrow - and oh how lovely it is to hear somone speak without an "um" or worse "LIKE" in the entire s…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 11:59PM
Friday, March 28, 2025

Charles Busch: My Leading Ladies by Tulis McCall

Every time I see Charles Busch perform I realize that I am exactly where i want to be.  In his audience. Busch has that effect on people.  He pulls us in.  It is no accident.  It is magi…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 04:36PM
Thursday, March 27, 2025

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Tulis McCall

In Dorian Gray, Snook reveals herself to be a a spectacular actor whose work is impeccable. The post The Picture of Dorian Gray appeared first on The Front Row Center.

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 10:15PM
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Wine In The Wilderness by Tulis McCall

By Tulis McCall It is 1964 in Harlem. 1964 was a year in which Martin Luther King’s sun was on the rise. This was the state of things when Alice Childress ripped the Band Aid off and wrote…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 05:06PM
Friday, March 21, 2025

Purpose by Tulis McCall

"Purpose" is a sprawling tale that collects plot points like a dark cashmere coat collects lint.... Jacobs-Jenkins has pulled back the curtain on more than just one family.  The finger poin…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:55PM
Thursday, March 20, 2025

David Mills – “Get Lost” by Tulis McCall

David Mills is nothing if not charming.  His is an eclectic presentation that depends on the weather, the current state of affairs (dismal and frightening) and who shows up to be entertaine…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 02:18PM
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

The Great Privation (How to flip ten cents into a dollar) by Tulis McCall

... two women are connected to a graveyard in Philadelphia.  Their presence spans centuries, beginning with 1832 and ending with the present.  This is an intriguing premise that, if nothin…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:12PM
Thursday, March 6, 2025

Curse of the Starving Class by Tulis McCall

By Tulis McCall What kept running through my head as I watched New Group‘s  “Curse Of The Starving Class” at The Pershing Square Signature Center was: “This is a whackadoodle play.�…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:33PM
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

ON THE EVOLUTIONARY FUNCTION OF SHAME by Tulis McCall

This contemporary tale is a smorgasbord of ideas that will accompany you for a long, long time.  It stands on its own with no apologies. Bravo. The post ON THE EVOLUTIONARY FUNCTION OF SHA…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 09:15PM
Friday, February 21, 2025

Redwood by Tulis McCall

The title of this show, "Redwood", is singular, not plural.  We normally refer to this wonder of the natural world in the plural.  "The Redwoods," we say.  Here the title refers to one Re…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 02:39PM
Thursday, February 20, 2025

Liberation by Tulis McCall

by Tulis McCall There are any number of reasons why you should get yourself over to “Liberation” by Bess Wohl and directed by Whitney White at Roundabout Theatre Company.  First of all,…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 10:15PM
Friday, February 14, 2025

TWELFTH NIGHT Casting Announced by Tulis McCall

Join us to revel in the midsummer madness at the Delacorte Theater as twins Sebastian and Viola survive shipwreck, revenge plots, and the trick doors of love. The post TWELFTH NIGHT Casting …

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:54PM
Thursday, February 13, 2025

Antiquities by Tulis McCall

Theatre isn't meant to makes us all feel better.  It is to take us feel, period.  Antiquities does that and then some. The post Antiquities appeared first on The Front Row Center.

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 03:02PM

English by Tulis McCall

English is must-see theater.  An expertly written, thought-provoking examination of the relationship between language and identity (and so much more), beautifully acted and sensitively dir…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 01:28PM