Tulis McCall

New York

Freelance Writer at The Front Row Center

#Actor, #Comedian, #Writer, WomanOfACertainAge, #Producer of Monologues and Madness, Creator of The Front Row Center Reviews

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARILYN MAYE at 54 Below

2 weeks ago | thefrontrowcenter.com | Tulis McCall

ByHolli Harms and Tulis McCall#1 – By Holli HarmsCertain performers are spiritual archeologists digging into our souls and our imaginations, rising us up to another place with their voices with the pitch of sound, the shifting of vocals, the sum of their performance.
All The Beauty In The World

2 weeks ago | thefrontrowcenter.com | Tulis McCall

By Tulis McCallIf 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 is a lovely one. It is lovely because it is a reflection of Patrick Bringley who is kind, intelligent and insightful. For the better part of ten years he was a guard in the of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He spent a great deal of time in the Old Master Wing.
Good Night, and Good Luck

3 weeks ago | thefrontrowcenter.com | Tulis McCall

By Tulis McCallWe forget, or I do, that reviewing a show is journalism. It is an actual thing. George Clooney and Grant Heslov‘s “Good Night, and Good Luck,” makes the point in spades. Reporters report. We reviewers are reporters, advising you to take yourself to the theatre or stay home and buy your sweetheart a hot fudge sundae. In this case you can forgo the sundae if you have the do-re-mi.
Charles Busch: My Leading Ladies

3 weeks ago | thefrontrowcenter.com | Tulis McCall

By Tulis McCallEvery 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 magic that he has crafted over the decades. As Busch talks we can feel him But marveling at the world and his place in it.
The Picture of Dorian Gray

4 weeks ago | thefrontrowcenter.com | Tulis McCall

By Tulis McCallWhen you leave the Music Box Theatre after witnessing “The Picture Of Dorian Gray,” I challenge you to define what you have seen. Theatre – of course, because it is an event taking place on a stage in the most brightly lit corner of the building. What else? A marathon. A marathon at the center of which is one actor, Sarah Snook, surrounded by 15 (count ’em) camera operators only five of which are named in the program (clew, Luka Cain, Natalie Rich, Benjamin Sheen, Dara Woo).
Wine In The Wilderness

4 weeks ago | thefrontrowcenter.com | Tulis McCall

By Tulis McCallIt 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 a “Wine In The Wilderness,” a play that deals with themes of mythic proportion. The year before, 1963, witnessed the March On Washington for Jobs and Freedom. 250,000 people showed up and King’s “I have A Dream” speech entered the halls of history. 1964 brought the signing of the Civil Rights Act.
The Front Row Center

1 month ago | thefrontrowcenter.com | Tulis McCall

By Tulis McCallIn “Purpose” the new play by Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins, everything happened because Nazareth “Naz” Jasper (Jon Michael Hill) and Aziza Houston (Kara Young) overslept, in separate beds, after she had driven hours to get to Niagara Falls and have Naz artificially inseminate her – Sonoma Turkey Baster if you please. After the EVENT they stayed up talking as friends are wont to do and watching TV that was mainly white people killing each other as they are also wont to do.
The Front Row Center

1 month ago | thefrontrowcenter.com | Tulis McCall

By Tulis McCallDavid 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 entertained and entertaining. On the night Mills was performing at Pangea in the East Village one of the audience members was from Ireland and had brought her mother.
The Great Privation (How to flip ten cents into a dollar)

1 month ago | thefrontrowcenter.com | Tulis McCall

By Tulis McCallIn Soho Rep’s inaugural production at its temporary home at Playwrights Horizons, Nia Akilah Robinson gives us “The Great Privation (How to flip ten cents into a dollar).” Mrs. Freeman (Crystal Lucas-Perry) and her daughter, 16-year-old Charity (Clarissa Vickerie) appear as women connected to a graveyard in Philadelphia. Their presence spans centuries, beginning with 1832 and ending with the present.
Curse of the Starving Class

1 month ago | thefrontrowcenter.com | Tulis McCall

By Tulis McCallWhat 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.” For the record, I don’t say that often. Full disclosure – I am not very very very familiar with Sam Shepard’s work. Or I have forgotten what little I knew. I do remember seeing “True West” several times after it was filmed. I did see “A Lie of the Mind” back in the 1980’s.