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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Music City: A New Musical by Tulis McCall

By Tulis mcCall The cast of Bedlam‘s “Music CIty” does not give you a chance to not fall in love with them.  Not one ounce of a chance.  If you get your butt in a seat in this cozy t…

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Thursday, November 21, 2024

The Blood Quilt by Tulis McCall

As a whole, this production is a bit of a jumble.  Staging is awkward, dialogue overlaps and is easily missed, and the story wanders. The post The Blood Quilt appeared first on The Front Ro…

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 10:15PM
Monday, October 28, 2024

In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot ~ A Non-Review by Tulis McCall

Dear Reader - In the interest of full disclosure I am writing to let you know that The Front Row Center will not be reviewing "In The Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot" because I, Tulis McCall, a…

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Friday, August 16, 2024

Someone Spectacular by Tulis McCall

These actors did everything they could to lift this play up. Their timing was spot on.  They were invested in the story and the text. There were moments of delicious black humor, moments of…

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 01:49PM
Thursday, August 8, 2024

Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp: “Celebrating Friendship and History” by Tulis McCall

If you are a fan of either Adam Pascal or Anthony Rapp or have seen the musical RENT more than once - this is a show intended for your very person.   The post Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp: …

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 03:56PM
Monday, August 5, 2024

JOB by Tulis McCall

It is a good thing that JOB, by Max Wolfe Friedlich, is at the Helen Hayes Theatre.  The Hayes is next to Sardi's.  Sardi's upstairs is where you want to go after you see this show because…

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 03:24PM
Saturday, July 27, 2024

OH, MARY! ANNOUNCES EXTENSION THROUGH NOVEMBER 10, 2024 by Tulis McCall

Watching Oh Mary! is like catching a ride on a runaway stage coach - with no less than six horses.... Cole Escola has created a Mary who is Scarlett O'Hara on uppers.  This Mary is at the c…

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Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Inspired By True Events by Tulis McCall

Let me say right off the bat that these actors are doing the best they can.  The text they have to work with, however, combined with an absence of directorial guidance sends them off the ra…

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 09:15PM
Thursday, July 11, 2024

Oh Mary! On Broadway by Tulis McCall

... like catching a ride on a runaway stage coach - with no less than six horses.... Escola has created a Mary who is Scarlett O'Hara on uppers.  This Mary is at the center of her own unive…

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 09:15PM
Wednesday, July 10, 2024

N/A EXTENDS RUN THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1, 2024 by Tulis McCall

Emmy® Award Winner          Theatre World® Award Winner HOLLAND TAYLOR         ANA VILLAFAÑE Star in the World Premiere Play N/A By MARIO CORREA Directed by DIANE PAULUS No…

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Thursday, June 27, 2024

N/A by Tulis McCall

This is a brilliant production. Engaging, intriguing script and actors who achieve perfection. "N/A" is not only ABOUT politics, it will immerse you in politics. Sounds like not fun? Au …

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 10:00PM
Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Josh Thomas – Let’s Tidy Up by Tulis McCall

Thomas leaps onto the stage chattering as only a Brit or an Aussie can do and be understood.  The velocity of his speech is staggering and so funny you might with for him to slow down.  I …

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 03:46PM
Friday, June 21, 2024

If These Wigs Could Talk – by Panti Bliss – DO NOT MISS THIS SHOW by Tulis McCall

This show is a call to arms backed up by some hilarious and captivating stories.  This is not a casual wig discussion.  Drag queens, Bliss reminds us, refuse to be invisible.  Drag queens…

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 01:34PM
Friday, June 14, 2024

Home by Tulis McCall

HOME will give you hope.  Something we could all use, yes?

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Wednesday, June 12, 2024

The Welkin by Tulis McCall

... the entire cast is all most always onstage and each is alive with their own lives and emotions.  This is no group of shrinking violets.  These are our ancestors on whom our survival de…

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 09:45PM
Tuesday, June 11, 2024

ONE NIGHT ONLY – June 13 Matt Williams and @onefunnylisamarie by Tulis McCall

  Matt Williams, creator of Home Improvement, and Rosanne in converstion with @onefunnylisamarie and her incredibly relatable humor. at the SHEEN CENTER About Glimpses: Welcome to Glimpses,…

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All Of Me by Tulis McCall

This is a play that sneaks up on you over and over again.  This production shines.

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Tuesday, June 4, 2024

What Became Of Us by Tulis McCall

By Tulis McCall First of all, “What Became Of Us,” now at Atlantic Stage 2, will make you respect the heck out of actors as story tellers.  That is what Shayan Lofti has created – one…

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CASHINO – Pepper Cole and Johnny Niagra (Mosher and Boswell) at Birdland by Tulis McCall

... this is a duo that cannot be pigeon-holed.  It is part rodeo, part carnival, part jamboree.  With a bunch of rockin' music and lines so funny your laughs may become barks.

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Friday, May 24, 2024

CASHINO with Pepper Cole and Johnny NIagra – at Birdland by Tulis McCall

... this is a duo that cannot be pigeon-holed.  It is part rodeo, part carnival, part jamboree.  With a bunch of rockin' music and lines so funny your laughs may become barks.... You have …

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 12:28PM
Tuesday, May 21, 2024

SUFFS releases video by Tulis McCall

SUFFS VIDEO!!!

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Laura Benanti ~ Nobody Cares by Tulis McCall

Benanti is just the way we like here: talented and chock-a-block full of surprises that will make youolaugh so hard you will bark.  I didi. And I can't wait for the enxt incarnation.

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Thursday, May 16, 2024

John Lloyd Young at Café Carlyle by Tulis McCall

John Lloyd Young likes to sing, and lucky for us he will be doing that at Café Carlyle through May 18.   If you are looking for a night out walking down memory lane - this is the place fo…

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Monday, May 13, 2024

Here There Are Blueberries by Tulis McCall

Who were these smiling people relaxing in deck chairs, sitting at dining tables, gathering on a hillside to exchange pleasantries.  Who were those girls with the commandant and why were the…

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Friday, May 3, 2024

Mother Play by Tulis McCall

Yipes - there is so much packed into this title.  Notice it is not "THE Mother Play."  It is "Mother Play" As such it is a full blown noun.   For me,  however, this story is Daughter …

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Thursday, May 2, 2024

2016 Marilyn Maye Interview – by Betsyann Faiella – Revisited by Tulis McCall

"This is a thoroughbred bounding out of the gate brandishing a mane of roman candles." - Tulis McCall, The Front Row Center I’m moved to say this was not a comeback, because she wasn�…

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Old Friends AGAIN by Tulis McCall

This show sentimental,  heartbreaking, hilarious and intimate.  It would be easy to dismiss on the surface as an evening by, about and for older folks.  Au contraire matey.    These per…

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Friday, April 26, 2024

STILL by Tulis McCall

Lia Romeo does not let us sit on our laurels and watch the story we expect.  Oh no.  She leads us down the primrose path and pulls the proverbial rug out from under us.  

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 01:28PM
Thursday, April 25, 2024

Uncle Vanya by Tulis McCall

...what we have here is a collection of people who are disappointed to the point of being annoying.  Chekhov has tossed them all together into one pot of luke warm water.  In addition, our…

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 12:56PM
Monday, April 22, 2024

Suffs by Tulis McCall

First of all the term is "Suffragist" not "Suffragette".  A Suffragist is a person who demands suffrage (the right to vote) for everyone.  Suffragette is a derogatory term created to turn …

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime