219 stories by "Tulis McCall"
Marjorie Prime is a sobering piece knocking on our door. Â It has all the time in the world to wait us out. The chickens come home to roost in our front yard while we watch.
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As I left St. Ann's Warehouse and stepped into the day's late gloom: mist, afternoon darkness and just a tinge of melancholy, I thought, "Wow - how did someone craft the perfect weather foll…
Ann Kittredge is a treasure and a pleasure. Â This is evidenced by her performance which is flawless: a soprano who fills her voice with color and vibrancy. Â Her generosity and populari…
"Diversions" will surprise the dickens out of you. Â Your world will expand while you sit there and let the magic enfold you. Â Don't worry - you won't have to lift a finger for it to wo…
Despite the enormous effort, and the tons of talent and work that went into making this production happen, we leave uninspired and embarrassed that this story, such as it is, was elevate and…
By Tulis McCall The Story of The Baker's Wife at Classic Stage Company: Â A long time ago " a long, long time ago " kind of around the same time that Brigadoon made its once-in-a-century a…
Prince Faggot is a beguiling tragicomedy. Â "Beguiling" - I don't often use that word, but it is the one that surfaced. Jordan Tannahill's play is a dense tapestry of wonder, imagination, …
"Queens" is an ambitious play that begs us to look twice at immigrants. Â Look at them the way we would want to be looked at.
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Maye comes close to floating as she glides through the crowd and onto the stage. And once she steps up onto the stage with her trio - Musical Director Ted Firth, Tom Hubbard on Bass and Mar…
The producers of this show, National Yiddishe Theatre Folkbiene, clearly feel a sense of mission to reach Jews and non-Jews alike with this distillation in one compelling life of the connect…
Little by little, this most excellent ensemble delivers up the grains of the tale without hesitating or letting any single one drop until, voilà - we come round to the place where we bega…
Gopnik is a jewel of a writer. Â
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It is a serenade to the possibilities of life, even when we are mired in tyranny and beaten down by hypocricy. Â Ragtime gives us hope to hold onto today, where hope for many of us is in s…
"Let's Love!" is engaging without involving you. Â I could have used a little more involvement, but I'll settle for a few laughs delivered by a few pros.
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This is what theater strives to be. Â An event that touches you mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. Â An event that touches you in places that you didn't know were touchab…
Angelica Gorga found a great nugget for a tale. Â Two people stranded in a laundromat when the blackout hits. Â
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By Tulis McCall Will Harrison as Jacob is kept on his toes for the better part of the first act of Punch, by James Graham, now at Manhattan Theatre Club's Friedman Theatre. Â Harrison tear…
"The script of Murdoch; The Final Interview came to me in a very strange way," says Mr. Krebs. "It was left at the door of Theater555 overnight in a plain manila envelope addressed to…
By Tulis McCall Saturday Church, now at New York Theatre Workshop, is an invitation into a fantasy. Â We are invited in by the Black Jesus (J. Harrison Ghee) whose voice and presentation a…
By Paul Meltzer Pangea" is what scientists call the one big merged landmass that existed before it all broke up into continents and drifted around the globe. Fitting then that Pangea, th…
"TWELFTH NIGHT" IS AT THE DELACORTE!!
Bravo to the return of theatre to this glorious location!!! Â Bravo to the hundreds of people who made it happen. Â There is nothing like sitting un…
CAN I BE FRANK? Morgan Bassichis is a very, VERY funny, very talented stand-up comedian. Â Their timing is impeccable. Â They could make up a routine based on the menu at The West Side D…
Cary Gitter has created a play that is earnest and informative, but left me wanting to be touched the way that I was by Radner and Wilder when they were together and with us.
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Trophy Boys is an investigation of gender both on and offstage. Â The Australian playwright Emmanuelle Mattana lays out the thesis that "Gender is learnt, which means it can also be taught…
Mr. Philip possesses a heart filled with Courage, Love and Hope that he happily shares with all of us with each song.  We leave his show feeling uplifted.  Who among us c old  not u…
