221 stories by "Tulis McCall"
There are several ways for a man to deal with a childhood trauma. He might seek out psychotherapy. He could delve into meditation. Or, if he is Kenneth, the central character in Eboni Booth'…
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2023 CHITA RIVERA AWARD NOMINATIONS BROADWAY OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY IN A BROADWAY SHOW Â Steven Hoggett, A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot Sus…
2023 DRAMA DESK NOMINATIONS Outstanding Play A Case for the Existence of God, by Samuel D. Hunter, Signature Theatre Fat Ham, by James Ijames, The Public Theater and National Black Theatre L…
Theatre is a temple.  We go there to open our hearts and let them be touched by someone or something unexpected.  We willingly place ourselves in a seat and hope for the best. With…
This is a hodge-podge of disappointing writing and direction. Â Levant is a person I saw on many a movie screen - THAT guy I cared about.
This Levant - not so much.
Everybody performed with grace and commitment. Â For whatever reason I did not feel much more than interested. Â This, as I have said many times, is part of the magic of the arts and par…
Today's catastrophe becomes yesterday's property in an instant. We are bombarded with information that most of us neither need nor want with the result that what should be remembered and hel…
By Tulis McCall I don't know where to begin. More than once duing the performance of "White Girl In Danger" by Michael R. Jackson my guest and I looked at one another and said, "What did the…
This production is "Camelot Light" which is too bad because at its core it is a universal tale of how hope can become calamity and still not surrender. Â It is a noble tale that deserves a…
There is something to be said for two guys - Alan Cumming and Ari Shapiro - aided in no small part by their musical director Henry Koperski - having fun. Â Just plain fun. Â Serious fun.…
At 95, Maye is an explosion of joy tempered with a touch of sarcasm and voice that is like velvet and knows where to lead us.
It's not that I feel precious about original scripts. Â I recently saw "A Doll's House" and thought Amy Herzog did a masterful job of doing just enough to mold the script into a new incarn…
The human elements of alcoholism and its control of life can be harsh, and many of us have experienced interactions with those who abuse. Man breaks into an angry rant about society in Ameri…
When Nora finally stands up on her own two feet, when she gives the final final, it feels as if we have all ben given permission to breathe, and, if we choose, permission to walk out into th…
So yes - if you want your spirits lifted by music and a band of mighty performers - get thee to this show. Â The story may be sad but somehow you will se through it to the glory.
The production is directed by three people: Liliana Padilla, Rachel Chavkin and Steph Paul.  Their separate contributions are never made clear.  What was made clear in the progra…
Smith knew 90 years ago that one should not mess with a woman whose mind has been made up. In the middle of the Depression, with nothing to her name and only her brain and daring to guide he…
I congratulate those people who could look past the tepid writing and direction.  They got something out of this play and thought of their own parents' journeys. I am not so patie…
By David Walters There's a wonderful modern apartment set on the stage at the Audible Theater for the play Lucy. Modern whites and shades of gray, a little blonde wood and some chrome on the…
Morrison's selection of songs covers everyone from Taylor Swift (Snow On The Beach)to Stephen Sondheim (Losing My Mind) to Lizzo (Soulmate) to Harry Warren and Al Dublin (I Only Have Eyes fo…
With "Small Talk," there is no obvious trajectory as there was in Quinn's previous shows
Perhaps it is because the very notion of small talk becomes like a snake eating its own tail. Â …
Mendez is a standout for so many reasons - mainly because although this story is featured as being about Frank and Charlie, it is Mary who provides the catalyst, the spark. Â She keeps the…
 Listening to Maye you are obliged to open your heart and let the sun shine in.  She has been crafting these songs for more than 70 years.  Her performance is so dazzling that, when…
This is a story executed in exquisite detail and delicacy that pierces you like a scalpel. It is the story of Suzanne Alexander, a student and unwed mother, caught in the racism of the 1950'…
