Reviews
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Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (Arkansas Repertory Theater)
"The Rep's Cat packs a lot of heat... the supporting cast members give pitch-perfect performances, from Brian Wallace, who plays the protagonist Brick's unloved brother, to his on-stage mother, Kathleen Doyle."
-Bobby Ampezzan, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
"The best in lighting, acting, and visceral emotions... the cast who bring these fine but infuriating folk to life deserve kudos."
-Spencer Watson, Sync Weekly
"Delightful."
-Robert Shearon, The North Little Rock Times
"Brian Wallace is able to sum up the great fecklessness of his character with his silent hand gestures."
-Werner Trieschmann, Arkansas Times
(You see now how all that hand acting paid off?)
The Good Negro (The Public Theater/Dallas Theater Center)
"First-rate performances across the board."
-Charles Isherwood, The New York Times
"Stellar acting...intriguing and shocking...fresh and alive. The actors are sensational."
-Lawson Taitte, The Dallas Morning News
"Meaty, engrossing theater."
-Sam Thielman, Variety
"Savvy, stirring... funny and quirky."
-Jerome Weeks, KERA Dallas
"The most important play of the season... superlative in every department... the ensemble is outstanding."
-Martin Denton, NYTheatre.com
"It's an understatement to call DTC's current show The Good Negro 'good.' The play, its cast, its staging, and its subject are sublime... dazzles... The Good Negro is nothing short of a prayer."
-Joan Frances Arbery, Oak Cliff/People Newspapers
"Superb ensemble of actors."
-Michael Kuchwara, Associated Press
"The cast is uniformly excellent."
-Perry Stewart, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
"Beautifully acted."
-Mark Lowery, Pegasus News
"Forceful cast... impressive ensemble...great theater."
-Elaine Liner, Dallas Observer
"The cast is uniformly effective and I can do no more than respectfully list their names... powerful."
-John Simon, Bloomberg
"Sterling... oh my goodness, it's thrilling... some of the best acting I've seen in years... a cast of nine performers who are consistently excellent and frequently downright brilliant."
-Joy Tipping, artsblog.guidelive.com
"The nine actors are all top notch... one patron sitting next to me observed at intermission, 'This is certainly progress... I love it!' Can I get an Amen?"
-Arnold Wayne Jones, Dallas Voice
Moonlight and Magnolias (Capital Repertory Theatre)
"Brian Wallace is terrific. He finds the frenetic energy of the single-minded Selznick, a man who is willing to do whatever it takes to make a successful film. Wallace makes funny the extremes he will go to and shows us the man's integrity and passion."
-Bob Goepfert, The Troy Record
"The laughter is loud, frequent, and full... Moonlight and Magnolias is tailor-made for folks who like to laugh and aficionados of refined comic acting."
-James Yeara, Metroland
"Brian Wallace plays Selznick with verve and negotiates the second act shift with grace... the play magically slips from entertainment to art."
-Michael Eck, Albany Times-Union
The Caterers (Immediate Theater Company)
2006 Innovative Theater Award nomination—Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role
“So nightmarishly believable a portrait of terrorism in action that the friend with whom I saw it had a panic attack when it was over.”
-Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal
“… grabs you by the lapels, keeps you on the edge of your seat, and doesn’t let you go until good and ready… Brian Wallace never dehumanizes the terrorist.”
-Howard Kissel, New York Daily News
“Mohammed is played frighteningly well by Brian Wallace. When the play ends it is hard to shake the feeling that you have just spent the past 80 minutes locked in a room with a terrorist.”
-Off Off Online
“Mr. Wallace gives Mohammed an urbane charm… transcends the role’s innate stereotypes.”
-Eric Grode, The New York Sun
American Primitive: John & Abigail (Berkshire Theatre Festival)
“As John Adams, Brian Wallace’s portrayal is perfect… inventive, passionate, and moving.”
-Ron Lee, WBRK Radio
“The two lead actors, Brian Wallace and Tabitha McKown, [have a] stage presence and intensity that belie their grad student status.”
-Simi Horowitz, American Theatre Magazine
“Brian Wallace is impressive as Adams. He effectively embodies the statesman’s frustration at being torn between family and destiny. And he intones Adams’ best writings with the authority of an important man.”
-Michael Eck, The Times-Union
“Brian Wallace… gives an emotionally powerful performance rich with nuances of the public and private man… [Playwright] William Gibson isn’t laughing at the new American Primitive. Instead he marvels with obvious pleasure at how director English and Brian Wallace and Tabitha McKown have gotten the script just right. And so they have…[They] have given Mr. Gibson’s play a new life that could well result in its resurfacing elsewhere after this brief run ends.”
-Curtain Up
The Germans in Paris (Verse Theater Manhattan)
“Brian Wallace is hilarious and steals every scene he’s in.”
-Duncan Pflaster, Broadway World
“Brian Wallace shines in his portrait of Wagner.”
-Garrett Eisler, The Village Voice
“The cast is uniformly excellent… the rare off-off Broadway experience that really delivers the goods.”
-Steve Weinstein, Edge NYC
Power Play/The Death of Zukasky (Lake George Dinner Theatre)
“One of the best shows the Dinner Theatre has produced since I’ve been attending over the last 10 years… if you haven’t been in a while, this is the year I’d suggest going.”
-Cathy DeDe, The Chronicle
“Wallace and [Michael] Frederic are excellent.”
-Bob Rose, The Post-Star
“The four performers make magic… excellent work by Wallace… I’d walk a mile to see each of them in another role.”
-Paul Lamarr, The Daily Gazette