Front Row #2 Grace Leslie

WCCA TV's FRONT ROW is a television show experience that takes you up close to live local and on location performances, and often a look behind the scenes with in-depth interviews of talent, directors, producers, and artist and more. It's about the rich cultural experience and opportunities that exist in Worcester area.


Join Mauro DePasquale on WCCA TV's "FRONT ROW", a look behind the scenes with an in-depth interview with local actress, Grace Leslie.

In this epsiode, the Music Theater Community is celebrating Grace Leslie’s 90th birthday. She has been a stage and musical theater performer her entire life  and she is still able to act & memorize 45 pages of dialogue,most recently for a 2-person, 2-act play to be presented on Labor Day weekend., "Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins" by Stephen Temperley, in which Grace plays Ms. Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep played the role in the feature film) and her son John, a fabulous pianist, plays her accompanist Cosme McMoon. This is a production by John Leslie’s West Boylston JEMS Theatre group. Dates are Fri. Aug. 31 at 7pm, Sat. Sept. 1 at 2pm and Mon. Sept. 3 at 7pm All admission is $15.00


Posted August 10th 2018 1:35pm.

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