“Curtain up! Light the lights!” “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” Yes, sing up and dance away, the summer theater season is finally here! As the breezy spring days quietly drift away into those dreamy summer nights, the… Read More ›
Month: May 2016
Undercroft Opera Sinks Its Teeth into Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.”
Last night Undercroft Opera presented the first of this weekend’s productions of its unique twist on Mozart’s classic opera, Don Giovanni. Fortunately, Mozart’s music remains – but Lorenzo Da Ponte’s libretto, which tells the tale of the ruthlessly womanizing Don… Read More ›
The Lion
Yes, it’s THAT good. As the grand finale of its 2015-2016 season, City Theatre’s latest Main Stage production The Lion invites Pittsburgh audience onto a soulful journey with a heart-warming roar. Originally premiered Off-Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club in 2014… Read More ›
Assassins
“Attention must be paid!” In the midst of another Presidential Election year with gun violence and gun control at the center of everybody’s attention, it seems perfectly appropriate to bring back Stephen Sondheim’s classic 1990 concept musical Assassins to remind everyone what… Read More ›
The Giver
Looking into a world where it never snows and no hills punctuate the landscape, Pittsburghers might be envious. However, it isn’t long before The Giver at Prime Stage Theatre reveals the flaws in a community designed to relieve its citizens… Read More ›
Cock
Cockfighting is illegal in all 50 states (and the District of Columbia). Kinetic Theatre breaks the law and replaces the roosters with sharp performances in a production that is just as blunt as it’s title- Cock. British playwright Mike Bartlett… Read More ›
Two Tales of Terror
The Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theater (PICT) is currently showing “Two Tales of Terror,” an excellently executed adaptation of the famous Edgar Allen Poe stories, The Tell-Tale Heart and The Fall of the House of Usher. Adapted for the stage… Read More ›
The Musical of Musicals
Have you ever wondered what if Jonathan Larson didn’t write Rent, but Rogers & Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Herman, Andrew Lloyd Webber, or Kander & Ebb wrote it instead? Wonder no more, as you can finally unwind your fantasies and find the answer… Read More ›
Autism and the Arts: Bricolage Creates Sensory-Sensitive Immersive Experience
An enchanted forest has sprung to life in the heart of Pittsburgh as Bricolage Production Company presents Welcome to Here, a sensory-sensitive immersive experience designed specifically for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) commissioned by EQT Children’s Theater Festival. The… Read More ›
Spring Awakening
When PARK productions did The Rocky Horror Show a while ago they performed it at the CLO Cabaret on the set built for Boeing Boeing. While that sounds inconvenient it was actually a super fun production, because Rocky Horror has… Read More ›