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Musical of the Month: “Bright Star”
As I stood in line in 2016 vying for rush tickets to a new musical called Bright Star, pretty much all I knew was that comedy legend Steve Martin co-wrote its bluegrass score. I also knew that, after hearing… Read More ›
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Musical of the Month: “A Little Night Music”
Do I Hear a Waltz? is a little-known 1965 musical with a dream creative team that found themselves on a nightmarish road to Broadway. Originally, Arthur Laurents was set to adapt his play The Time of the Cuckoo as… Read More ›
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Stage 62 Puts Dreamers in the Spotlight
With its remaining 2019 productions, Stage 62 raises a glass to those who dream. Following last month’s winning production of the YA musical Junie B. Jones The Musical, the company will be presenting shows featuring characters whose hopes and wishes… Read More ›
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Musical of the Month: Sunday in the Park with George
Bright. A blank screen or an even smaller blank screen. The challenge: Make sense out of 280 characters. George Seurat is notable for employing the meticulous painting technique known as pointilism in works such as Bathing at Asnieres. Stephen Sondheim… Read More ›
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Musical of the Month: The Last Five Years
Cathy and Jamie are married. She acts at a community theater in Ohio. He is a best-selling author. Cathy arrives home and finds a letter with her name on it. Jamie has just left home and Cathy. Jamie and… Read More ›
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Musical of the Month: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Once upon a time, the world at large acknowledged the fact that there are more than just two genders. Or so Aristophanes tells it in Plato’s philosophical epic Symposium. In the age of Zeus, humans moved around using eight limbs,… Read More ›
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Pittsburgh Musical Theater Has It All In 2018-19 Season
Now is the time to seize the stage! That’s literal when it comes to Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s 2018-2019 season. Each of the shows they’ve chosen for “Seize The Stage” represents eclectic musical genres and types of stories. Two of the… Read More ›