Author Archives

• All the Names

  By ghoover on April 12, 2015

  As I pulled up to the Allegheny Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and then got back in my car and looped around to the former Northside Library (thinking to myself that I should’ve paid more attention to that preceding instructional e-mail… Read More ›

• The Rocky Horror Show

  By ghoover on April 6, 2015

  My love for The Rocky Horror Show stems back to high school. I was a shy kid and the classic 70’s cult film was weird, sexy, and made absolutely no sense to me. But damn it felt fun. It led… Read More ›

• Oblivion

  By ghoover on March 31, 2015

  A wannabe novelist, an aspiring young filmmaker, an extremely liberal HBO executive, and a 17 year old fighting with her identity and religion bring together the cast of City Theatre’s production of Oblivion by Carly Mensch.  This incredibly quirky and… Read More ›

• Endless Lawns

  By ghoover on March 30, 2015

  Endless Lawns is an example of excellent execution of a poor plan.  The problems with the production cannot be attributed to those who put together this incarnation of the play (its world premiere); the acting, set design, lighting and pacing… Read More ›

• The Disappearing

  By ghoover on March 24, 2015

  The Disappearing, a reading presented on Saturday night came across as very entertaining, and yet now it’s gone! Edgar Allen Poe’s works still can make a splash while remaining completely relevant to modern theater and literature.  This past Saturday, Michael… Read More ›

• How I Learned What I Learned

  By ghoover on March 14, 2015

  Twelve years after August Wilson performed his final play, the Pittsburgh Public Theater presents the Pittsburgh premiere of How I Learned What I Learned. The play is an autobiographical look into Wilson’s life growing up in Pittsburgh’s Hill District in… Read More ›

• Animal Farm

  By ghoover on March 10, 2015

  Prime Stage Theatre states the following two principles in their mission statement “… to entertain, educate, and enrich…” and “to bring literature to life.” These goals are both lofty and important, especially for today’s youth. This mission—as well as some… Read More ›

• Elemeno Pea

  By ghoover on March 9, 2015

  City Theatre provided lots of laughs with its Pittsburgh premiere of Elemeno Pea by Molly Smith Metzler. This comedy of minimal manners bursts at the seams with the personalities of just five characters and a the fiasco that is their… Read More ›

• Quantum Theatre’s Q Ball Dazzles Once Again!

  By ghoover on March 9, 2015

  What do light boxes, aerial performers and copious amounts of plastic wrap have in common? They all were at the Quantum Theatre’s annual Q Ball Saturday night. Held at the work-in-progress Energy Innovation Center in Uptown, guests from all walks… Read More ›

• The Mikado

  By ghoover on March 7, 2015

  In their 77th season, The Pittsburgh Savoyards opened their latest production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado Friday night. Specifying “Gilbert and Sullivan” may be a bit redundant for those who are familiar with Pittsburgh Savoyards’ work because they strictly… Read More ›