Author Archives
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Review: Just Wow – Pilobolus’ ‘Trips’ at the Byham
By GUILHERME MELETTI YAZBEK The Byham Theater opened its portion of Pittsburgh Dance Council season on Saturday night with a full house and, before the curtain rose, something relatively rare: dancers already onstage. The company of Pilobolus‘ Trips warmed up in full view of… Read More ›
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Review: A Full House for a Full Sound: Khailah Johnson, Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at Heinz Hall
By GUILHERME MELETTI YAZBEK Heinz Hall, home of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, didn’t quite feel like itself on Tuesday night. The audience skewed younger than the usual symphony crowd, couples filled the rows, and the stage was bathed in blue and… Read More ›
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Review: He Goes by Dustin: Mal MacKenzie’s Aura at Kelly Strayhorn Theater’s Alloy Studios
By GUILHERME MELETTI YAZBEK The first production of Kelly Strayhorn Theater’s Freshworks season opened to a full house on Friday, October 2nd—a fitting start for a program dedicated to new work in development. Aura, written and directed by Mal MacKenzie, arrives with a quietly… Read More ›
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Review: Queering the Demiurge: ‘Jesse Factor’s The MetaMarthasis’ at the Greer Cabaret
By Guilherme Meletti Yazbek The Greer Cabaret Theater was already in character before the performance began. Pop music drifted through the house, lavender and blue light bathed the audience, and the show’s title glowed on the projection screen in matching… Read More ›
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Review: Five Bodies, One Staircase: Jonathan González’s ‘The Strikebreakers’ at Carnegie Museum of Art
By Guilherme Meletti Yazbek (Note: This post has been updated with new images from the performance.) Ten minutes before eleven, I was already sitting on my folding stool, in the place where I was told the performance would begin. At… Read More ›
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Review: At Arm’s Length: Resonance Works’ ‘Roméo et Juliette’
By GUILHERME MELETTI YAZBEK Upon entering the New Hazlett Theater for Resonance Works’ production of Roméo et Juliette, one is struck by how little there is to see. Four simple platforms covered in a black-and-white diamond pattern occupy the thrust stage, while the chamber… Read More ›
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Review: The Light Without the Longing: Broadway’s ‘The Great Gatsby – A New Musical’ at the Benedum
By Guilherme Meletti Yazbek Before the curtain rises, The Great Gatsby – A New Musical already begins to build its world. The sound of waves and distant seagulls drifts through the Benedum Center while the audience settles into their seats. Framed by the illuminated… Read More ›
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Review: When Ballet Makes Us Laugh: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
By GUILHERME MELETTI YAZBEK Before the curtain even rises at the Benedum Center, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream has already begun casting its spell. Soft blue light washes across the proscenium with the shimmering texture of moonlight reflected on water, gently… Read More ›
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Review: Waiting for Movement: News of a Difference in Beth Corning’s ‘Foolish Assumptions’
By GUILHERME MELETTI YAZBEK Upon entering the George Rowland White Theater for CORNINGWORKS’ Foolish Assumptions, the audience is met by a sparse black-box arrangement: two black wooden chairs positioned symmetrically across the stage, each already inhabited by a faint square of light. The image… Read More ›
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Review: Perpetual Permutation: Exhaustion in Jeanine Durning’s ‘The Play’
By GUILHERME MELETTI YAZBEK Upon entering Attack Theatre for the informal showing of Jeanine Durning’s The Play presented in Pittsburgh this past Friday, one is met by a sparse scenic arrangement: two folding chairs, a bucket, a stage cube, a music stand, and a cushion…. Read More ›
