Author Archives
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‘Die Hard N’At’ Brings Bricolage Back With a Vengeance
By SHARON EBERSON Everything old is new again isn’t just a saying this holiday season. It’s a promise of more of what has proven popular, and in one case in particular, a welcome back. Bricolage Production Company’s popular Midnight Radio… Read More ›
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Staging ‘The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari’ Is Right Out of Quantum’s Out-of-the-Box Playbook
By SHARON EBERSON Jed Harris had declared The Odyssey for Quantum Theatre as his directorial swan song … until he was lured back by a tantalizing title. The invitation to collaborate came from his longtime collaborator and friend, playwright Jay… Read More ›
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Bricolage in Braddock: Midnight Radio Returns with ‘Die Hard’ Parody
Bricolage Productions’ Midnight Radio is set to burst back on the theater scene with Die Hard N’At, billed as a “Pittsburgh-ified holiday romp” that parodies the action film and presented with the company’s trademark Foley sound effects. “Finally, we’re back,”… Read More ›
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Review: Hear ‘& Juliet’ Roar, With Sparkle, Wit and Pop Hits
By SHARON EBERSON For those of you who give jukebox musicals a general thumb’s down, even you might find yourself giving a high five to & Juliet. Star-crossed though they may seem, it turns out that the Renaissance and the… Read More ›
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‘The Piano Lesson’ Brings Washington Brothers to Pittsburgh to Revel in August Wilson’s Legacy
By SHARON EBERSON Brothers Malcolm Washington and John David Washington were in the spotlight in Pittsburgh on Monday, as they asserted how meaningful it was from them to be in the childhood hometown of August Wilson, and in the presence… Read More ›
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Review: Theatrical Wizardry Propels Public’s Inventive ‘The Hobbit’
By SHARON EBERSON I thought I had every possible iteration of The Hobbit seared in my brain. Now I have to make room for another: Pittsburgh Public Theater’s mashup of clever staging, puppetry and nimble performances that bring the creature-filled… Read More ›
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‘& Juliet’s’ Charts New Course for Bard and Jukebox Musicals
By SHARON EBERSON Corey Mach was on a balcony in Charlotte, N.C., last week, looking out at a cloudless sky and talking about coming to Pittsburgh as William Shakespeare in the hit musical & Juliet. Mach is on tour with… Read More ›
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Pittsburgh CLO Will Debut ‘Madame Clicquot’ Musical in Summer 2025
By SHARON EBERSON Pittsburgh CLO’s 2025 summer just got one-production bigger with the announcement that it will present the premiere of Madame Clicquot: A Revolutionary Musical, a lead-in to the three-show subscription season. Madame Clicquot will be produced as “a… Read More ›
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City Theatre Conjures New Halloween Experience: ‘Ghosted’
City Theatre ventures into spooky season this week, with the original Halloween storytelling event Ghosted: Tales from Carson Street, an immersive experience throughout the company’s South Side campus. Co-artistic directors Clare Drobot and Monteze Freeland have created tales to go… Read More ›
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Review: New Horizon Presents Sentimental, Inspirational Tale of Tuskegee’s ‘Black Angels’
By SHARON EBERSON Black Angels Over Tuskegee, perhaps the best-known of works by Layon Gray, last week opened the 33rd season of New Horizon Theater, the writer-director-actor’s production home in Pittsburgh. After a popular off-Broadway run in 2010, the current… Read More ›
