Author Archives
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City Theatre Taking It to the Streets for The Bash, Then Heads ‘Somewhere Over the Border’
Q&A: James McNeel and Monteze Freeland on co-productions, revenue sources, fundraising and more to come… By SHARON EBERSON City Theatre’s South Side campus has been buzzing since its big red doors closed on the 2022-23 season in May. This summer, there’s… Read More ›
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Review: Pittsburgh CLO Crafts a Visual Feast for Season Finale, ‘Natasha Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812’
By SHARON EBERSON From the moment you walk into the Benedum Center auditorium, you know: This is something different. The modernist design that greets you – a bedazzled backdrop and a neon sign reading: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet… Read More ›
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‘Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812’ Cap Pittsburgh CLO’s Summer of ’23
By SHARON EBERSON Pittsburgh CLO concludes its summer season tonight with a splash in a very splash season – the 77-year-old company’s first production of Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, an immersive hit that earned 12 Tony… Read More ›
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Squonk Will Add Spectacle to Rib Fest With New ‘Brouhaha’ Show
By SHARON EBERSON If by Brouhaha, Squonk means an uproar or cause for commotion, that’s about right for the news that a supersized musical outdoor spectacle is ready for launch. Brouhaha is its name, following in the huge handprints of… Read More ›
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Review: Front Porch’s Moving ‘Merrily’ Revives a Musical Old Friend
By SHARON EBERSON Merrily We Roll Along is a musical notorious for its lack of merriment. But there is plenty of reason to make merry at the New Hazlett Theater, where the talent onstage and that gorgeous Sondheim score reign,… Read More ›
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Rolling ‘Merrily’ Along with Daina Griffith and Catherine Kolos
Front Porch Theatricals’ Production of the Sondheim Show Marks Leading Lady Griffith’s Musical Theater Directing Debut By SHARON EBERSON The musical Merrily We Roll Along is having a moment no one could have foreseen when it first arrived on Broadway… Read More ›
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Review: barebones Seizes on the Mysterious Allure of ‘The Sound Inside’
By SHARON EBERSON The seductiveness of The Sound Inside takes hold with a sneaky persistence. Daring to forgo the fireworks of most mysteries, the cerebral drama instead engages with characters who slowly reveal bits of themselves, as pieces of an… Read More ›
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Lesli Margherita, Matthew Saldivar Are Perfectly in Tune With Pittsburgh CLO’s ‘Guys & Dolls’
By SHARON EBERSON In the midst of their whirlwind rehearsal schedule, Lesli Margherita and Matthew Saldivar – Pittsburgh CLO‘s Miss Adelaide and Nathan Detroit – were on the phone, talking about their experiences with that most perfect of American musicals,… Read More ›
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Review: Quantum Theatre’s ‘Hamlet’ Features a Star Turn Under the Stars
By SHARON EBERSON To be Hamlet is to be a student prince bound to seek revenge for his father’s death, and to be indecisive in the task. Anything else is as you like it. More to the point, to borrow a… Read More ›
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‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ Is on the Way to the August Wilson House
Pittsburgh Playwright Theatre Company’s Annual Dive Into Wilson’s Work Was Playwright’s Favorite By SHARON EBERSON “When I first met August Willson, I said I liked Joe Turner the best of his plays. He nodded and said he did, too.” Playwright… Read More ›