Author Archives
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New Horizon Theatre Kicks Off Black History Month with ‘American Menu’
By Sharon Eberson New Horizon Theatre opens Black History Month with American Menu, the story of five women working in the kitchen of a segregated diner in a Texas town, circa May 1968. Each of the women in the play… Read More ›
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‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Harlem’: Black and Beautiful by Design
Demeatria Boccella weaves cultural touchstones into costumes for Pittsburgh Public’s all-Black production By Sharon Eberson This enchanting moment has been 20 years in the making for Demeatria Boccella. The “producer and curator of style, culture and design,” as she is… Read More ›
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2023 Pittsburgh Humanities Festival Lineup Announced
The lineup for the 2023 Pittsburgh Humanities Festival will include This American Life host Ira Glass discussing “Seven Things I’ve Learned,” women in hip-hop and other timely presentations by artists, activists, community leaders and more. A co-production of the Pittsburgh… Read More ›
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Review: Dynamic Dixon Empowers Love-Hate Relationship with the Constitution
City Theatre production introduces What the Constitution Means to Me to Pittsburgh By Sharon Eberson Humorous and harrowing are descriptions that don’t usually go hand in hand, but that’s the thing about What the Constitution Means to Me. It defies …… Read More ›
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Review: ‘Jagged’ Rocks Out and Rolls Through Life’s Bitter Pills
By Sharon Eberson It was never going to be nice and easy, if that’s what you are looking for in a musical. It had to be rough and raw for the theatrical world built around Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill,… Read More ›
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barebones’s 20th Season Opens with the Promise of a Bloody Good Time
Modern revenge myth Is God Is comes to Braddock on February 24 By Sharon Eberson Patrick Jordan’s barebones productions is back in business in Braddock, opening season No, 20 with the revenge fantasy Is God Is on February 24. The… Read More ›
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Q&A: Chris Hoch, from CMU to Broadway to Aldolpho to ‘Jagged Little Pill’
Chris Hoch was joking when he said, “I tend to do a tour about every 10 years.” Since graduating from Carnegie Mellon in 1998 and jumping right into a Pittsburgh CLO ensemble role, that’s taking Gaston from Broadway to the… Read More ›
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Jade McLeod Helps Musical Rewrite Jo’s ‘Jagged’ Story
The nonbinary actor.plays a nonbinary character in the tour of the Alanis Morissette jukebox musical By Sharon Eberson When Jagged Little Pill was in its early days, the role Jade McLeod had been waiting for seemed to finally be headed… Read More ›
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‘What the Constitution Means to Me,’ and You, and Tami Dixon
The award-winning play by Heidi Schreck makes its Pittsburgh debut at City Theatre By Sharon Eberson Tami Dixon wasn’t looking for a big bear of a role when What the Constitution Means to Me came along. The co-founder and principal… Read More ›
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Local and regional theater companies collaborate to bring Fannie Lou Hamer’s life story and music to Pittsburgh
At a time of year when we officially pay tribute to the life and times of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it is fitting that we in Pittsburgh also can join in a celebration of another civil rights leader, courtesy… Read More ›