Author Archives
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Gene Kelly Award-winner Kylie Edwards named top dancer at national Jimmy Awards
By Sharon Eberson Kylie Edwards, representing Pittsburgh CLO’s Gene Kelly Awards at the 2022 National High School Musical Theatre Awards, was named best dancer among the winners announced at the 13th annual Broadway showcase on June 27. Her honor was… Read More ›
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Pittsburgh Public’s ‘Robin Hood’ Invades County Parks
Families can take a step back to Medieval times and watch as Robin Hood and his Merry Men perform heroic deeds in Allegheny County Parks, thanks to Pittsburgh Public Theater. The Cultural District-based company ventured outdoors in 2021 to present… Read More ›
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A Busy Weekend, a Gripping ‘Not My Revolution’ in Carnegie
By Sharon Eberson Here’s my weekend in Pittsburgh theater, or, more to the point, so much Pittsburgh theater, so little time … Pittsburgh theater – it’s worth saying a third time – had the opportunity to strut its stuff last… Read More ›
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CLO’s ‘Drowsy Chaperone’ brings a Broadway Legend and TikTok Star to the Stage
By Sharon Eberson From a bona fide Broadway legend to a TikTok sensation, The Drowsy Chaperone’s cast is sprinkled with the marquee names, familiar faces and newcomers that are a trademark of a Pittsburgh CLO summer season. This is CLO’s… Read More ›
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‘A Strange Loop,’ ‘Lehman Trilogy,’ ‘Company’ Are Big Winners at 75th Tony Awards
By Sharon Eberson The Tony Awards turned 75 with a celebration of youth and experience, the British influence on Broadway and a few surprises along the way. Best actor in a musical went to 22-year-old Myles Frost, who stars as… Read More ›
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Review: Kinetic Theatre’s World-Premiere Comedy Gives Moliere and Enemas Their Due
By Sharon Eberson The highest praise for a comedy that strives to honor the French master Moliere is that it pummels hypocrisy and is as thought-provoking as it is laugh-inducing. Simon Bradbury’s The Illustrious Invalid accomplishes all of the above…. Read More ›
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City Theatre renames studio to honor the late Pittsburgh Black arts leader Dr. Vernell Lillie
City Theatre has paid tribute to the legacy of Kuntu Repertory Theatre founder and artistic director Dr. Vernell Audrey Watson Lillie by renaming its studio theater in her honor. The former Lester Hamburg Studio, the 102-seat black box that is… Read More ›
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Pittsburgh Playwrights’ ‘Savior Samuel’ Heads to the 2022 National Black Theater Festival
By Sharon Eberson Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company will present Mark Clayton Southers’ Savior Samuel at the “world’s largest event in Black theater,” the National Black Theatre Festival, during the first week of August. Among the honorees at the biennial festival in Winston-Salem, N.C., is… Read More ›
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Preview: Bradbury Returns to Pittsburgh as Moliere in His Own Award-Winning Comedy
By Sharon Eberson Simon Bradbury and Andrew Paul go way back. So it’s somehow fitting that they both wound up connecting while both were in Las Vegas, even if their artistic collaboration remains on Pittsburgh stages. 20-plus years ago, Bradbury,… Read More ›
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Mt. Lebanon’s Billy Hartung Among Honorable Mentions for the Tony’s 2022 Excellence in Theatre Education Award
By Sharon Eberson If you are a member of the Pittsburgh theater community, you know Billy Hartung as a performer; of course, He’s been to Broadway and back. As in back home, that’s back in Mt. Lebanon, where he is… Read More ›