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Review: ‘Die Hard’ Marks a Fun-Filled Midnight Radio Return, N’At
By SHARON EBERSON Head to Google, and you will find tens of thousands of folks asking the burning question, “Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?” Bricolage Productions, back in the Midnight Radio business after a five-year hiatus, has this to… Read More ›
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Review: ‘Who’s Holiday!’ Takes Racy Route to Seasonal Cheer
Emma Diehl is a Critical Insight fellow at Pittsburgh Public Theater, in partnership with American Theatre magazine. By EMMA DIEHL Ever wonder if the Grinch is well-endowed? Pittsburgh CLO’s Who’s Holiday!, at the Greer Cabaret through December 29, 2024, answers the question. … Read More ›
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South Park Theatre and Mon River Arts Join Forces to Tell ‘Every Christmas Story Ever Told’
2025 Mainstage Shows set at South Park South Park Theatre launches into the holiday season with Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!), a co-production with Mon River Arts, along with the announcement of its 2025 mainstage shows The… Read More ›
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David Whalen and Kinetic’s Baker Street Regulars Are Back on the Case in ‘A Sherlock Carol’
By SHARON EBERSON Sherlock Holmes is the gift that keeps on giving to David Whalen and Andrew Paul, with another package about to be unwrapped for fans of both the timeless fictional detective and Charles Dickens’ Christmas classic. A Sherlock… Read More ›
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Movie Review: Let Us Rejoicify! ‘Wicked: Part 1’ Lives Up to the Hype
By SHARON EBERSON ENTREATY: The AMC movie chain plans to play a 30-second advisory before “Wicked: Part 1,” reminding moviegoers that “silence is golden”; in other words, no singing from the audience. So please, for your own enjoyment and the… Read More ›
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Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre’s 2025 Season Boasts ‘Two Trains Running,’ ‘Sanctified’ Musical and a Play by Mark Southers
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company has announced three 2025 productions, including Two Trains Running, which will “be presented as part of a planned festival of August Wilson plays, taking place at Madison Arts Center, August Wilson House and the August Wilson… Read More ›
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An Audience Staycation Week: Pittsburgh Playhouse, Lindsay Theater, City Theatre and Carnegie Stage
Plus: GPAC Funds the Arts and PICT 2025 COMMENTARY You go away for a week, you could come back humming, What’d I Miss? Or, when it comes to Pittsburgh theater, you can check out What’s On Stage and say, “What’s… Read More ›
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Taiwan’s Cloud Gate Dance Theatre Invites Pittsburgh to Experience Cultural Memories
Mingsi Ma is currently a Critical Insight fellow at Pittsburgh Public Theater, in partnership with American Theatre magazine. This interview was conducted in Mandarin, and the quotes have been translated by the author of this article. By MINGSI MA Cloud Gate Dance Theatre… Read More ›
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City Theatre Returns to ‘Pemberley’ Series for Christmas
City Theatre is getting decked out for the holidays with the second installment of the Jane Austen-inspired Pemberley trilogy, produced in association with the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama. The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley, by Lauren Gunderson and Margot… Read More ›
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An Interview with José Pérez IV: Finding Pathways Through Fight Theater
Lindsay Anne Herring is currently a Critical Insight fellow at Pittsburgh Public Theater in partnership with American Theatre magazine. By LINDSAY ANNE HERRING During the crazed rush of performance previews and tech week for The Hobbit, now running at Pittsburgh… Read More ›
