Author Archives
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August Wilson House Opens in Pittsburgh’s Hill District with Fanfare, Family and Denzel Washington
By Sharon Eberson With fanfare befitting the momentous occasion, Denzel Washington came and went, and the August Wilson House was opened for business. Emotions were high Saturday as the sun beat down on a large gathering at 1727 Bedford Ave.,… Read More ›
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2022 winners announced in City Theatre’s Young Playwrights Contest
City Theatre has announced the six winning entries in the 23rd annual Young Playwrights Contest. The regional competition for students in grades 7-12 grants winners the opportunity to have their plays professionally produced by City and published in the South… Read More ›
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CEO Mitch Swain to Exit Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council in 2023
By Sharon Eberson Mitch Swain will retire from the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council in March of 2023 after 17 years as the organization’s first and only CEO. Swain took the reins in 2005, when the Arts Council was created by… Read More ›
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Kara Mikula, E. Clayton Cornelious back in habitual roles for CLO season finale ‘Sister Act’
By Sharon Eberson Pittsburgh CLO completes summer season 2022 with a production first, the uplifting Sister Act, and its filled with faces familiar to local theatergoers. It’s a delight to see South Hills native and Point Park University alumnus Kara… Read More ›
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Denzel Washington Returns to Pittsburgh Aug. 13 for August Wilson House Opening
Luminaries celebrating the long-anticipated grand opening of the August Wilson House on Saturday, Aug. 13, will include Denzel Washington, during a day of events that begins with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Two-time Oscar-winner Washington will join Constanza Romero Wilson, widow of… Read More ›
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Review: Legendary Chita Rivera Shows Why She’s a Timeless Treasure
By Sharon Eberson Chita Rivera entered coyly onto the Greer Cabaret stage Monday night, but the audience wasn’t having any of it. Fans stood, whistled and applauded for the musical theater great who rightfully calls her nightclub act A Legendary… Read More ›
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’22 Point Park Grad Wins Playwriting Award
Point Park University graduate Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters has won the 2022 Terrence McNally Award in playwriting for Acetone Wishes and Plexiglass Dreams. Philadelphian Walters (Class of ‘22) received her Master of Fine Arts in the screenwriting and playwriting program… Read More ›
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5 Questions with Wali Jamal
Pittsburgh’s Accomplished Wilsonian Actor Makes His CLO and Benedum Debut in ‘Kinky Boots’ By Sharon Eberson What Wali Jamal lacks in enthusiasm, he makes up for in … forget it. When it comes to enthusiasm, Jamal is not lacking. Nor… Read More ›
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Pittsburgh CLO’s ‘Kinky Boots’ Provides a Spirit Booster for Summer
By Sharon Eberson Spirit-lifting entertainment is always in too-short supply, but just now, it’s a necessity. Enter Kinky Boots, striding onstage at the Benedum Center to raise you up and lend a helping hand. Avoiding heel and shoe puns and… Read More ›
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Karla Boos plunges into the changing world of ‘The Cherry Orchard’
Quantum Theatre founder and artistic director Karla Boos takes on thee iconic role of Madame Ranevskaya in “The CherryOrchard.” I relate to her, in that she’s on a different
wavelength,” Boos says, “where certain things make sense that come from her heart.”