Author Archives
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From A to Woodland Hills: Your Guide to 2023 Spring High School Musicals in the Pittsburgh Area
By SHARON EBERSON Spring is in the air, and not just because of the mild temperatures. High school musical theater season is underway. While many of those talented teens are in competition for awards at this time of year –… Read More ›
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Broadway Star Rema Webb Headed to Heinz Hall for Center for the Arts Event
Award-winning Broadway star Rema Webb, fresh from The Music Man on Broadway, headlines the annual Center for Theater Arts‘ One Night Only gala at Heinz Hall on March 11. The Clairton native, a longtime member of Broadway’s The Lion King and… Read More ›
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Review: A Dreamy Adaption for a Midwinter Night’s Entertainment
By SHARON EBERSON If you are seeking further proof that Shakespeare is a universal language, pliable to different cultures, aesthetics and genres, look no further than the O’Reilly Theater. On opening night of Pittsburgh Public Theater’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream… Read More ›
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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 ›