Author Archives

  • On the Town

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    America’s musical legacy is celebrated in an effervescent On the Town, bubbling over in honor of the centenary of composer Leonard Bernstein and the opening of the sixth season for Resonance Works. It’s a joyful tribute to New York, New… Read More ›

  • The Yeoman of the Guard

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    Reflecting the turbulent and changing times of the Renaissance, Pittsburgh Savoyard’s production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Yeomen of the Guard, or The Merryman and His Maid dishes up comedy spiced with some merry melancholy. While mostly darkness and doom… Read More ›

  • The Way Out West

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    The Atomic Bomb overshadowed the stories of many of the scientists who created it not to mention their long-suffering families who relocated Los Alamos, New Mexico during the work. Liza Birkenmeier’s The Way Out West provides some glimpses of life… Read More ›

  • How I Learned What I Learned

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    August Wilson’s own biography and his plays chronicling life in Pittsburgh’s Hill District during the 20th century are well suited for an actor who fits the bill for How I Learned What I Learned. His life and works comprise big… Read More ›

  • Arcadia

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    Memories and human curiosity are ethereal things. Our memories later buoy us as we retain them, let them go, or morph them into what we want them to be. Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia is a wise, witty and wonderfully multi-disciplinary tribute… Read More ›

  • Hamlet

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    The poignancy of life’s arrivals and departures resonate in Pittsburgh Public Theater’s Hamlet, the final production of Ted Pappas’s tenure as artistic director. From the opening question–”Who’s there?”–to the summoning of angels to fly the sweet prince to eternal rest,… Read More ›

  • little match girl passion

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    Storytelling by singers carried the March performances of Resonance Works | Pittsburgh as works by David Lang opened and closed a moving and fascinating program at the historic Homewood Cemetery. Themes of faith, loss, and eternal life resonated throughout two… Read More ›

  • Citizens Market

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    Like a good New York City supermarket that has everything its neighborhood needs, a strong play like Cori Thomas’ Citizens Market serves up multi-layered characters and their captivating personal stories. Full of laughter and life, this world premiere celebrates an… Read More ›

  • The Grand Duke

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    Hearing a musical work or experiencing a play for the first time is exhilarating. When the “new” piece is a 122-year-old Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, there’s a rare combination of the unknown and the familiar–their last collaboration. There isn’t a… Read More ›

  • Parade

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    Painful stories and shameful histories benefit from the illumination of dramatization. While the audience views past events in almost real time, we are required to look and perhaps to learn. Parade is more than worthy of your attention for these… Read More ›

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