It’s shaping up to be an innovative year for Throughline Theatre Company. After producing four shows a year at the Grey Box Theatre for the last five years, they’ve had to find a new space. Michael McBurney, Throughline’s Public Relations… Read More ›
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Reacquainting Ourselves with Musical Theatre Artists of Pittsburgh (MTAP)
Theatre and the continued vitality of the dramaturgical community thrive upon collaborative spaces, dynamic connections, and open spaces—imagined or real. The rapidly popularizing phenomenon of incubator spaces, a phenomenon considered to be the cornerstone of modernization in a variety of… Read More ›
5 Musicals You Don’t Want to Miss This Summer: 2017 Edition
Our 2017 Summer Musical Preview features a mixed bag of musicals from the interactive Clue, the zany Spamalot to three “serious†musicals exploring life’s purpose; Avenue Q, Pippin and Big Fish. Do you like board games? Then Clue is for… Read More ›
Music that Matters – A Gathering of Sons, Pittsburgh Festival Opera’s World Premiere
Pittsburgh Festival Opera’s 40th season will launch with an extraordinary opener as the company presents the world premiere of its commissioned jazz opera A Gathering of Sons. The world premiere is a new social justice opera composed by Dwayne Fulton… Read More ›
Artist Spotlight: Quinn Patrick Shannon
Is it weird to think that an actor has done it all at only age 31? Maybe. Still, that’s the impression I got after talking with Quinn Patrick Shannon. Over the last decade, you’ve likely seen Shannon star in regional… Read More ›
Little Lake Prepares for a Paramount 69th Season!
In this year’s 69th season, Little Lake Theatre Company is ready to delight audiences with incredible local talent. Since its founding in the spring of 1949 by Edith Disney and her son Will, Little Lake has been a theatrical gem… Read More ›
Paying Attention to Miller’s Masterwork at PPT
“He’s not the finest character that ever lived. But he’s a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid.” – Linda Loman, Death of a Salesman When Zach Grenier wrapped up his long-running… Read More ›
Sensations and Emotions: Fringe Day 3
The final day of Fringe started, admittedly, with a bit of delirium. Fatigued, processing all the mini-dramaturgical moments from the past two days, I was a bit beleaguered re-entering the Alphabet City bookstore, now on the sun-soaked top floor, ensconced… Read More ›
Trump and Circumstance: A Politically Charged Day 2 at Fringe
It is apropos, perhaps, that when entering the Artist’s Image Resource, I was tantalized by phenomenally raw pieces crafted by artists of varying levels of experience that lined the wall. The images, by and large, captured the aching and angry… Read More ›
That’s a Wrap: Fringe Day 3
Day 3! The last day of my first Fringe Festival! And it was a beautiful one. Finally, I could happily live the dream of comfortably biking around town seeing plays. On Friday it was all dreary and rainy for my… Read More ›