St. Jimmy Celebrates “Food at Our Feet” is right at home at the Pittsburgh Fringe Festival. Jimmy Grzelak delivers a sermon-like cabaret posing the question: What is the relationship between God, sustenance, copyright laws, sex, and Food network? While the… Read More ›
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Fringe Festival Rocks the Northside Friday Night
Hedwig and the Angry Inch succeeds both in humor and in sound. Ryan Borgo does a terrific job of displaying the duality of Hedwig’s confused gender identity, while still maintaining her sass. Hawk tells Hedwig’s tragedy with both parts despair… Read More ›
Fringe Day Two Coming to You!
Saturday afternoon brought more heat as we sat to see the theatrics of Woman in the Raw. I knew I would find something of interest as it became obvious we would be watching a single actress, Joanna Lowe. The play… Read More ›
Eerie Hotels and Spooky Taverns: Fringe Recap Day 2
I was more than honored, as I’m sure all of the PGH Stage writers were, to be asked to review several shows at this year’s second annual Pittsburgh Fringe Festival. My initial imagination of what the festival might be like… Read More ›
Horror Movies and Puppets!
Day two of the Pittsburgh Fringe Festival down, one to go! Today’s schedule initially had me seeing The Heritage Players’ Old Time Family Radio at StorySwap but due to construction and traffic on Route 28 I unfortunately missed the show!… Read More ›
Fringe Day 1: Don’t Get Robbed, Don’t Be Late!
I spent yesterday roaming around the North Side for the kickoff of the second annual Pittsburgh Fringe Festival. The Pittsburgh Fringe is designed to give small and independent artists a place to showcase their work, where they otherwise may not… Read More ›
Fringe Festival Brings Laughs and Music
The Pittsburgh Fringe Festival has come and I love it! My first show of the festival came with the chance to see the short but ever so intriguing Who Is Bob Friendly? Cup-A-Jo Productions presented this unique mix of compelling… Read More ›
Here We Go Again!
It’s that time of year again kids! The Pittsburgh Fringe Festival kicked off its second annual festival May 8th and we’re in for even more fun than last year! First on my list of things to see was The Village… Read More ›
A Week of Will
This week marks the 10th year anniversary of the origin of Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks. PSIP was founded in 2005 by Jennifer Tober – who continues her work with the organization as Artistic Director today – with the primary… Read More ›
UnCommon Shakespeare
Dinner and a show were on the menu at the Duquesne Club last Thursday night as PICT Classic Theatre hosted its second annual Court of UnCommon Pleas fundraiser. The show did not feature the normal cast of actors, but in… Read More ›