Identity, human connection (or disconnection), and growth are universal pieces of the human experience. In Attack Theatre’s upcoming show The Kitchen Sink, the audience will be taken on an exploration of these concepts led by a stunning collaboration of dance,… Read More ›
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Bard’s Spouse Survives a Sea of Troubles and Legends in “Shakespeare’s Will” at Quantum
Shakespeare’s Will. Perhaps the two-word title of Quantum Theatre’s autumn 2019 production sums up what many people think they know about the playwright’s wife. That very document and what he specifically bequeathed to Anne Hathaway Shakespeare–“the second best bed with… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Opera’s Christopher Hahn on “Florencia en el Amazonas”
Saturday evening, November 9, will mark an important milestone in the long history of Pittsburgh Opera, when the curtain goes up on Florencia en el Amazonas, the first-ever Spanish-language opera to be produced by the company. With music by… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Classic Players Redefine Canon Again with “Romeo and Juliet”
This November, Pittsburgh Classic Players will tackle William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as the final show of their season of “Bad Romance.” This show will prove to be Pittsburgh Classic Players most ambitious production to date, with the hope of… Read More ›
Director Kristine McIntyre’s “Film Noir” Take on a Mozart Classic to Open Pittsburgh Opera’s 81st Season
The curtain goes up on Pittsburgh Opera’s 81st season beginning next Saturday evening, October 12, with the first of four performances of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don Giovanni. The production will be a “film noir” styled take, directed by Kristine… Read More ›
MOMIX Returns to the Byham Stage
On Saturday, Spetember 21, MOMIX will return to the Byham Theater at 8pm with Viva MOMIX, a compilation of works. “They’re relatively short, each piece has a beginning a middle and an end, a musical curve kind of like a… Read More ›
Techno-Futurism, The Dramatics of AI, and The New Self in “Project Amelia: Take Control”
As technology advances, it’s undeniably woven more and more tightly into our everyday existence. We’re never without trusty virtual assistance in our every moment of need—though, as recent scandals have made clear, this assistance may not always be as… Read More ›
Inside Marya Sea Kaminski’s Striking, Eclectic Vision for Pittsburgh Public’s New Season
Artistic Director Marya Sea Kaminski’s lineup of plays for her second season at the Pittsburgh Public Theater seems at first glance to ramble all over the theatrical landscape. She ranges from warhorses like “Barefoot in the Park” to current… Read More ›
Fierce Female Voices Drive “Julius Caesar” at Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks
“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!” Iconic. Evocative. Declarative. Historic. But even the canon, once considered untouchable, needs a little revamping and re-imagining. Who was obfuscated, overlooked or silenced in the classics that founded our dramaturgical literacies? What… Read More ›
“Queer, Jewish”: A Discussion
We limit the rich potentiality of our identities when we adhere to constructs or conceive of the self as static. Whether we render the components of our identity as parallel structures that cannot intersect, or we allow the impediments and… Read More ›