Nothing yells rom-com louder than meeting a stranger in a bar and proceeding to party for three days straight. Yet, although Midsummer, running at City Theatre, contains this, it penetrates deep into the human soul, creating a niche genre all… Read More ›
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The Last Five Years
Everyone can look at a relationship, be it romantic or otherwise, and analyze every minute of it. Impressions of the relationship vary depending on who’s recalling it and what point in time they’re thinking of. Case in point: The Last… Read More ›
Fences
It was a sold out show on Thursday at the Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre as yinzers far and wide gathered to see August Wilson’s 1983 play, Fences. The performance takes place in the 1950s during the beginning of the civil rights… Read More ›
Saints Tour
Remember field trips in school? Where they’d bus you out to some fun location for the day and you’d learn about something different or maybe tour a place rich in unique history? I don’t either; usually they took us to… Read More ›
Detroit
Detroit, as presented by the 12 Peers Theater has produced the sizzling play written by Lisa D’amour. From May 14th through the 30th this production can be seen in Shady Side at the Maker Theater. If you take a break… Read More ›
American Falls
Billed as a ‘modern day Our Town,’ barebones productions opened Miki Johnson’s American Fallsthis weekend to multiple sold out audiences. Johnson’s story tells the small town of America Falls, the tragic tale of a misguided family and how it becomes… Read More ›
Someething’s Afoot
Mysteries, murders, and the tales of whodunit come alive as South Park Theater presents the energetic, entertaining, and oh so hilarious, Something’s Afoot. Yes, South Park Theatre kicked off its 2015 season with an amazing satirical look at the classic… Read More ›
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
On Saturday night PICT Classic Theatre opened the second and final installment of their Downtown Series with Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Despite the title, Brel passed away in 1978 but this musical revue carries… Read More ›
“Daughter of the Regiment” (La fille du régiment)
Gaetano Donizetti’s opera-comique, La fille du régiment (offered up in English as “The Daughter of the Regiment”), received the first of four performances on Saturday evening, May 2. It is Pittsburgh Opera’s last production of the season, and last night’s… Read More ›
The Whale
As a writer, I am not often at a loss for words. But, when I went to see The Whale at Off the Wall Performing Arts Center (OTW) on Saturday night, I left the theater practically speechless. My sister show-goer,… Read More ›