Sometimes when watching an old TV show or movie you may ask, “Did people ever really talk and act like that?” Shows like The Brady Bunch were so squeaky-clean and optimistic you have to wonder how anyone ever swallowed it…. Read More ›
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The Wiz
A packed house filled the Philip Chosky Theater on Friday night preceding Dorothy (Annie Yokom), Aunt Em (Johari Mackey), and Uncle Henry’s (Ethan Crystal) appearance on stage. While I had never seen the original 1978 version of “The Wiz,” my… Read More ›
For the Tree to Drop
PICT previewed its world premiere of For the Tree to Drop, written by Lissa Brennen and directed by Alan Stanford, last week. This show is a snapshot of life on a plantation in the 1860s and is a story about… Read More ›
Wolves
Once upon a time; in the deepest and darkest part of the forest there is a murder. A murder complete with screaming, lots of screaming, and blood, lots of blood. To hear the story of this dark and edgy modern… Read More ›
Boeing, Boeing
You can do a lot of things for Valentine’s Day. You can go to a super crowded restaurant with your significant other and gaze desperately into their eyes, questioning whether your love is strong enough to last. You can stay… Read More ›
Existence and the Single Girl
Existence and the Single Girl, by Pittsburgh playwright Matt Henderson and produced by 12 Peers Theater, opened last week at The Maker Theater in Shadyside. This world premier production doesn’t lack energy or ideas (or pink), but could use some… Read More ›
Prussia: 1866
Prussia: 1866 is very much a classic comedy of manners; a high speed, high energy fiasco featuring politics, deception and a number of love affairs. I find myself reminded of the 1939 film Rules of the Game, substitute the seven… Read More ›
Brahman/i
I will say this for Quantum Theatre: they know how to spoil their audience in terms of location and dining. To match the stand-up comedy theme of Brahman/i, Quantum has set up shop at “The Temple of Comedy” in Garfield…. Read More ›
Mr. Joy
Mr. Joy, which is thought of as a sequel of sorts to Daniel Beaty’s first popular solo work, Emergency!, illuminated the stage for a packed house on Friday, January 30. Emergency!, which told the story of a slave ship arising… Read More ›
My Fair Lady
The Pittsburgh Public Theater is taking audiences to the streets and ballrooms of London with its production of My Fair Lady that opened this weekend. Based on George Bernard Shaw‘s book Pygmalion, the original 1956 production of this show was… Read More ›