By Caleigh Boniger Pittsburgh Fringe Festival is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re gonna get. Every year there is always a healthy mix of improvisation, comedy, dance, and storytelling, and this year’s Fringe proved no exception. … Read More ›
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Fringe Day 3: Brian Gets Up Close and Personal with an Ex-Evangelist, Poet-Composer Duo, and a Socially Conscious Comic
By Brian Pope My day of seeing shows in the 2019 Pittsburgh Fringe Festival was indicative of the event’s change in locale. The proceedings gained a great deal of intimacy in their move from the North Side to Garfield. It… Read More ›
Fringe Day 3 Pt. 2: Megan and the Mind Reader
When I show up to a performance and find out it involves audience participation, I cringe. I don’t want to be a part of anyone show. I am a little self conscious and prefer to blend in with the crowd,… Read More ›
Fringe Day 3: Megan and the Bard Brawl it Out in “Shakespeare’s King John: Abridged”
The Fringe volunteer I spoke to wasn’t kidding when she said Shakespeare’s King John: Abridged would be a full house. The performance began at 5:30 but anyone arriving to Bantha Tea Bar after 5:15 struggled to find a seat. It’s… Read More ›
Fringe Day 1 and 2: Alex Survives HR, Triathlon Training, and Much More
By Alex Walsh It’s that time of year again – Fringe Festival is back! The annual smorgasbord of independent theater and art always exposes me to a lot of new things, and this year that’s even more true. The Festival… Read More ›
Fringe Day 1-Confronting Insecurities and Relationships in Lola Hughes’ “Two Lines”
By Eva Phillips The portentous, Two Lines of Lola Hughes’ short but impactful play cause a whole lot of intersection and collision for being so starkly parallel. Two Lines is, of course, a double entendre of sorts—the two lines most directly refer to… Read More ›
“Midnight Radio’s: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”
By Brian Pope Can you name a place more magical than the emerald-spangled, poppy-pink land of Oz where witches, wizards, and munchkins (Oh my!) call home? It’s a place where not only the fantastical imagination of L. Frank Baum resides… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Opera Presents Puccini’s “La bohème”
A large and vivacious crowd filled most of the Benedum last night for the first performance of Pittsburgh Opera’s La bohème, and was treated to a production that dazzled in all particulars. Principal singers and chorus members alike, supported by… Read More ›
“with a shadow of…” And Euphoric Submersion into Unknowning
By Eva Phillips Beth Corning knows precisely what she’s doing. Even when breaching the borderless, lawless, and seemingly indiscernible realm of the unknown, the unconscious/subconscious, and the liminal, Beth Corning (and her fellow artists) strikingly knows precisely what she’s doing. Having had… Read More ›
The Breathtaking Surrealiasm of Aloft Circus’ “Brave Space”
By Casey Cunningham Like most things in life, attempting to write a review about a show like Brave Space is an exercise in risk taking, in trial and error, about falling flat on your face and starting all over again…. Read More ›