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  • Ragtime: The Musical

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    In its final moments, Ragtime: The Musical at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center gives us a glimpse at what the world could be: unified in its diversity, striving for a better future, and caring for one another for generations… Read More ›

  • Seasonal Allergies

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    South Park Theatre’s production of Katherine DiSavino and Kevin Mead’s play, Seasonal Allergies, reminds us that dealing with recovery from loss is not a skill in which us humans generally excel. When we hurt, it tends to makes other people… Read More ›

  • The Rocky Horror Show

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    When you go to see The Rocky Horror Show you know going in, you are not expecting anything akin to Shakespeare or Wicked. You are going for pure R-rated, campy, fun where the audience participation adds to the hilarity and… Read More ›

  • On Your Feet!

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    I think there is a crucial plot point missing from each of the shows in the recent rash of biographical jukebox musicals adapting the stories of iconic recording artists for the stage. Nowadays, these shows come in many varieties: long-running hits (Jersey Boys),… Read More ›

  • Steel Magnolias

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    M’Lynn. Truvy. Anelle. Clairee. Shelby. OUISER. For a certain generation and very distinct demographic, these are names that evoke a particularly unique upswelling of emotions and responses. Ruefulness. Kindred warmth. Uncontrollable cackling. These names are the women from the sensationally… Read More ›

  • William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged)

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    The Reduced Shakespeare Company (RSC – not to be confused with the Royal Shakespeare Company) has once again brought their wacky take on Shakespeare to Pittsburgh with their latest work, William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged), playing at the… Read More ›

  • The Short Order Play Fest

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    Designed as a showcase for playwrights, directors and actors of the “over forty” set, The Silver Theater Project continues its Spring Salon Play Reading Series at The Glitter Box Theater with THE SHORT ORDER PLAY FEST on June 9th and… Read More ›

  • Arcadia

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    Memories and human curiosity are ethereal things. Our memories later buoy us as we retain them, let them go, or morph them into what we want them to be. Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia is a wise, witty and wonderfully multi-disciplinary tribute… Read More ›

  • Pittsburgh Festival Opera’s 2018 Season Kicks Off July 6th

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    The local “Intimate Opera Theater,” Pittsburgh Festival Opera, will begin its summer offerings the evening of Friday, July 6, at the Falk Auditorium of Winchester Thurston in Shadyside. For three weeks, the company will offer an eclectic assortment of staged… Read More ›

  • Orphans

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    The production of Lyle Kessler’s Orphans that opened on May 31 at Aftershock Theatre in Lawrenceville is clearly a labor of love for its cast and crew. The production, put on without an established theater company, was born from cast… Read More ›

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