By SHARON EBERSON The alchemy of Every Brilliant Thing is a wonder that apparently works with just one consistent ingredient. Marcus Weiss is the lone actor, guide, soothing presence and often everything everywhere all at once. He leads the audience… Read More ›
Previews begin on May 25th By SHARON EBERSON Mental health is no joke, so a comedy about depression might seem like a contradiction. Not so, says Marcus Weiss, the performer at the center of the play Every Brilliant Thing, which… Read More ›
By Sharon Eberson The highest praise for a comedy that strives to honor the French master Moliere is that it pummels hypocrisy and is as thought-provoking as it is laugh-inducing. Simon Bradbury’s The Illustrious Invalid accomplishes all of the above…. Read More ›
By Sharon Eberson Simon Bradbury and Andrew Paul go way back. So it’s somehow fitting that they both wound up connecting while both were in Las Vegas, even if their artistic collaboration remains on Pittsburgh stages. 20-plus years ago, Bradbury,… Read More ›
Pittsburgh’s Kinetic Theatre Company has the esteemed privilege of producing the U.S premiere of Donald Steven Olson‘s Oscar & Walt. Reviewed by Tiffany RaymondPerformance date: 11/4/21 In 1882, the 28-year old Wilde (played by Nick Giedris) visited the 62-year old… Read More ›
Oscar & Walt winner of the 2019 “Best Full-Length Play” award from the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights/City of West Hollywood Pride Reading Festival, received its World Premiere later that year under the auspices of The English Theatre of Rome,… Read More ›
By Eva Phillips Mob bosses. Murderous fathers. Ill-fated romance. Deceit and chicanery. Florida. Moliere. If these somewhat incongruous elements seem like a combustive recipe for intrigue and uproarious absurdity, it’s because they are in the latest from Kinetic Theatre, Scapino…. Read More ›
Kinetic Theatre is one of the few companies in Pittsburgh that prospers on the nomadic model. Helmed by tireless and resourceful Producing Artistic Director Andrew Paul, who has directed all thirteen of Kinetic’s impactful productions (most recently Brandon Jacob Jenkin’s… Read More ›
By Brian Pope Conventional wisdom dictates that you should never meet your idols. You run the risk of said idols failing to meet the stratospheric expectations you set for their personalities and abilities. For me, that would mean meeting TV… Read More ›
Kinetic Theatre announces 2017 season – three exciting Pittsburgh premieres: Lucas Hnath’s The Christians, David Ives’ hilarious adaptation of Corneille’s The Liar, and Mike Bartlett’s Love, Love, Love. Full summer casting announced: David Whalen and Joshua Elijah Reese star in The… Read More ›