Reviewed by Dr. Tiffany Raymond, PhD The Pittsburgh Savoyards commence their 85th season with director Marsha Mayhak‘s crisp, spitfire production of Oscar Wilde‘s 1895 comedic classic, The Importance of Being Earnest. The production opens with the housekeeper, Miss Lane (Apryl Peroney),… Read More ›
Anna Gergerich
Review: Stage 62’s 9 to 5
The non-profit theater company Stage 62’s uplifting rendition of 9 to 5 is up and running at The Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall. Reviewed by Megan Grabowski The performance is bright and boisterous, directed by the distinguished Rob… Read More ›
Comtra Theatre’s Devilishly Charming “Sweeney Todd”
By Eva Phillips Maybe Sweeney Todd isn’t being egregiously hyperbolic when he says there is a place in the world full of shit called London. The plague looms heavy; perfidious law-makers and judges prey upon the innocent with impunity; cats… Read More ›
Leave Your Troubles at the Door? Haunting Splendor in Little Lake’s “Cabaret”
By Eva Phillips The first time I ever encountered Cabaret, I was a severely depressed 19-year-old, being moved to tears in a Dunkin Donuts at 2 AM as I watched Bob Fosse-directed, spectacularly manic Liza Minelli, and still-closeted Joel Grey… Read More ›