The new stage version restores Dickens’ original unpublished ending. According to Shakespeare’s melancholy prince Hamlet, “The play is the thing, wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the King.” For Prime Stage Theatre artistic director Dr. Wayne Brinda, the play is the thing… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON For more than a year, two Pittsburgh actors have been assessing William Shakespeare’s Macbeth anew, with the purpose of coaxing from the text something fresh and meaningful to them and a 21st-century audience. Brett Sullivan and Alyssa… Read More ›
By Jade Goodes Last weekend I visited Parish Hill Barn, where audiences are being taken on a journey to Salem, Massachusetts, where rumors, accusations, and fear run wild. Vigilance Theater Group is putting audiences in the heart of The Salem… Read More ›
By Eva Phillips Harper York, not unlike two infamously fabled star cross’d lovers, had a feverish, impassioned vision that she was driven to bring to life. Thankfully, unlike those two lovers, however, York isn’t a fourteen-year-old in the throes of… Read More ›
By Eva Phillips Pittsburgh Classic Player’s A Streetcar Named Desire is not an easy thing to sit through. This is in no way a reflection on the quality of the show as a whole—which is extraordinary—nor the performances given by… Read More ›
Tennessee Williams is a master of diffusely permeating the social consciousness and cultural lexicon. His inimitable style is why his works are held in the esteemed canon for theatre and film scholars alike, and the striking relatability of his stories… Read More ›
By JANE GOODES Throughline Theatre Company’s current production at Aftershock Theatre is Andre by William Dunlap. Considered to be the first American play, Andre is a recounting of the execution of British officer, Major John Andre. Andre was hanged in… Read More ›
