What a treat, to take trip to the tropics, just a few miles from home, and feel the warmth emanating from the Heinz Hall stage, now aglow with a staged concert of “South Pacific.” The wonderfully woven tapestry of the Rodgers and Hammerstein masterwork teams Pittsburgh’s world-class orchestra, Broadway star power, local musical theater talent and Carnegie Mellon’s stars of tomorrow, today.
By SHARON EBERSON Award-winning director, author and educator Mel Shapiro, who headed the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama and began his professional directing career at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, has died at age 89. Playbill.com first reported Mr. Shapiro’s passing, on… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON You can see Carnegie Mellon School of Drama alumni on almost any given day there is a live performance in the region, but the university was looking for a direct way to bridge its Oakland campus with… Read More ›
Quantum Theatre’s next destination production will bring audiences to Allentown for Scenes From an Execution, directed by Andrew William Smith and starring Lisa Velten Smith. To conclude a record-breaking season that has included Hamlet at Carrie Furnaces and The Flying… Read More ›
