City Theatre’s latest production begins with the flushing of a “Pittsburgh toilet.” This inside joke puts us in an unfinished basement to find a disheveled bare-chested Martin Giles stumbling barefoot into another day. He’s Teddy, the down-and-out and probably crazy… Read More ›
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The Hilariously Dark Side of Christmas in “Santaland Diaries”
By Eva Phillips There’s an inescapable dread and ennui that comes with the holiday season. If the despotic demands to buy the best gifts, prepare the best meals, and have the best life-changes to dazzle family and friends with your… Read More ›
City Theatre Hits Hard with “One Night in Miami…”
City Theatre is mounting one of its best productions in some time, but it runs only through Dec. 1, so put your Thanksgiving leftovers in the fridge and get to the South Side. One Night in Miami . . imagines… Read More ›
“Cambodian Rock Band” Rocks in Every Respect, Opening City Theater’s 45th Season
Genre-defying and unforgettable, Cambodian Rock Band rocks in every respect. City Theatre’s 45th season opener is an imaginative historic ride that casts the terrors of the Khmer Rouge regime against the rhythms of 1970s surf rock. The live… Read More ›
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble Electrifies Contemporary Composition
Pittsburgh is a city that is proverbially filled to brim with theatre companies and artistic collectives. Which is by no means a gripe—that there are well over twenty theatre companies, a multitude of dance artists and collectives, and a plethora… Read More ›
City Theatre Explores the Semiotics of Self and War in Stunning “We Are Among Us”
Pittsburgh’s City Theatre hosts the world premiere of Stephen Belber’s extraordinary new play, We Are Among Us. The play explores the lingering effects of war via the conflict between the U.S. and Afghanistan. Specifically, Belber uses one night in rural… Read More ›
“The Burdens”
By Brian Pope In The Burdens, Jane and Mordy Berman’s bond as siblings is only as strong as their network connection. She’s a working mother on one coast. He’s a starving artist on another. This makes it difficult for them… Read More ›
A New Odd Couple in City Theatre’s “The Roommate”
At City Theatre’s production of Jen Silverman’s The Roommate, the program cover is a sketch of a tipped over coffee cup, the spill spreading into the shape of a pot leaf. Before the show even starts, you already know this… Read More ›
Brian Quijada and City Theatre Explore Race and Education in “Where Did We Sit on the Bus?”
Walking through a bookstore, there are sections we all dodge. For me, it’s romance novels. Covers of strapping hunks with bedroom eyes scream redundancy. So it is with the theatre; different genres engender varying enthusiasm levels. One-man shows are slightly… Read More ›
Pipeline
The hopes and fears of parents multiply exponentially when your child is a young black man. Likewise statistics shared in City Theatre’s program support that black students (male and female) are more likely to be suspended from school at any… Read More ›