What dictates the machinations of change and progress? Is it fear that churns into action; indefatigable ethos that never relents, heedless to danger or repercussions; or the unwitting resilience of a simple pluckiness borne of a blindly resolute spirit and… Read More ›
City Theatre
City Theatre: Leading the Charge
In the midst of tremendous growth and giant strides towards newness in a myriad of realms, the creative team at Pittsburgh’s City Theatre remains stalwart in their commitment to setting the standard of radical new dramaturge that exemplifies the intersection… Read More ›
PNME Wraps Summer Season with “The Gray Cat and the Flounder”
PNME Theatre of Music concluded its summer this weekend with well-attended performances of The Gray Cat and the Flounder. Based on a true story (the life of Bernadette Gabrielly Callery, the late wife of PNME patron Joseph Newcomer), this colorful,… Read More ›
PNME Theater of Music Begins Summer Season with “The Human Experience.”
PNME Theater of Music performances start this weekend, and judging from the final rehearsal last night, Friday and Saturday evenings at City Theatre this month will be filled with the same “lime green” musical energy that this gifted group of… Read More ›
PNME Theatre of Music – Ensemble to Perform Weekends in July for the 43rd Consecutive Year
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble (PNME) is a group of top-notch musicians that has been making July Friday and Saturday nights compelling musical experiences since 1976, and the work they have done over the years includes the premieres of over 300… Read More ›
Summer Preview 2018
A Letter from the Editor, Here we are again, on the cusp of Summer. This will be Pittsburgh in the Round’s 5th Summer season here in the Steel City so we truly want to thank you, our precious readers, for… Read More ›
Fifteen Years of Momentum
As the denouement of City Theatre’s exhilarating and compelling season swiftly approaches, the illustrious Pittsburgh theatre annually elects to end things with a proverbial bang, keeping the electric pace of the theatre racing onward. Fittingly, the unique festival that ties… Read More ›
Nomad Motel
A despondent yet wistful boy plays a series of rhythmically haunting chords and beats on a loop pedal that he adroitly interweaves and syncopates with such meticulousness and emotional purposefulness that belies the rueful yearning that riddles him which he… Read More ›
Pittsburgh CLO Ignites a SPARK to Pierce the Dark
What comes first: the music or the lyric? This question has been asked by people of all levels of engagement with the craft of musical theatre. One thing that has been true about musical theatre from the beginning is that… Read More ›
The White Chip
As the progeny of two alcoholic parents, I felt mixed emotions going into Sean Daniels’ autobiographical play, The White Chip. The play traces his descent into alcoholism and subsequent emergence into sobriety. I was an expert martini maker by age… Read More ›