It seems impossible that among the hundreds of scenic designs created by Tony Ferrieri for Pittsburgh theaters, Anything Goes marks his first set at the Benedum Center. The musical that opens the summer season isn’t his first for PIttsburgh CLO… Read More ›
By Sharon Eberson There’s a name on the cast list that might make you stop and say, “Whoa, that Sheldon Ingram?” Yes, indeed, it is the WTAE-TV reporter who has been branching out into acting and voice work, including playing… Read More ›
By Sharon Ebderson Tacy Byham and Tomé Cousin were recipients of City Theatre’s annual Robert M. Frankel Awards today, May 20. The awards, bestowed since 1994, are named for the longtime City board leader and were established “to recognize artists… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON Visually striking from start to finish, the production of American Fast currently holding court at City Theatre introduces us to a character I have not seen previously on the stage. Protagonist Khady is a rarity not just… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON It’s the merry month of May on your calendar but it’s March Madness onstage at City Theatre. In his new play American Fast, Kareem Fahmy puts the NCAA Basketball Championships on collision course with Ramadan and star… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON If you’ve been planning your local theater-going for the next month, you must have noticed the coincidence. It’s not that Pittsburgh Public Theatre Downtown and City Theatre on the South Side open shows within a week of… Read More ›
City Theatre’s New Play Fest includes Screening of ‘Feeding the Dragon’ doc; Tami Dixon Revisiting ‘South Side Stories’; Martin Giles’ Solo Show and More City Theatre’s 2023 Momentum Festival of New Plays will run May 18-21, coinciding with the final… Read More ›
By BOB HOOVER City Theatre continues its run of topical dramas with a spirited, smart production of Karen Zacarias’s Native Gardens, a play that has the elements of a TV sitcom, but turns those elements on their heads. Imagine two… Read More ›
The contemporary play company also boasts a musical collaboration with Pittsburgh CLO, plus an Andy Warhol trip, the post-Pride Benets and more By SHARON EBERSON Fat Ham, the 2022 Pulitzer Prize-winner that is days away from a Broadway opening, leads… Read More ›
Co-stars Evelyn Hernandez and Laurie Klatscher the play about feuding neighbors By SHARON EBERSON Native Gardens is a play about neighbors learning to get along, so you just know it was destined for Mister Rogers’ neighborhood. Theaters nationwide have been… Read More ›
