Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama’s production of Detroit ’67 has all of the elements for success – an award-winning playwright, an award-winning director, a strong design team, and a talented young cast. Taken all together, this production falls a… Read More ›
CMU Drama
The Way Out West
The Atomic Bomb overshadowed the stories of many of the scientists who created it not to mention their long-suffering families who relocated Los Alamos, New Mexico during the work. Liza Birkenmeier’s The Way Out West provides some glimpses of life… Read More ›
Transcending Conventions, Transforming Theatrical Expectations: Carnegie Mellon 2018-2019 Season
Multiplicity. Energy. Purposeful provocation. Diversity and individuality which uplifts harmony. The vibrancy of technology that allows both transcendence and timelessness. An outstanding theatrical experience. These are the characteristics and tenets central to the upcoming season of Carnegie Mellon University’s drama… Read More ›
A Bright Room Called Day
A Bright Room Called Day, CMU’s final mainstage production of the season, traces Germany’s rapid and tumultuous transition from democracy to fascism and focuses on Hitler and the Nazi party in the period of 1932-33. It is seen through the… Read More ›
The Drowsy Chaperone
CMU Drama’s production of The Drowsy Chaperone is a high-energy fun-filled spoof of American musicals from the 1920s. It was created initially as a performance piece in 1997 for the stag party of two actual Canadian actors, Bob Martin and… Read More ›
Winter Preview 2017
A letter from the Editor: Our dearest readers, Winter is only 24 days away and we’re already dashing through Christmas decorations and Cyber Monday sales as 2108 creeps up on us. 2017 has gone fast and we at Pittsburgh in… Read More ›
5 Musicals You Don’t Want to Miss This Winter 2017
Welcome to our annual pick of five of must-see musicals this winter. We have a diverse mix that includes two community theatre productions; Annie at Comtra and The Last Five Years by Split Stages at the Theatre Factory. From the… Read More ›
Love’s Labor’s Won
Directors and theatre companies have been adapting and tweaking the works of William Shakespeare for centuries. Alterations run the gamut from changing the setting and characters genders to modernizing the language. Sometimes the core story has morphed, for example, Romeo… Read More ›
The Matchmaker
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) School of Drama 2017- 2018 Season opens with Thornton Wilder’s classic comedy The Matchmaker. One of America’s favorite farces, The Matchmaker experienced many adaptations before becoming a success on Broadway and eventually taking credit for the… Read More ›
CMU Drama Pulls Out All the Stops this 2017-2018 Season
With the announcement of the 2017-2018 season, the CMU drama department is brimming with excitement about special guest artists in the line-up. The season will boast a Tony-Nominated Guest Director, as well as a Guest Director from the highly acclaimed… Read More ›