All-Female ‘A … My Name is Still Alice’ and the Pittsburgh Premiere of ‘Bandstand’ Are on Tap for 2024 By SHARON EBERSON On a music-filled night representing Front Porch Theatricals’ past and future, the summertime company announced 2024’s two-show season:… Read More ›
By BOB HOOVER In this unusual, smartly mounted musical production about the lives of Expressionist painter Marc Chagall and his writer wife, Bella, a knowledge of Yiddish would help a lot. Lyrics and dialog in the language bring a sense… Read More ›
The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk is a remarkable Klezmer* musical by Daniel Jamieson and Ian Ross and is being staged at Rodef Shalom congregation. *Klezmer is a style of folk music that draws upon the traditions of Ashkenazi Judaism and Eastern European folk traditions. The term… Read More ›
Reviewed by MAC Hoover “Grand Hotel Berlin. Always the same – people come, people go – one life ends while another begins – one heart breaks while another beats faster….” The Doctor, the narrator, quips, “I’ll stay – one more… Read More ›
Front Porch Theatrical’s Grand Hotel The Musical closes out Pittsburgh’s summer musical season, August 19-28, 2022, at the New Hazlett Theater It is 1928. 1920s extravagance and opulence sweep across the stage of Berlin’s Grand Hotel. The world is between… Read More ›
As has often been noted, the original Broadway production of Bright Star had the misfortune of opening in the same season as Hamilton, which would have left any competitors in the dust; but Bright Star faced the additional hurdle of never really being destined for… Read More ›