I think many would agree that we could use more compassion in this world. I’m guessing though that most would not look to a concert musical about female serial killers as a possible outlet. Surprise, Pittsburgh! Real/Time Interventions, a local… Read More ›
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Middletown
You know you are in for an interesting experience when you are welcomed into the world of Middletown by a Public Speaker who tries to encompass all of humanity in all its forms through an exhaustive monologue that is wildly entertaining while… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company Represents In Its New Season
If you enjoyed the historical gravitas of The Homestead Strike of 1892, get ready for a whole group of productions spearheaded by that show’s playwright, Mark Clayton Southers. He is the artistic director and founder of Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, and is… Read More ›
PNWF 2017: Program D
For 27 seasons, the Pittsburgh New Works Festival has brought new one act shows to the stage from playwrights both local and from far away. Last weekend, I got to check out three non-local writers’ new shows during Program D… Read More ›
Some Assembly Required
Attack Theatre’s twenty-third seasons opens with Some Assembly Required, an engaging hybrid composed of dance, music, and visual art. Peter Kope and Michele de la Reza engaged the audience to embrace the creative process, think outside the box, and explore individual choices that… Read More ›
The Goodbye Girl
Young Americans are fascinated by other young Americans struggling and making it in New York City. At times, it feels like every sitcom on television is some variation of this plot. Millennials, more than any generation, are obsessed with the… Read More ›
Jekyll and Hyde
There is something to be said for the succulent, somewhat indulgent wave of hyper-camp that is necessary to successfully execute a musical adapted from seemingly unfitting source material. Musicals like Carrie, Batboy!: The Musical, Heathers and others of that ilk… Read More ›
PNWF 2017: Program C
The 27th season of the Pittsburgh New Works Festival at Carnegie Stage continues with a trio of new one-act plays in Program C. The first show is Julie Zaffarano’s Destiny is a Careless Waiter, as presented by R-ACT Productions. The… Read More ›
The Homestead Strike of 1892
The voices and stories of Pittsburghers bring the Battle of Homestead to life in Mark Clayton Southers’ The Homestead Strike of 1892. Dramatic historical interpretation by some of the region’s leading actors recreate vivid moments from one of American labor’s… Read More ›
Boeing, Boeing
A funning thing happened when I got home from the airport! Set in a Paris flat, this Mad Man era play was written by French playwright Marc Carmoletti. The lying lothario Bernard (Justin Mohr) has managed to acquire three fiancés… Read More ›