By Bob Hoover Let’s face it. Hardly anything new can be said about Hamilton. Now six years old, Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s masterpiece is the most honored and successful musical in American theater history. Then again, there’s nothing new about Hamilton. While… Read More ›
Lin-Manuel Miranda
In The Heights
By Brian Pope Pittsburgh Winter 2019 has (so far) been very unkind to residents. It’s par for the course but distressing nonetheless. Unexpectedly though, the season and the city have been very kind to one Lin-Manuel Miranda in the last… Read More ›
Musical of the Month: In the Heights
January is a slow month in Pittsburgh for the opening dates of musicals except for the national tour of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton at the Benedum through the end of the month. As Hamilton departs our city, Pittsburgh Musical Theatre is offering us… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Musical Theater Has It All In 2018-19 Season
Now is the time to seize the stage! That’s literal when it comes to Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s 2018-2019 season. Each of the shows they’ve chosen for “Seize The Stage” represents eclectic musical genres and types of stories. Two of the… Read More ›
In the Heights
A lot has changed since the 2007 Off-Broadway premiere of In the Heights. For the career of its creator/composer/lyricist/original star Lin-Manuel Miranda. For the landscape of musical theatre—thanks to his 2015 follow up Hamilton. For the quality of life for… Read More ›
