BY JESSICA NEU About halfway into Prime Stage Theater’s production of Look Forward: The Ruby Bridges Story, NAACP Rep & Narrator (DeVaughn Robinson) asks the audience to raise their hand if they were alive in 1960. Roughly a third of the audience raised… Read More ›
Linda Haston
Prime Stage Looks at the Beginning of the End of New Orlean’s School Segregation in the ‘Ruby Bridges Story’
The year is 1960. A shy, smart 6-year-old named Ruby Bridges becomes the first African American student to attend a formerly whites-only grade school in New Orleans. Escorted to class by U.S. Marshals through a hostile segregationist mob, the youngster… Read More ›
The Pittsburg New Works Festival’s Week Three Explores Sex After Surgery, Mother-Daughter Relationships, Lost Luggage
Local companies are producing world premieres of one-act plays during week three of the five-week-long Festival. Sex after surgery, mother-daughter relations, and lost luggage are among the themes of three world premieres, as the Pittsburgh New Works Festival partners with local theater companies to present… Read More ›
Preview: Pulitzer Winner ‘Fat Ham’ Comes to City Theatre
Tony-Nominated Play Introduces Brandon Foxworth to Pittsburgh By SHARON EBERSON Brandon Foxworth’s path to City Theatre and the lead role in Fat Ham was a matter of happenstance, plus a whole lot of perseverance and faith. The Detroit native, actor… Read More ›
‘Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott’ – The Power of “Standing Up for What’s Right by Sitting Down”
Prime Stage Theatre presents the regional debut of this personal and emotional production at the New Hazlett Theater on January 19-28. By JESSICA NEU Most of us know the general story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery County bus boycott…. Read More ›
Prime Stage Theatre Announces Their 2023-2024 Season
“Our 27th season theme of Courage and Discovery will have a profound impact as we bring literature to life on stage. It’s important that each of our productions be a unique and memorable experience for our patrons, partners, and special… Read More ›
Preview: Off the Wall Productions Brings Back ‘Mother Lode’
Playing at Carnegie Stage June 3 at 8:00 pm and June 4 at 3:00 pm Mother Lode tells the story of Pittsburgh actor Linda Haston’s mother, Ruth, a force of nature who leaves Jim Crow Alabama as a teen to work… Read More ›
Prime Stage Theatre Presents ‘Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad’
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad is based on her true story, adapted by Douglas Jones and directed by Linda Haston. The production runs January 20 – 29, 2023, with evening performances at 7:00 pm and matinees at 2:30. Harriet Tubman and the Underground… Read More ›
Complex Devotion in “World Builders: A Love Story”
By Eva Phillips Imagine the most elaborate world you can. Think of “elaborate” in this context in its strictest biological meaning—producing a new substance from original constituents or base parts. Or, think of “elaborate” here as something built upon and… Read More ›
