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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
“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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
