By Eva Phillips Let’s not beat around the bush here (yes, that’s a hair pun right off the bat, but I think it’s the apropos mood for the show)—HAIR is fundamentally chaotic. Which is not a criticism, per se. Barreling… Read More ›
Mandie Russak
Lessons of “The Carols” Are Timeless and Eminently Entertaining
Holiday treats are often overly sweet and holiday entertainments often swerve into stereotypes but The Carols at Carnegie Stage serves up the right potpourri of story, talent, rhymes, schemes, and timeless wisdom. Circa wartime 1944, this bright and innovative musical… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s “Evil Dead” is Hemorrhaging Fun
By Eva Phillips The 70s and 80s were a macabre-surrealist paradise when it came to horror films. Even the Sparknote versions of these films are preposterously devious: A town ravaged by an un-dead, fedora-clad pedophile stalking and murdering teens in… Read More ›
Split Stage Productions’ “Titanic The Musical” is an Excitingly Immersive Theatrical Experience
By Linda Harkcom Last weekend I was assigned to cover Split Stage’s production of Titanic The Musical at The Lamp Theatre in Irwin. I’ll admit that I didn’t know much about the show, other than the obvious, and with an… Read More ›
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Stephen Sondheim is often regarded as the William Shakespeare of musical theatre by the people who have spent the last 60 years admiring, dissecting, and interpreting his work. The proof for that claim lies in the continuous stream of greatest-of-all-time… Read More ›