By Bob Hoover Don’t you love farce? Of course you do, and City Theatre is giving you one of the most raunchy, pratfall-filled comedies ever staged in Pittsburgh. With its awkward subtitle, POTUS opens City Theatre’s 50th season, starting with a word I can’t repeat and throws in a dozen… Read More ›
Missy Moreno
City Theatre at 50: Looking Back With Pride, Planning for the Future, and Opening With ‘POTUS’
By SHARON EBERSON City Theatre has answered the question, “Where to begin?,” as it launches its 50th season this weekend, with the official opening of POTUS or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive. That… Read More ›
Introducing the Women of ‘POTUS,’ the Political Farce Opening City Theatre’s 50th Season
Tamara Tunie, Tami Dixon and More Join Forces to Save a Stumbling Presidency City Theatre is getting ready to open its 50th season with an election-season farce, featuring a cast of formidable women who together keep a fictional administration afloat…. Read More ›
City Theatre Kicks Off its 2024/2024 Season with a Bi-Partisan Comedy
City Theatre has announced the first show of the 2024/2025 season, a rollicking comedy—and a smash hit when performed on Broadway—just in time for the election season. City Theatre’s 50th season will launch with POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are… Read More ›
Arcade Comedy Theater Mines Comedy Gold in “Bubble Boy: The Musical”
By Brian Pope In her ever increasingly maniacal efforts to cloister her son safely in the nest (or bubble, as it were), the conservatively hardwired Mrs. Livingston carefully curates (or rather cruelly censors) the culture he consumes. Jimmy grows up… Read More ›
Seeing the Wonder in Stage 62’s Mamma Mia!
By Eva Phillips There is an embarrassing truth that should be addressed before I embark on a review of Stage 62’s Mamma Mia! I could write about Mamma Mia! in my sleep—not just because of the sheer number of times… Read More ›
