By Yvonne Hudson Clyde’s is a familiar place to anyone who’s ever stopped on the road just to get a bite or take a break, that non-descript cafe that’s a truck stop and sandwich shop. If you are lucky, the… Read More ›
Monteze Freeland
a.k. payne Named as Second Recipient of the Kemp Powers Commission Fund for Black Playwrights at City Theatre
City Theatre has announced the second artist selected for support for the Kemp Powers Commission Fund for Black Playwrights. The fund is made possible through the generous support of award-winning playwright Kemp Powers. It offers an annual commission and development support… Read More ›
ICYMI- Preview: ‘Clyde’s’ at City Theatre, Opening September 24th
By Bob Hoover Where do writers find their inspiration? Melville found it in the sea, Twain on the Mississippi, Fitzgerald on Long Island, and Lynn Nottage in Reading, Pa. Don’t laugh. John Updike, who grew up outside this Central Pennsylvania city, set… Read More ›
Preview: ‘Clyde’s’ at City Theatre
By Bob Hoover Where do writers find their inspiration? Melville found it in the sea, Twain on the Mississippi, Fitzgerald on Long Island, and Lynn Nottage in Reading, Pa. Don’t laugh. John Updike, who grew up outside this Central Pennsylvania city, set… Read More ›
Carry On and Let Go- “The Garbologists” at City Theatre
The Garbologists tells a story of how we hold on, let go, and remember—told through things we set out on the curb. By Yvonne Hudson Lindsay Joelle‘s script is delightfully intimate, surprising, and profound, filled with sometimes unexpected laughter and… Read More ›
City Theatre Closes Their Season with the Premiere of ‘The Garbologists’ and Momentum ’22
Talking Trash By Sharon Eberson Before the pandemic shone a spotlight on jobs we now think of as essential, playwright Lindsay Joelle focused on those workers who remove our former treasures and stinky trash and allow us to get on… Read More ›
PICT announces a mostly home-grown cast for ‘The Boys in the Band’ in June
By Sharon Eberson It’s not your typical PICT Classic Theatre offering, The Boys in the Band. Still, as a play that has been heralded as “a true theatrical game-changer,” it certainly fits the mold of a contemporary classic. On Friday,… Read More ›
City Theater’s ‘Paradise Blue’ Finds the Right Note
Reviewed by Dr. Tiffany Raymond, PhD In writing about the theatre, 19th-century critic William Hazlitt noted, “it is the source of the greatest enjoyment at the time.” While Hazlitt penned those words two centuries ago, they immediately sprung to mind… Read More ›
Preview: Jazz artist Theron Brown composes music for City Theatre’s ‘Paradise Blue’
By Sharon Eberson In his latest musical venture in Pittsburgh, Theron Brown sees himself as a link in the jazz chain that stretches from Detroit to Pittsburgh. A circa-1949 jazz club in the Motor City is the setting for the… Read More ›
Review: New musical comedy Kalopsia illuminates the stigma of mental illness
By Sharon Eberson It may seem like a regular occurrence, celebrities from Simone Biles to Jay-Z to Demi Levbato dragging the discussion of mental illness into the spotlight. But we know better. Those relatively recent revelations only highlight how painfully… Read More ›