“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” Oscar Wilde By MAC Hoover The Celtic cross is a Christian symbol of a traditional cross with a nimbus or ring featured. The symbolism of a circle features predominantly in the season’s… Read More ›
New Hazlett Theater
oSP Show Notes 11-8-2021
In today’s post: Pittsburgh Opera’s Largest Gift Kara Spotlight Cabaret Features Local Musical Theater Artists Adam Pascal at First Night It’s a Wonderful Life: a Live Radio Play Liberty Magic in December Lavender Terrace at the New Hazlett Pittsburgh Opera… Read More ›
Front Porch Announces Three-Day Cabaret Fundraiser
Front Porch announces their three-day cabaret fundraiser featuring performers from past seasons and the 2022 season. By Sharon Eberson The Front Porch Benefit Cabaret has until now been a one-night-only showcase of the company’s performers, past and present. In 2021,… Read More ›
At last: Live Theater is back in da’burgh in force!
The Symphony has reopened Heinz Hall, Eric Bergen reopened the Greer Cabaret and, Curtains reopened the Pittsburgh Playhouse. Live From the Edge played at City Theatre. Corning Works is back at the New Hazlett Theatre tonight through this weekend with… 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 ›
Kalopsia the Musical world premiere opens at the New Hazlett Theater October 7 to 17
Kalopsia the Musical is bigger, bolder, and braver than before at its world premiere. In 2017, Monteze Freeland and Michael Meketa first drafted Kalopsia as part of The New Hazlett Theater’s Community Supported Artist (CSA) Season 4. Through their 2021 Residency Program, this dynamic duo will… Read More ›
Summer 2019’s 5 Musicals to Watch Out For
Now that the Tony Awards have been handed out, let the betting begin on which of the winning and losing shows will receive a box office boost and which will soon post a closing notice. If the prospects of… Read More ›
Musical of the Month: “Bright Star”
As I stood in line in 2016 vying for rush tickets to a new musical called Bright Star, pretty much all I knew was that comedy legend Steve Martin co-wrote its bluegrass score. I also knew that, after hearing… Read More ›
“An Octoroon”
By Brian Pope Conventional wisdom dictates that you should never meet your idols. You run the risk of said idols failing to meet the stratospheric expectations you set for their personalities and abilities. For me, that would mean meeting TV… Read More ›
Of Mice and Men
Prime Stage Theatre’s 22nd season – “The Season of Courage” – opened Saturday evening with John Steinbeck’s classic story Of Mice and Men. Based on the Steinbeck’s novella of the same name, the play tells the tale of two friends,… Read More ›