By SHARON EBERSON Brace yourself for Oleanna. The David Mamet drama is not a pleasant diversion on a hot summer’s day, nor is it meant to be. The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and provocateur aims to challenge beliefs we may hold to… Read More ›
Oleanna
Review: Kinetic Theatre’s Production of Davis Mamet’s ‘A Life in The Theatre’
By BOB HOOVER Calling his current season “A Pair of Deuces,” Kinetic Theatre’s producing director Andrew Paul presents a double dose of David Mamet – A Life in The Theatre (1977) and Oleanna (!992). The earlier play reveals Mamet searching to find his style of aphoristic dialogue, pausing… Read More ›
Kinetic Theatre in 2024: A Mamet Double Take and a Sherlock Holmes Christmas
Andrew Paul’s Kinetic Theatre returns to Pittsburgh with a mini-Mamet Festival, plus a holiday show that marks the return of David Whalen as Sherlock Holmes. Whalen, who recently completed a rep company marathon of the Shakespeare History Plays at the… Read More ›
