Demeatria Boccella weaves cultural touchstones into costumes for Pittsburgh Public’s all-Black production By Sharon Eberson This enchanting moment has been 20 years in the making for Demeatria Boccella. The “producer and curator of style, culture and design,” as she is… Read More ›
The Nutcracker at the Benedum, It’s a Wacky Wonderful Life at the O’Reilly, Front Porch’s Cabaret streams, Sondheim’s Into the Woods in Trafford, Chris Lattia at the Greer Cabaret The Nutcracker Opens Next Week Pittsburgh’s favorite holiday tradition returns to… Read More ›
In 1999, at the zenith of my adolescent paranoia that was fixated on the imminent cataclysm of Y2K, a film called Blast From the Past spoke to me and my fretfulness. The film centered around a family who, after seeking… Read More ›
Some stories are critical to get right. The Pittsburgh Public Theater’s latest production, Sweat, is one of those stories. Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play traces the ripple effect of layoffs among a group of steelworkers. While Nottage’s play is set… Read More ›
The Reduced Shakespeare Company (RSC – not to be confused with the Royal Shakespeare Company) has once again brought their wacky take on Shakespeare to Pittsburgh with their latest work, William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged), playing at the… Read More ›
The poignancy of life’s arrivals and departures resonate in Pittsburgh Public Theater’s Hamlet, the final production of Ted Pappas’s tenure as artistic director. From the opening question–”Who’s there?”–to the summoning of angels to fly the sweet prince to eternal rest,… Read More ›
Ted Pappas first staged A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for Pittsburgh Public Theater 20 years ago as a guest director. He has chosen it as the last musical he will direct & choreograph as the… Read More ›
Time may march on, but there’s something immutable about the roles one regresses into during family holiday gatherings. Sibling rivalries flare, there are passive aggressive references to real or perceived slights of yesteryear, family traditions are observed, and there’s often… Read More ›
The Pittsburgh Public Theater’s production of Daddy Long Legs under the direction of Ted Pappas, once again demonstrates theatre at its best. This subtle and nuanced production is the perfect balance of all the elements of theatre that combine to… Read More ›
