The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If I ever marry, I’ll try to forget the fact. – From “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde By SHARON EBERSON Director Jenny Koons, like many of us, was introduced to… Read More ›
Oscar Wilde
‘Earnest’ Casting Unveiled by Pittsburgh Public Theater
Pittsburgh Public Theater has revealed the full cast and creative team for a new adaptation of The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Jenny Koons and featuring David Ryan Smith as the imperious Lady Bracknell. Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy about… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Public Adds Four Productions for 2023-24
Premiere by Southers, Wilde Classic, Sara Porkalob Cabaret, Poe Experience Fill Season Slate By SHARON EBERSON Pittsburgh Public Theater has completed its 2023-24 season announcement, including a new work by Mark Clayton Southers, a cabaret-style show by Sara Porkalob, of… Read More ›
Review: ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ is More Important than Ever
Reviewed by Dr. Tiffany Raymond, PhD The Pittsburgh Savoyards commence their 85th season with director Marsha Mayhak‘s crisp, spitfire production of Oscar Wilde‘s 1895 comedic classic, The Importance of Being Earnest. The production opens with the housekeeper, Miss Lane (Apryl Peroney),… Read More ›
Review: Front Porch Theatricals’ ‘A Man of No Importance’
“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 ›
Little Lake Theatre Charms With”The Importance of Being Earnest”
Little Lake Theatre takes us back to the late 1800s with The Importance of Being Earnest as the third installment of their 71st season. Written by Oscar Wilde, this three-act play shows the comedic side of what it is like… Read More ›
In the Company of Oscar Wilde
The thing we seem to forget about legendary creative radicals like Oscar Wilde is that they were, in a word, radicals. Oscar Wilde may have been a student of literary history, but his work was prescient. To Wilde, society was… Read More ›