By MINGSI MA Before I walked into The Theatre Factory for their latest production of playwright Nicky Silver’s The Lyons, out of the blue I somehow wondered whether the room would smell like disinfectant, that faint scent of weariness that reminds you of something unsettling… Read More ›
Pamela Farneth
‘The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940’, a Lighthearted and Fun Murder Mystery Comedy at the Theatre Factory
by JADE GOODES The Theatre Factory’s latest production takes audiences into a murder-mystery whodunit in The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940. Directed by Ron Ferrara, this play is a zane-y, absurdist comedy that is just as funny as it is entertaining. The Musical Comedy Murders of… Read More ›
‘Once Upon a Mattress’ at The Theatre Factory Opens July 21st
Once Upon a Mattress is a hilarious and beloved musical reimagining the classic fairytale, The Princess and the Pea. Carried on a wave of wonderful songs, by turns hilarious and raucous, romantic and melodic, provides some side-splitting shenanigans. For, after all, a princess… Read More ›
Cross-Stitch Theater Company Returns to the Stage with Diana Son’s ‘Stop Kiss’
Their first performances since 2019 will be February 10th to 12th, at the Pittsburgh Savoyards Studio Theatre in Bellevue, PA. Stop Kiss is “A poignant and funny play about the ways, both sudden and slow, that lives can change irrevocably,” says Variety. … Read More ›
Heated Tempers and Scorching Parody in Apple Hill Playhouse’s “Moonlight and Magnolias”
By Eva Phillips Gone with the Wind was the perfect storm of an unfathomably successful novel, insatiable industry hype, and the biggest names (and egos) in Hollywood in one tempestuous pressure-cooker. Though Gone With the Wind doesn’t quite carry the… Read More ›
