Pittsburgh Public Theater

Between Riverside and Crazy

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Here’s the thing about this review: it’s loaded. Overall, the play was great because the acting and directing were well executed. Although, it tackles some issues with race that are compromising the sugary concept of a cut-and-dry satisfactory resolution by… Read More ›

The Fantasticks

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Try to remember a time when you were young and in love. You had a certain mindset for how the world would be: you’d fall in love, get married, and live out years and years in perfect bliss. Then reality… Read More ›

Venus in Fur

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Titillating. Timely. Top-notch. It’s that Pittsburgh Public Theater production whose poster makes everyone nervously giggle or raise an eyebrow. You know, that one with the whip… Now that we have your attention… A dramatic thunderstorm is drenching Manhattan. Lights up… Read More ›

Tru

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The only thing that would be more interesting than being Truman Capote, would be being Truman Capote’s switchboard operator. Capote was a famed novelist, screenwriter, and socialite known for In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Tru at the Pittsburgh… Read More ›

Disgraced

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A good play has a message and uses the plot to make that message known. It creates developed characters who go through (usually) trying times and they learn something about themselves by the end of it. In turn, so does… Read More ›

A Servant to Two Masters

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Some shows you just hear the name of or see a poster for and they scream “Comedy!” or “Tragedy!” or “Musical!”. In the case of A Servant to Two Masters at the Pittsburgh Public, it screams “Italian!”. There’s a cartoon… Read More ›

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