At last, our hot and humid dog days of summer are yielding to fall, bringing with it quite an interesting range of offerings for musicals in the Steel City this season. We’ve got a bit of everything from the spectacle… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Public Theater
Venus in Fur
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
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 ›
Losing Our Heads Over Shakespeare, Part 2: Pittsburgh Shakespeareans Admit Lifelong Attraction
When we left Part 1 of this mini-series on why Pittsburgh artists lose their heads over Shakespeare’s works, I took the liberty of supposing that his wife Anne might have held the clue to the reportedly missing skull from the… Read More ›
Disgraced
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 ›
Guys and Dolls
The time is 1950. You are in New York City. And you’ve got a lady friend to flatter. What do you do? Fast forward to 2016. You are now in the Steel City. Same situation. How can you win over… Read More ›
A Servant to Two Masters
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 ›