By Jessica Neu I had the pleasure of speaking with Wayne Brinda, Prime Stage Theater Artistic Director, about Prime Stage Sprouts. The goal of Sprouts is to bring literature to life in the form of children’s theater that is accessible… Read More ›
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A Delightful “Arsenic and Old Lace” at the New Hazlett
Prime Stage Theater’s production, Arsenic and Old Lace, is a delightful performance featuring an all-star cast, stunning set design, and charming costumes with a flair of vintage American theater. By Megan Grabowski Directed by Mt. Lebanon native Liam Macik, Arsenic… Read More ›
Prime Stage and the Holocaust Center present ‘The White Rose’ for Genocide Awareness Month
Each year Prime Stage Theatre and the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh engage the world in education, understanding, and actions against the atrocities of genocide. This year’s enGAGE production is a virtual performance of James DeVita‘s The White Rose. “Co-producing The White Rose with… Read More ›
Preview: A Wrinkle in Time with post-performance discussion on Friday, March 11th
Prime Stage’s production of A Wrinkle in Time, adapted from the novel by Madeleine L’Engle, written by Wayne Brinda and Brian Wongchaowart and Directed by Sunny Disney Fitchett runs this weekend through the 2:30pm performance on Sunday the 14th. “The plot of the story is… Read More ›
Review: Prime Stage’s Karloff: The Man and The Monster
Prime Stage Theater is opening its 25th season with the premiere of Randy Bowser’s one-act rendition of Karloff: The Man and The Monster. Reviewed by Megan Grabowski Paying homage to the 90th anniversary of Old Hollywood’s Frankenstein, the play uncovers… Read More ›
Show Notes 10/20/2021
Here is the today’s latest theater news compiled by onStage Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Season Premiere with the PBT Orchestra Oct 22 – Oct 24, 2021 at the Benedum Center Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre makes its triumphant return to the Benedum Center… Read More ›
Theater News and Notes
A series of recurring columns on theater by Sharon Eberson Black Theatre United’s New Deal is a challenge for change. Theater is on its way back and ready to greet it is a New Deal for racial justice. Last summer,… Read More ›
Prime Stage Revives Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter”
I’m not sure if high schoolers read Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter these days, or if they do, these woke teens would find extramarital sex as sinful as the Puritans. It’s telling that even Liam Macik, who adapted and directed Prime… Read More ›
Laughter and Light Abound in Prime Stage’s “Twelfth Night”
Cast off winter’s darkness and wallow in the light of spring with Prime Stage Theater’s Twelfth Night, a frothy, witty, and thoroughly entertaining confection through May 12. Kudos to Prime Stage for a Twelfth Night that truly sings. Stage… Read More ›
The Mirabal Sisters’ Heroic Legacy in Prime Stage’s “In the Time of the Butterflies”
By Eva Phillips There is a story a within a story happening in In the Time of the Butterflies, the ink bleeding through the cover of one story into the tremulously turned pages of the other. Even still, nestled within… Read More ›