By SHARON EBERSON With a unique display of First Folios as a backdrop, Quantum Theatre previewed its 2023-24 season, which includes Hamlet and the return to the scene of another Bard tragedy. Quantum will be taking up residence again at… Read More ›
Shakespeare
Little Lake Theatre Announces 75th Anniversary Season
By MARIA SCIULLO Everything about Little Lake Theatre is about family. Currently mounting its 75th season at the Canonsburg, Washington County barn across the bridge, the spirit of founder Will Disney extends beyond the fact that his children helped foster… Read More ›
Winners Announced for 29th Shakespeare Contest at Pittsburgh Public Theater
The 29th annual Shakespeare Monologue and Scene Contest at Pittsburgh Public Theater reached the Showcase of Finalists on Monday, with the winners announced today. Finalists of the 2023 Shakespeare Monologue and Scene Contest at Pittsburgh Public Theater perform as an… Read More ›
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Harlem’: Black and Beautiful by Design
Demeatria Boccella weaves cultural touchstones into costumes for Pittsburgh Public’s all-Black production By Sharon Eberson This enchanting moment has been 20 years in the making for Demeatria Boccella. The “producer and curator of style, culture and design,” as she is… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Public announces nationwide search to cast BIPOC ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Harlem’
Pittsburgh Public Theater is conducting a nationwide search to cast its 2023 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Harlem, adapted and directed by resident director Justin Emeka. “The Public is encouraging audition videos from Black and Brown performers with… Read More ›
“King Lear” Carries Audiences on Quantum Adventure
Well-matched for Quantum Theatre’s latest performance space, William Shakespeare’s King Lear reigns in the postindustrial majesty of the Carrie Furnaces National Historical Landmark. Playing through June 2, the Bard’s most searing family drama enlivens the former steel-making kingdom of Andrew… Read More ›
Fantastical Imaginings Fuel “Tempest” at Pittsburgh Public Theater
The Tempest at Pittsburgh Public Theatre is a brave new production for our times. “Past is prologue.” So Shakespeare’s 1611 text benefits from all that has come before, reflecting the playwright’s craft as well as his familial concerns near the… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks’ Week of Will Preview
We’re almost a month away from William Shakespeare’s birth and death day, April 23rd, and that means we’re coming up upon Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks’ fourth annual Week of Will. Yvonne Hudson, a board member of PSIP and the… Read More ›
Macbeth
An appreciation for the true essence of ensemble theatre, the electricity of enthusiasm and kinetic nerves that can pulsate through members of a troupe, is something that is not often considered or discussed in modern dramaturgy. While there are certainly… Read More ›
Twelfth Night
Adoring and adorable, Twelfth Night serves up all the courses of Shakespeare’s infinite variety at the Pittsburgh Public Theater. It’s a sunny production in this midwinter of discontent as staged by Artistic Director Ted Pappas who conveys his love of this… Read More ›