Pittsburgh Opera is wrapping its season with an innovative spin on Handel’s Semele, a company first in more ways than one. The work, variously described as a musical drama, “after the manner of an oratorio,” and eventually an opera, was… Read More ›
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Pittsburgh Opera Closes Unique 2020-21 Season With Handel’s “Semele”
Pittsburgh Opera Saturday evening gave the first of six performances of Handel’s Semele, a company first, and the baroque opera will bring to an end a season that’s been full of firsts, and has not much resembled the line-up… Read More ›
Stage 62 Nabs The Trophy With “25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”
Where have I been all these years? While The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is being performed, time and time again, on stages all across America, I have been wondering–who wants to see a musical about a spelling bee?… Read More ›
“Richard III”: A Most Sinister Delight
By Eva Phillips The complexities and nuances of Shakespeare’s tremendous tragedy Richard III are apparent to even those uninitiated to Shakespeare’s antics. Grandiloquent as it is intricate in plot, Richard III boasts being Shakespeare’s second longest play (after some lesser-known play called Hamlet) and… 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 ›
A Compelling, Eclectic Showcase at Duquesne Red Masquers “Premieres 42”
Premieres 42 presents seven new, one-act plays written, acted, and directed by Duquesne University students. While seven plays sounds like a daunting evening, the total running time is a tight one hour and 45 minutes. Minimal and well-orchestrated set changes… Read More ›
Extra, Extra, Read All About It… “Newsies!”
Pittsburgh Musical Theater (PMT) Byham Series debuted Disney’s Newsies, May 2, 2019. Newsies has a pretty interesting history, beginning in 1992 as a Disney musical film starring Christian Bale, Bill Pullman and Robert Duvall. It was a box office flop…. Read More ›
Pittsburgh Playhouse Unveils Exhilarating 2019-2020 Season
Point Park University’s $74 million theater complex Downtown will be paying dividends during its second season of operation this fall. The shiny new space attracted one of the school’s top alumni in the entertainment business – Rob Ashford –… Read More ›
A Lively Evening at “The Drowsy Chaperone”
To kick off their 71st season, the Little Lake Theatre brings to the stage The Drowsy Chaperone. This show is about a man enjoying his favorite record of a fictional cast recording from a 1928 musical. As he begins the… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Opera’s “Don Pasquale” a Clever, Campy, Comic Delight
For the final work of its 80th season, Pittsburgh Opera is presenting Chuck Hudson’s novel “Hollywood” spin on Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, and its first performance last night delighted a surprisingly slim audience at the Benedum in an evening of song… Read More ›