For the last offering of a season that seems to have just begun, Pittsburgh Opera will present Donizetti’s melodious and comic Don Pasquale – an 1834 opera buffa with a 1950’s Hollywood spin – beginning Saturday evening, April 27. The… Read More ›
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Pittsburgh Opera Presents Puccini’s “La bohème”
A large and vivacious crowd filled most of the Benedum last night for the first performance of Pittsburgh Opera’s La bohème, and was treated to a production that dazzled in all particulars. Principal singers and chorus members alike, supported by… Read More ›
Jean-Luc Tingaud on Pittsburgh Opera’s Upcoming “La bohème”
Audiences worldwide have flocked to Puccini’s perennial favorite since the 1890s, making it a safe bet that the days of writing anything new about La bohème expired decades ago. So it’s interesting to look back on what writers had… Read More ›
Ted Takes a Bow
Last Sunday following the last performance of Ted Pappas’ masterful production of Hamlet, a group of three hundred plus fans of his gathered at the O’Reilly to celebrate his twenty-five-year tenure with the Pittsburgh Public Theater. Pappas was born in… Read More ›
Nomad Motel
A despondent yet wistful boy plays a series of rhythmically haunting chords and beats on a loop pedal that he adroitly interweaves and syncopates with such meticulousness and emotional purposefulness that belies the rueful yearning that riddles him which he… Read More ›
Perfect Wedding
Last week’s Perfect Wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was the expected model for British royalty, but with a strong American influence. It was deliberately conservative, and it ran like clockwork. Perfect Wedding at the Pittsburgh CLO’s Cabaret Theatre… Read More ›
A New Brain
For the first of two shows in their season entitled “Real People, Real Stories”, Front Porch presents an autobiographical musical. Composer William Finn began work on A New Brain after recovering from some trouble in his brain. Finn enlisted his Falsettos collaborator James Lapine… Read More ›
Social Security
The Apple Hill Playhouse opens their 36th season with Andrew Bergman’s play, Social Security. With a name like Social Security, one fears the theatre itself may be edging into its dotage with what sounds like it could be a geriatric… Read More ›
King Hedley II
Seeing a play at August Wilson’s actual home is beyond a privilege. It is absolutely necessary as someone who is in Pittsburgh and loves theatre to indulge in this experience! It is exceptionally fascinating. The literal setting adds a depth… Read More ›
Dogfight
Stage 62’s production of Dogfight is emotionally engrossing and full of wonder. Replete with reminiscence, both charming and heavyhearted this Pittsburgh premiere is certain to become the most talked about musical performance this spring. If Stage 62 has been on… Read More ›