Do I Hear a Waltz? is a little-known 1965 musical with a dream creative team that found themselves on a nightmarish road to Broadway. Originally, Arthur Laurents was set to adapt his play The Time of the Cuckoo as… Read More ›
Stephen Sondheim
“Sunday in the Park with George”
By Brian Pope The following is a piece I’d like to call “A Friday Evening in Point Park University’s Gorgeous New PNC Theater.” It may not be my masterpiece. It probably won’t revolutionize the craft. It certainly couldn’t inspire a… Read More ›
Musical of the Month: Sunday in the Park with George
Bright. A blank screen or an even smaller blank screen. The challenge: Make sense out of 280 characters. George Seurat is notable for employing the meticulous painting technique known as pointilism in works such as Bathing at Asnieres. Stephen Sondheim… Read More ›
UP Stages 2019 Main Stage Preview
After an exciting fall semester of main stage plays that included She Kills Monsters and Much Ado About Nothing, UP Stages is back with spring semester offerings that will challenge and uplift their audiences. First up is Flyin’ West by… Read More ›
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Stephen Sondheim is often regarded as the William Shakespeare of musical theatre by the people who have spent the last 60 years admiring, dissecting, and interpreting his work. The proof for that claim lies in the continuous stream of greatest-of-all-time… Read More ›