I think there is a crucial plot point missing from each of the shows in the recent rash of biographical jukebox musicals adapting the stories of iconic recording artists for the stage. Nowadays, these shows come in many varieties: long-running hits (Jersey Boys),… Read More ›
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Steel Magnolias
M’Lynn. Truvy. Anelle. Clairee. Shelby. OUISER. For a certain generation and very distinct demographic, these are names that evoke a particularly unique upswelling of emotions and responses. Ruefulness. Kindred warmth. Uncontrollable cackling. These names are the women from the sensationally… Read More ›
William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged)
The Reduced Shakespeare Company (RSC – not to be confused with the Royal Shakespeare Company) has once again brought their wacky take on Shakespeare to Pittsburgh with their latest work, William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged), playing at the… Read More ›
The Short Order Play Fest
Designed as a showcase for playwrights, directors and actors of the “over forty” set, The Silver Theater Project continues its Spring Salon Play Reading Series at The Glitter Box Theater with THE SHORT ORDER PLAY FEST on June 9th and… Read More ›
Arcadia
Memories and human curiosity are ethereal things. Our memories later buoy us as we retain them, let them go, or morph them into what we want them to be. Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia is a wise, witty and wonderfully multi-disciplinary tribute… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Festival Opera’s 2018 Season Kicks Off July 6th
The local “Intimate Opera Theater,” Pittsburgh Festival Opera, will begin its summer offerings the evening of Friday, July 6, at the Falk Auditorium of Winchester Thurston in Shadyside. For three weeks, the company will offer an eclectic assortment of staged… Read More ›
Orphans
The production of Lyle Kessler’s Orphans that opened on May 31 at Aftershock Theatre in Lawrenceville is clearly a labor of love for its cast and crew. The production, put on without an established theater company, was born from cast… Read More ›
Building the Wall
Imagine a country where the leader has decided that the people he doesn’t like should be rounded up and removed, using any means necessary. Picture millions of people in this country being held in mass prisons with sub-human standards, causing… Read More ›
The Ironweed Tales
The nearly unconscionable sweltering heat that infested the neatly dilapidated top floor of an old Slovenian social hall nestled back on a side street in outer Lawrenceville was apropos for the staging of folkLAB’s most recent piece, The Ironweed Tales…. Read More ›
PNME Theatre of Music – Ensemble to Perform Weekends in July for the 43rd Consecutive Year
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble (PNME) is a group of top-notch musicians that has been making July Friday and Saturday nights compelling musical experiences since 1976, and the work they have done over the years includes the premieres of over 300… Read More ›