By SHARON EBERSON At the end of a decade marked by a pandemic, the opioid crisis and ideological division, we all could use a big hope-filled hug. In South Side Stories Revisited, the sequel to her extraordinary 2012 theatrical chronicle… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON Tami Dixon has a case of “brain spaghetti,” as she calls it. It’s a condition she experienced 10 years ago, when she researched, wrote and performed the solo tour de force South Side Stories, and now she… Read More ›
Q&A: James McNeel and Monteze Freeland on co-productions, revenue sources, fundraising and more to come… By SHARON EBERSON City Theatre’s South Side campus has been buzzing since its big red doors closed on the 2022-23 season in May. This summer, there’s… Read More ›
City Theatre production introduces What the Constitution Means to Me to Pittsburgh By Sharon Eberson Humorous and harrowing are descriptions that don’t usually go hand in hand, but that’s the thing about What the Constitution Means to Me. It defies …… Read More ›
The award-winning play by Heidi Schreck makes its Pittsburgh debut at City Theatre By Sharon Eberson Tami Dixon wasn’t looking for a big bear of a role when What the Constitution Means to Me came along. The co-founder and principal… Read More ›
I think it’s fair to say that Pittsburgh punches above its weight in terms of its artistic offerings, and its holiday smorgasbord is no exception: it seems that every theater, restaurant, museum, and gallery in the city has welcomed the… Read More ›
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 ›