By Helen Meade Pittsburgh Classic Players opened their first full season of plays with an appropriately-timed production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night…on Twelfth Night (Friday, January 5, 2019) in the Spartan Community Center, in the space formerly occupied by St…. Read More ›
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Musical of the Month: In the Heights
January is a slow month in Pittsburgh for the opening dates of musicals except for the national tour of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton at the Benedum through the end of the month. As Hamilton departs our city, Pittsburgh Musical Theatre is offering us… Read More ›
2018: A Year in Reviews
Well friends. 2018 is nearly over. It’s been a big year for us. We’ve welcomed a few newcomers to our writing team, expanded our coverage and written more than we’ve ever written! 184 reviews and 95 features about 57 companies… Read More ›
At the Public: Hershey Felder is IRVING BERLIN
In a previous post, I discussed the difficulties that theater companies encounter in selecting a holiday show, particularly one that hasn’t been over-produced in the Pittsburgh area. Pittsburgh Public Theater has come up with a brilliant solution; a tribute to… Read More ›
OTHER: multiracial folklore
To value ourselves as more than the sum of our parts is an abstraction that seems almost inconceivable. Allowing ourselves meaning that transcends the borders and limitations that, because of internal pressure from external scrutiny and objectification, we put upon… Read More ›
Nuncrackers
Nuncrackers is a Christmas concert that takes the form of a musical (book, music, and lyrics by Dan Goggin). It takes place in the convent basement/public access studio of the Little Sisters of Hoboken, New Jersey. The nuns paid for the… Read More ›
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces Liberty Magic
The Cultural District, its theaters and galleries have always been a magical place. It is about to become even more magical with the addition of Liberty Magic, an intimate speakeasy-style magic arts venue dedicated to the art of sleight of… Read More ›
Midnight Radio: Die Hard N’at
I love Midnight Radio. The concept of the show is perfectly summed up in their intro: it’s a radio show that’s not on the radio. For ten years, Bricolage Production Company has adapted stories into audio format for this series,… Read More ›
The simple joy of A Christmas Carol comes to life at Steel City Shakespeare
Steel City Shakespeare Center opened their holiday offering, Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol with the first of four presentations, this at the Trinity Lutheran Church on the Northside. I’m going to make the assumption here that everyone reading this post knows… Read More ›
The Seagull
The gnawing anxieties and insecurities and ceaseless self-doubt of the emerging artists are the starts of Anton Chekov’s lauded, and now somewhat notorious, masterpiece The Seagull. The source material for several derivative pieces including the nihilistic, modernized adaptation, Stupid F*cking… Read More ›