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Monday, October 19, 2015

Stage review: City Theatre's ‘The Night Alive’ lively, fun and Irish to the core by Bob Hoover / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Ireland seems so close to home. Hey, even the Guinness we drink is brewed in Canada. But the fact is, Ireland is a foreign country with a culture and a sensibility different than, say, Dubuq…

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 05:32PM
Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Stage review: A 1920s Kaufman-Connelly farce gets an update at Pittsburgh Playwrights by Bob Hoover / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

With its founder Mark Clayton Southers in the audience, his first time in public since suffering serious injuries in a May car accident, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company opened its new…

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM
Sunday, September 27, 2015

Stage reviews: Stratford's 'Carousel,' 'Oedipus Rex' take a few wrong turns; by Bob Hoover / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

STRATFORD, Ontario — When I first came here in the 1970s for the Shakespeare Festival, gas was sold by the Imperial gallon, rooms were $10 a night in a private home, and even the…

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM
Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Stage review: Good cast tries to pep up 'How the Other Half Loves' by Bob Hoover / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

In their search to find even a scintilla of relevance to their latest production, “How the Other Half Loves,” the creaky farce by Alan Ayckbourn, the minds at PICT Classic Theatre invoke…

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM
Monday, March 30, 2015

Stage Review: City Theatre's 'Oblivion' puts hipsters' liberal values to the test by Bob Hoover / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Carly Mensch has assembled a bright, entertaining sitcom using four attractive characters and one conflict in “Oblivion.” It’s now playing at City Theatre’s cozy Hamburg space.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:27AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards