“Leopoldstadt,” which was named best play, and “Kimberly Akimbo,” which won best musical, saw considerable increases in ticket sales.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:33PMThe actors worked together in “A Doll’s House Part 2” at the Public and continued to shine in Pittsburgh theaters throughout the year.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 07:07AM“Cambodian Rock Band” at City Theatre and a few Pittsburgh Public productions stood out in a year of moving and timely productions.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:00AMComposers Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond share the thoughts behind the score for the new show about a musical-hating man who wakes up... in a musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:00AMComposers Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond share the thoughts behind the songs for the new show about a musical-hating man who wakes up... in a musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:00AMReviews of ‘Where Did We Sit on the Bus’ at City Theatre and ‘In the Heights’ at Pittsburgh Musical Theater.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:59AMQuantum’s “Chatterton,” the Public’s “Hamlet” and Front Porch’s “Grey Gardens” top the PG critics’ picks for last year&r…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:00AMIt’s Christmastime on Downtown stages, while Pittsburgh honors a New Orleans company for completing the American Century Cycle.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:21PMThe Pittsburgh actor this year became the only person in the world known to have performed in all 11 of August Wilson’s plays.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 07:00AMTerry Barfoot of MusicWeb International reviews the release of The Cradle Will Rock and discusses the contributions the work has made to American music theatre. [Marc Blitzstein’s] artist…
SOURCE: John Mauceri at 07:01AMThe San Francisco Classical Voice reviews the first complete recording of The Cradle Will Rock. Review by Jason Victor Serinus. Merely 84 years after the nearly-aborted world premiere of Ma…
SOURCE: John Mauceri at 08:06AMIt’s out! The first complete recording of Marc Blitzstein’s 1937 Broadway opera, The Cradle Will Rock—with Blitzstein’s original orchestration. The 2-CD set recorded last summer a…
SOURCE: John Mauceri at 08:19AMIt’s out! The first complete recording of Marc Blitzstein’s 1937 Broadway opera, The Cradle Will Rock—with Blitzstein’s original orchestration. The 2-CD set recorded last summer a…
SOURCE: John Mauceri at 09:41AMwww.theaterjones.com By Cathy Ritchie published Wednesday, March 14, 2018 As a total non-musician, I always find the blending of orchestra-created sounds in a concert to be somehow magical, …
SOURCE: John Mauceri at 03:20PMIs the figure on the podium really a musician? What, exactly, constitutes the art of conducting? Leon Botstein reviews ‘Maestros and Their Music’ by John Mauceri. From the Wall Street J…
SOURCE: John Mauceri at 06:32PMPittsburgh theater in 2017 gave us a lot to think about and to look forward to in 2018. As we announce the multitalented, multifaceted Monteze Freeland as the Post-Gazette’s 2017 Performer…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:00AMThe mighty railroad man John Henry, who races a steam drill until his heart bursts. The ambitious, duplicitous manager of “Dreamgirls.” An outrageous preacher and a flamboyant BFF in “…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:00AMIn a tumultuous year, Pittsburgh theater frequently mirrored what was happening in the world beyond — but that’s always true. Theater shows us ourselves, positive, negative and deep…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 07:30AMFrom Richard S. Ginell’s interview of John for San Francisco Classical Voice. John Mauceri has been a busy Renaissance man of the podium ever since the early 1970s when he became Leon…
SOURCE: John Mauceri at 07:42AMThe adaptation, approved by Disney Theatrical Productions, will have songs from the 1940 film, and is to open at the National Theater in December.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PMChoosing the Post-Gazette Performer of the Year is never easy, and in the award’s 33rd edition, it was especially challenging. In 2016, audiences saw a number of superb ensembles at Pittsb…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMThe New Year on Pittsburgh stages kicks off with “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” -- one of the best plays of the decade -- arriving at the Benedum Center on Jan. 3.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:44AMRead John’s full text from his three part story The Met @ 50. Originally posted in three parts on HuffingtonPost.com collected here in it’s entirety. Download The Met @ 50 as a P…
SOURCE: John Mauceri at 01:56PMThe Theatre by the Lake in the northern Lake District has staged a Christmas play every year since it opened in 1999. This year it’s The Emperor and the Nightingale, adapted from a Hans Ch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AMNEW YORK — Times Square was blanketed in Pittsburgh black and gold on Nov.16, when 130 Western Pennsylvanians showed their true colors and gathered for a photo that celebrates our region�…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:22PMThe new house is no longer the new house. It is the Metropolitan Opera House and the old house is simply a glorious memory of my youth. And while we can rejoice in the achievement of the fif…
SOURCE: John Mauceri at 11:51AMWith the vice president-elect attending the show, the cast used the opportunity to make a statement emphasizing the need for the new presidential administration to work on behalf of all Amer…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:18AMI was not present for the opening of Philharmonic Hall in 1962—I was seventeen—but I did attend performances during its first season. (The Met performed there, it should be said, with th…
SOURCE: John Mauceri at 08:38PMFifty years ago, on September 16, 1966, 8:00 pm Eastern Daylight Savings Time, a brand new Metropolitan Opera House opened with the world premiere of Antony and Cleopatra, a 3-act epic oper…
SOURCE: John Mauceri at 11:28PMThe University of North Carolina School of the Arts production of Swan Lake. Presented as part of a Dance Fantasies program in 2012.
SOURCE: John Mauceri at 03:13PM