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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Stage review: Singer-songwriter lays his life bare in 'The Lion' by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

He comes on like a lamb, does Benjamin Scheuer. Sweet face, pleasant voice, tie askew, he smiles and sails smoothly into a song about a homemade toy that was a father's gift of music to his …

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Thursday, May 12, 2016

Festival Preview: Children's Fest welcomes Bricolage for a special sensory friendly immersive work by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Bricolage Productions was bustling amid the smell of freshly cut wood and the carpentry sounds of putting on a show. All senses were on alert in preparation for "Welcome to Here," an immersi…

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Stage preview: Award-winning play is frisky business for Kinetic Theatre by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The play about making a tough choice, sexually speaking, was not called "The Cockfight" when it won the Olivier Award " England's version of the Tony " in 2010. But when it came to the Unite…

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Stage Reviews: 'Musical of Musicals' at Off the Wall; PICT's 'Two Tales of Terror' by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

My double-feature for Mother's Day weekend was a strange brew of Edgar Allan Poe creepiness and Broadway musical giddiness. First, the music …

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Alan Cumming brings his cabaret show to Pittsburgh in October by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Eli's coming -- Eli Gold, that is, of "The Good Wife." Alan Cumming, whose stage credits include the Tony Award-winning role as the Emcee of "Cabaret," is bringing hi…

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Stage preview: Benjamin Scheuer roars into City Theatre with 'The Lion' by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Benjamin Scheuer knows if you aren't paying attention. He listened and learned while playing gigs in New York's Greenwich Village.

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Sunday, May 8, 2016

Stage review: Public's 'Tru' stays true to Capote by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The grit and glam of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's" are bubbling to the surface when we meet "Tru," as the writer is known, at Christmastime in 1975.

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Thursday, May 5, 2016

Pittsburgh CAPA senior finishes third in National August Wilson Monologue Contest by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh CAPA senior DaMya Gurley took third place at the National August Wilson Monologue Contest on May 2. DaMya competed against 18 high school contestants from 15 cities at the event, …

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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

'Hamilton' influence goes far beyond Broadway by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Lin-Manuel Miranda made his first White House appearance in November 2009, at a performance billed as an evening of poetry and music, where he explained he was working on a concept album abo…

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Pittsburgh CLO raises $9 million in private funds for new works and education by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh CLO has raised $9 million in the private phase of a planned $10 million capital campaign to support initiatives including new work development for the CLO Cabaret and large-scale …

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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

'Hamilton' sets record with 16 Tony nominations by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

History was a big winner in the present day, when the revolutionary musical "Hamilton" set a record with 16 Tony Award nominations this morning.

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Sunday, May 1, 2016

Stage preview: Justin Lonesome tells a tale of terror for PICT by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Justin Lonesome is one of Pittsburgh's most versatile actors, from musicals with Pittsburgh CLO and Pittsburgh Musical Theater to dramas for the Playhouse REP and PICT Classic Theatre.

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Lamman Rucker returns to Pittsburgh to take a 'Jitney' ride by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Lamman Rucker has had a busy month in a very busy year, but not too busy to come home to Pittsburgh and celebrate the birthday of a man he recalls as "Uncle Auggie."

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August Wilson remembered with 'Jitney' reading by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company will mark August Wilson's birthday Wednesday with a reading of "Jitney" at the August Wilson Center for African American Culture, Downtown.

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Friday, April 22, 2016

Stage preview: Eddie Korbich steps from Broadway into 'Tru's' shoes by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

First, there's that voice. If you watched national talk shows of the 1960s, you may have been aware of Truman Capote as the writer of the seminal work of creative nonfiction, "In Cold Blood,…

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Thursday, April 21, 2016

Stage preview: barebones' produces Kesey classic rarely seen here on stage by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" wasn't on Patrick Jordan's radar as a barebones show until a couple of actor friends floated the idea. 

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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Michael Cerveris and Seth Rudetsky will perform here to support Pittsburgh CLO by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Two-time Tony Award winner Michael Cerveris of the Broadway hit "Fun Home" and Seth Rudetsky, radio host and co-creator/star of "Disaster" on Broadway are coming to Pittsburgh May 23 to supp…

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Much ado about Shakespeare in Pittsburgh by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Knock, knock. Who's there?" … Why, it's William Shakespeare " Act 2, Scene 3 of "Macbeth," to be exact. Below find more everyday phrases from the pen of the world's best-known playwr…

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Stage review: City Theatre's 'Last Match' is a win-win by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

If you follow tennis at all, you will feel a sense of familiarity with the tennis players caught up in the epic contest of "The Last Match."

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Monday, April 18, 2016

Celebrations welcome the first phase of restoring the August Wilson House on the Hill by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The August Wilson House Project is set to unveil architectural plans for the restoration of the playwright's Hill District childhood home and begin re-creating the house at 1727 Bedford Ave.…

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Monday, April 11, 2016

Stage review: Quantum Theatre uses Pittsburgh's skyline as a backdrop in 'The Master Builder' by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A room with a view is a wonderful perk, but as a backdrop, it can be a distraction or, worse, competition for a work such as "The Master Builder." The play by Henrik Ibsen boasts themes enou…

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Thursday, April 7, 2016

Stage preview: City Theatre designer devises game plan for 'The Last Match' by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Anna Ziegler unleashed a monster serve as the playwright of "The Last Match," which takes place during the course of a tennis match between an aging American champion and a Russian upstart. …

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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Stage preview: Quantum Theatre makes use of spectacular vistas for 'The Master Builder' by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The ninth floor of 2 Allegheny Center displays the sort of stunning views you see in movies where the wealthy protagonist lives in a window-encased luxury high-rise.

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Stage preview: The REP counts on 'The Flick' to pull you in for the long haul by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Casual conversations and the performance of mundane tasks are the essentials of "The Flick," which eavesdrops on a few hours in the lives of three underpaid, underemployed workers at a rundo…

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Theater notes: Stephen Schwartz leads charge against North Carolina LBGT law by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

There will be no productions of "Wicked," "Pippin" or "Godspell" in North Carolina for the foreseeable future.

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Monday, March 28, 2016

Tony-winners 'Fun Home,' 'Curious Incident' among Broadway tours headed to Pittsburgh by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Broadway's best of 2015 are on their way for PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh's 2016-17 season, with a schedule including last year's Tony Award-winning musical, play and revival of a musical " "F…

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Stage review: 'Sound of Music' tour returns to theatrical roots for a fresh take by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

It's a mystery in an era when Broadway is awash with musical theater revivals that "The Sound of Music" has had only one short-lived remounting there since Mary Martin first belted "The hill…

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Director mines new themes in 'Sound of Music' by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The one thing you can't say about Jack O'Brien's career is that the director, producer and writer has been pigeonholed.

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Stage review: City's 'Sex With Strangers' explores love in the Internet age by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Sex With Strangers" makes for a perfect bedfellow with an election year, with revelatory debates emanating from a two-party relationship: Ethan represents youth, techno dependence and a TMZ…

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Stage preview: New drama delves into forced sterilization in the U.S. by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh-based demaskus Theater Collective and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust will present the play "You Wouldn't Expect," based on government-sanctioned programs that sterilized 60,000 Ame…

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