75 stories by "George Hoover"
A funning thing happened when I got home from the airport! Set in a Paris flat, this Mad Man era play was written by French playwright Marc Carmoletti. The lying lothario Bernard (Justin Moh…
Luckily for us, Beth Corning’s moved to Pittsburgh in 2003 to serving as Artistic Director of Dance Alloy. In 2010, she launched (to critical acclaim) CORNINGWORKS as a vehicle for “seas…
First, there was Schoolhouse Rock, a series of short educational music videos that covered subjects ranging from history, grammar, and math, etc. The series was the brainchild of a Madison A…
The Summer Company presents Agatha Christie’s Go Back for Murder, an unusual take on the traditional murder mystery. What could be more exciting than family secrets, intrigue, suspense, ro…
Keystone Performing Arts Academy presents Billy Elliot the Musical based on the 2000 film by the same name. The music is by Elton John, and the book and lyrics are by Lee Hall, who also wrot…
Imagine if Sesame Street was for adults. This is the premise of Avenue Q, a place where puppets are friends, Monsters are good and life lessons are learned. The show tells the story of Princ…
Little Lake Theatre’s production of Wonder of the World is a zany madcap comedy populated by characters who are just a bit off center. What is normal these days? As the play opens, a youn…
Apple Hill Playhouse has a hit on its hands with the Orchard Performing Arts Company’s production of Seussical. Not to let the cat out of the bag, Or in this case out of the hat, Before we…
Clue: The Musical is an interactive musical is based on the popular board game of the same name. The plot revolves around solving the murder of Mr. Boddy at his mansion that is occupied by s…
Acclaimed director/choreographer and 2015 Tony Award®-winner Christopher Wheeldon received a Tony® Award nomination for Best Director and won the Tony Award for Best Choreography for this …
Are you are looking for a lighthearted break from reality with quirky characters, great songs, and dance routines? The classic Cole Porter musical comedy Anything Goes is Delightful, Delicio…
You are correct, there has been a “boatload’ of Peter and the Starcatcher productions this summer, three in fact. I must confess I did not see Little Lake or the University of Pittsbur…
The situation playwright Colman Domingo presents us with in WILD WITH HAPPY is rather straightforward. Gil, a struggling black actor, has left New York City to deal with the death of his e…
Point Park University’s Conservatory Theatre production of Uncle Tom’s Cabin Or The Most Popular American Play You’ve Never Seen is an adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slav…
Alan Stanford’s new adaption of the classic Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex is a modern day masterpiece. Sometimes you just know within the first few minutes that this is really going to be good…
The Pittsburgh Public Theater’s production of Daddy Long Legs under the direction of Ted Pappas, once again demonstrates theatre at its best. This subtle and nuanced production is the perf…
The Pittsburgh Savoyards open their 79th season with a rousing production of Patience by Gilbert and Sullivan. Patience is a virtue, but in this case she is a milkmaid and satire on the aest…
The cold and snow got you down? Then a trip to The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Henry Hayman Theatre on the University of Pittsburgh campus just might help with your winter …
The multiple Tony Award-winning Cabaret is a musical frozen in time, yet its themes remain powerful and even more relevant today. It is set in Berlin at the seedy Kit Kat Klub during the Naz…
Comtra Theatre opened their 34th anniversary of community theatre productions with Stephen Sondheim and James Lupine’s Into The Woods January 6th. Into The Woods was first produced on Broa…
To paraphrase a bit of country hero Forrest Gump, “Community Theatre is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get”. It would seem logical since we have lots of h…
The Kinetic Theatre Company presents the American premier of Three Days in the Country, Patrick Marber’s smart and funny adaptation of Turgenev’s A Month in The Country at the New Hazlet…
When I was asked to review Titus Andronicus at SixTHReeFouR produced by Cup A Jo Productions, I had some concerns. Being a musical theatre guy, this would be outside of my wheelhouse and fur…
Opening in the midst of their 68th season at the Little Lake Theatre in Canonsburg is Loot: Joe Orton’s challenging dark satire on authority, the Catholic Church, rituals of death and poli…
The Pittsburgh CLO wraps up their 70th season at the Benedum with an enchanting production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece South Pacific. On a remote tropic…
