1,756 stories by "Ghoover"
Red is the color of passion, energy, and action. Macbeth is fueled by these same psychological elements on his prophetic and treacherous path to the throne of Scotland. The Pittsburgh Classi…
For my second big show in Pittsburgh I had the great fortune to see Bricolage Production Company’s Yinz’r Scrooged Friday night, which is part of their Midnight Radio series. I don’t t…
Walking in to see my first Quantum Theatre production ever I had no idea what to expect. Chickens in the Yard by playwright Paul Kruse has given me a unique style to continue to look forward…
A couple of months ago I saddled up to my Netflix and watched the documentary What Happened, Miss Simone? For an hour or so I absorbed the story of singer/activist Nina Simone and got teary …
Some shows you just hear the name of or see a poster for and they scream “Comedy!” or “Tragedy!” or “Musical!”. In the case of A Servant to Two Masters at the Pittsburgh Public, …
Sight is arguably one of the most essential senses. With sight, one is able to perceive texture, color, and light. The Conservatory Theater Company at Point Park University brings each aspec…
Thanks to my public school system I was never made to read 1984, the classic dystopian novel by George Orwell. I was instead subjected to The Scarlet Letter and The Great Gatsby, neither of …
“Consider yourself, at home! Consider yourself, one of the family!” As the young actors and actresses sing and dance away on Byham Theater’s stage in the fabulous tunes of Lionel Bart�…
If given the choice of eating tiger meat to receive $20,000 or not, I’d eat the meat. In José Rivera’sBrainpeople brought to you by Throughline Theatre however, the characters at a dinn…
“Perhaps nothing touches our imagination more deeply than a story that begins with those four magic words—‘once upon a time’”, said Angela Lansbury at the 1988 Tony Awards, introdu…
Last Friday was opening night for City Theatre’s production of Connor McPherson’sThe Night Alive, directed by Tracy Brigden. This is a tale about a group of Dubliners scraping by in the …
The Pittsburgh Savoyards have been keeping the tradition of opera alive in the ‘burgh for 78 years of “laughing song and merry dance”. Continuing their love of Gilbert and Sullivan’s…
And that they did! They are the Altar Boyz–another international hit boy band that recently “came” to town to entertain to the Pittsburgh audience. But this time, besides pop tunes, el…
Otto Frank walks up the stairs to the annex, slow. The weight of each step increases the higher he goes as he disrupts a ghostlike veneer of dust. He finds himself sitting at a kitchen table…
On Saturday night, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company welcomed home a local theatre icon by opening its 2015-2016 season with an up-tempo farce, Dulcy. While I may or may not be talking …
How do you define Stand up Horror? This past Saturday I once again found myself at Modern Formations: a small gallery locked in the heart of the East End on Penn Avenue within a community …
Acceptance is a complicated thing: It’s easy to preach but hard to practice. Peace and Love are always the goal, but when it comes time to change things for the better and include everyone…
After four weeks of new theater full of joy and excitement, the 25th season of Pittsburgh New Works Festival is coming to an end. I was fortunate enough to be present at both the very first …
I recently had the privilege of attending The Carnegie Stage where The Pittsburgh New Works Festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The Pittsburgh New Works Festival defines itself as …
In Mathematics there is a very popular theory called the “Butterfly Effect”, which says that a butterfly can flap its wings over a flower in China and cause a hurricane in the Amazon rai…
This past Thursday brought me to one of my favorite venues The Little Lake Theatre, located in Canonsburg. The place has a special ambiance to it that few others in the area can achieve.�…
Summer draws to a close and we will soon feel the fall air tumbling down upon us. The trees will don their magical vestments of gold, orange, yellow, and red in a deluge of colors that will …
The desire to learn more is a complicated thing. You’re motivated by the wish to feel smarter, like the people you look up to for all sorts of subjects. But it is difficult to learn new th…
25 years is nothing short of celebratory. In its quarter of a century return, The Pittsburgh New Works Festival manages to retain a gracious amount of humility and appreciation. These are bo…
Stephen Sondheim once said, “To make art sound effortless takes a lot of effort.” And as a community we all understand how fulfilling but also challenging creating theater sometimes can…
