140 stories by "Jessica Neu"
By JESSICA NEU It’s April 7, 2000. You have a pager, a fresh new outfit from either Pac Sun, Delia’s, or Charlotte Russe, and you are ready to watch MTV’s Total Request Live. 98 Degr…
BY JESSICA NEU It’s 2025. Your aerosol Aqua Net cans have been empty for decades, and you traded in your Trans Am for a three-row SUV. Pop music is a little less synthesized, there are not…
By JESSICA NEU Coring Works proudly presents its latest work in The Glue Factory Project series, Stand By – An Allegory. The performance features critically acclaimed performers, inclu…
BY JESSICA NEU I have had the pleasure of attending multiple shows at Liberty Magic. Each time, stage manager Zoe Ruth enthusiastically greets the audience. She introduces the acclaimed ma…
By JESSICA NEU Theatrical performances function in countless ways. Some shows are purely for entertainment. Some carry a timeless theme but still make us laugh. Some shows evoke a sense of n…
By JESSICA NEU The Bodytraffic company flew onto the Byham Theater stage last night. Continuing the Pittsburgh Dance Councilseason, artistic director Tina F. Berkett and creative part…
By JESSICA NEU A digitized body of calm water titled “Life of Pi” transformed the traditional curtain at the Benedum Center into a pool of tranquility. The bold blues of the water and th…
BY JESSICA NEU Sometimes a theatrical performance comes along that is more than a show. The words, songs, or actions penetrate your brain and speak to your soul. A core memory is create…
By JESSICA NEU The second in a series by onStage’s writers looking back on the past year’s performances. In 2024, Russell Wilson became a Steeler, and we were ‘totally eclipsed,’ …
By JESSICA NEU There was a buzz in the air at Heinz Hall last night before the Pittsburgh Symphony took the stage to perform along to the 2003 British Comedy Love Actually on Decembe…
By JESSICA NEU Based on Jean Shepherd’s 1966 book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash, A Christmas Story the play, has morphed into a holiday classic. Beginning with the film in 1983…
By JESSICA NEU With Heinz Hall perfectly adorned with its traditional Christmas decorations and a host of brass instruments meticulously set on the proscenium in front of the closed stage cu…
By JESSICA NEU After we wrap up the holidays and have picked up all the bottles on New Year’s Day, the PNC Broadway series continues with the classic musical Funny Girl at the Benedum Ce…
By JESSICA NEU Each year, as the holiday season draws near, there are countless symbols, themes, metaphors, and representations of Christmas. The spirit of Christmas is all around, from song…
BY JESSICA NEU What comes to mind when you hear the name Michael Jackson? Perhaps “King of Pop,” Genius, the moonwalk, a Glove, white socks and black shoes, the Jackson 5, Bubbles the C…
BY JESSICA NEU I was a senior in High School when I was first introduced to the multi-hyphenate Broadway extraordinaire Jason Robert Brown. My friends at CAPA were doing Parade as their S…
By JESSICA NEU By definition, a constellation is a group of visible stars that form a visible pattern. This pattern, however, is based solely on one’s perception, thereby rendering infinit…
By JESSICA NEU Magic is one of those concepts that can be interpreted and defined in a myriad of ways. Magic is a personal concept that can correlate to anything from hope to the daily munda…
By JESSICA NEU Any performance by the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater is guaranteed to be a masterclass in technique, poise, elegance, and intricate choreography. PBT opens its 55th Emerald Annive…
By JESSICA NEU “To be or not to be” a Shakespeare historian… “that is the question.” Regardless of your Shakespeare knowledge, you can conjure up a general synopsis of Romeo and…
By JESSICA NEU Iron Horse Theater Company continues its 2024 season with a riveting production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. The play by Simon Stephens, based on M…
By JESSICA NEU Miguel Muñoz, World Champion of Magic, opens Liberty Magic‘s 2024-25 season with his show What is Magic for You? Muñoz is a magician, circus artist, and Puntocero co-dir…
By JESSICA NEU Texture Contemporary Ballet’s Fragments of Time opened Friday evening at the New Hazlett Theater. The show opens Artistic Director Alan Obuzor’s 2016 work “Un-Pres…
Portraying "Hamilton" Tyler Fauntleroy leads us on a journey. Fauntleroy's Hamilton is near perfection. He adds his own modulations and inflections throughout the show to make the character …
By JESSICA NEU I had the pleasure of recently interviewing Marja Harmon and Lauren Mariasoosay, who will perform on stage at the Benedum Center from September 11th to 29th as part of t…
