You could say Ann Talman has been working on her one-woman show, "Woody's Order!," since birth. "Or you could say before birth, actually," said the actress known for roles on "Seinfeld," "Ge…
As the PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh series works its way through the Tony Awards class of 2015, "Something Rotten!" should be remembered as the musical that delivered the longest and…
Two off-Broadway award winners opened in Pittsburgh last week, one set amid the multimedia circus of scripted professional wrestling, the other in the brutal world of early 20th-century boxi…
It happens rarely these days, a cast stepping off Broadway to take a show on tour, and "Something Rotten!" is a rare musical " a throwback to crowd-pleasing comedies aimed at belly laughs an…
Pittsburgh Public Theater's "Twelfth Night" has switched scenes at the start, so you will have to wait until Scene II to hear, "If music be the food of love, play on." What's more, the Shake…
Yes, there are talking, singing gargoyles in the musical stage version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," based on the 1996 Disney animated film. Both were inspired by the 1831 Victor Hugo no…
The first Black Bottom Film Festival, showcasing African-American contributions to cinema, has been announced for Feb. 24-26 at the August Wilson Center for African American Culture, 980 Lib…
Just got back from a concert and had a great time but, man, was it freaky.
While August Wilson's "Fences" was on its way to four Oscar nominations, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust was working with Paramount Pictures and director-star Denzel Washington to finalize pla…
The gym at the Ace Hotel in East Liberty has been transformed into a, well, gym. More precisely, it's a place where a Living Legend, a Nature Boy and a Hulk would feel right at home.
August Wilson's work has long been showered with awards, and since his death in 2005, the Pittsburgh native's plays continually have been among the most-produced in America.
Tony Award nominee Euan Morton auditioned for the lead of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" with no experience walking in heels. Paul McGill was hired as the tour's assistant choreographer. As a d…
No one lands a punch in "The Royale," but that doesn't mean the play doesn't pack one.
Tome Cousin recalled a young actor talking about being the token person of color at a final callback for a Broadway show and how the story struck a chord deep in his own experience " with an…
"Fences" already is well on its way to becoming one of the 21st century's top box-office successes for play-to-screen adaptations.
The dazzling play "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" is a visual feast like no other, a panoply of techno wizardry, performance artistry and the pulsing rhythms of a family …
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" started as an award-winning 2003 novel, with a mouthful of a title inspired by a Sherlock Holmes short story.
The New Year comes in like a lion on Pittsburgh stages, with the Tony- and Olivier Award-winning play "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" headlining a wintry mix that include…
"If you live the life," Rocky Bleier tells us, "you can't escape the stories." He's talking about his Steelers roommate, the ferocious Jack Lambert, but it's his story we've come to hear, an…
The late August Wilson had four special visitors in the spring.
Shakespeare wrote in a time when only white men could act in his plays, yet centuries later, his writing still speaks to the human condition.
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" will be the next August Wilson play to be brought to the screen by Denzel Washington, according to The Stage, a United Kingdom-based website devoted …
Just before Thanksgiving and without fanfare, Kevin McMahon re-enlisted as president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.
Reliable signs that it's Christmastime in Downtown Pittsburgh include outdoor ice skating and a holiday market, the Horne's " yes, Horne's " tree lighting up the night and Pittsburgh CLO's "…
A wide-ranging group of theater artists will hold a town hall meeting tonight to address authors' rights and equitable casting in stage productions. The gathering "is a call-to-action and a …