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Over seven decades later, World War II still exists as one of the darkest times in the history of mankind. Storytellers continue to mine its historical highs and lows for new content to this…
Next weekend Resonance Works will provide the ultra-rare opportunity of hearing Antonín Dvořák’s Rusalka – an enchanting opera not only new to Pittsburgh, but to be sung in its origin…
Stage 62’s upcoming production, Dogfight is raising a lot of questions. I needed to know what the musical is really about and why anyone invested in local theater arts should not miss it…
The poignancy of life’s arrivals and departures resonate in Pittsburgh Public Theater’s Hamlet, the final production of Ted Pappas’s tenure as artistic director. From the opening quest…
Forbidden Broadway is a charming musical revue that unmasks some of the magic of musical theatre by spoofing the shows, songs, and performers from the great white way. It does so out of love…
As Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center comes closer to the end of their 2017-2018 season, their second to last production is Big Fish. This has been a huge moment for the Center as they used…
It’s a good night of theater when the play you’re watching can make you think. It’s a fun night of theater when the play you’re watching can make you laugh. It’s a cathartic night …
Ronald Harwood’s 1980 play, The Dresser, is the inaugural production in Little Lake Theatre’s 70th anniversary season, and it’s the first time the theatre has staged this play. It’s …
Pittsburgh Opera gave the first of four performances of Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love last night, and a large audience seemed to be so taken with the “potion” offered that the applaus…
Mimesis, inspiration, and authenticity are notions constantly scrutinized and thrown into tension when the artistic process is endeavored upon. When the artistic process grows intertwined in…
I really wasn’t familiar with the plot of Equus before going to see it last Thursday at Duquesne University’s Genesius Theatre. I knew it had something to do with horses that would someh…
What comes first: the music or the lyric? This question has been asked by people of all levels of engagement with the craft of musical theatre. One thing that has been true about musical the…
As the progeny of two alcoholic parents, I felt mixed emotions going into Sean Daniels’ autobiographical play, The White Chip. The play traces his descent into alcoholism and subsequent em…
For the final offering of its current season, Pittsburgh Opera will present Gaetano Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love (L’Elisir d’Amore) beginning next Saturday evening, April 21. With a …
A Bright Room Called Day, CMU’s final mainstage production of the season, traces Germany’s rapid and tumultuous transition from democracy to fascism and focuses on Hitler and the Nazi pa…
Day 3 of Fringe was my marathon day, in which I attempted a feat only dreamed of before. Five shows in one day! I did it, with the help of food trucks, coffee, $3 cocktails, and a brief nap …
The thing with attending the Fringe Festival is that you can’t really know what to expect. I’m keenly aware of this as I enter St. Mary’s Lyceum; as I enter, the only evidence a festiv…
I love going to the theatre on opening night when there’s a sell-out crowd and people are really engaging with the show. That’s why we all do live theatre, right? For the reaction and th…
The final night of the 5th Annual Pittsburgh Fringe Festival found me in yet another basement for three more shows, this time at the Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church. Unlike the prior…
This is only my second year seeing Fringe Fest shows, but I feel like I’m already a pro at it. For instance, this year I didn’t get lost trying to find St. Mary’s Lyceum, and once I wa…
Local Pittsburgh buskers, Sean Miller and Kristin Ward are The Daring Douglasses. If you have been to any Pittsburgh events over the past couple decades, you most likely have seen them, a la…
Children of Heaven produced by Laugh/ Riot Performing Arts Company Is pertinent following the #metoo movement currently storming media. Before the performance begins I am greeted by a woma…
In his 1990 musical Assassins, Stephen Sondheim wrote “It takes a lot of men to make a gun”. In their 2018 production of Recoil, University of Pittsburgh Stages proved that it takes a di…
This year, my first day of Fringe was my last day, but it was no less of an experience than last year’s. My first show was Bobby’s Ballet Lessons in the basement of the Unitarian Churc…
The last day of Fringe felt much like the first…with one major difference. After spending the first two days at St Mary’s Lyceum I was happy to have a change of venue. At this point a de…
