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Critics of all varieties of storytelling use phrases like “cheap tactics” and “emotionally manipulative” when describing certain works – imagine one of the dozens of films where a …
“the gay love of Shakespeare” Ah, to be gay in a bar… …man to man…the expression of love… …the freedom? How can one celebrate the love of one man to another? Is it with pri…
[the_ad id=”2996″] Eff.UL.Gents is the most recent creation from choreographer Elisa-Marie Alaio and FireWALL Dance Theater, debuting at Carnegie Stage now through July 16. This work rad…
[the_ad id=”2996″] There was much that was “new” in the air last night, when Opera Theater of Pittsburgh’s “SummerFest” presented Cole Porter’s 1949 Broadway hit, Kiss Me, Ka…
Let’s make one thing very clear: I will not being doing any stupid baseball puns in this review. Damn Yankees has been around for over fifty years, and I’m sure every possible joke has b…
CORRECTION: The original post stated Daina Michelle Griffith’s monologue was pre-recorded when it was actually performed live backstage. Tact Theater’s double-feature of Beckett’s Not …
There are few examples in modern history of a mass culture growing as rapidly as America did during the 1960s. It was the ‘60s that saw us making radical pushes for equal rights, legitimiz…
[the_ad id=”2996″] I knew nothing about James Michael Shoberg’s Bloody Hell walking into the unassuming McKeesport Little Theater, nor did I understand what, exactly, Rage of the Stage…
And it’s “on” in more ways than one. The reworking of Bizet’s classic (a success during the “SummerFest” of 2012, but new to the writer) had its first performance Wednesday night…
Throughline Theatre’s Judgment at Nuremburg is a particularly sober show. I noted the lines that got laughs. There were three in its entirety. Despite the somber context (military trib…
Titillating. Timely. Top-notch. It’s that Pittsburgh Public Theater production whose poster makes everyone nervously giggle or raise an eyebrow. You know, that one with the whip… Now tha…
This was the first year that Pittsburgh Playwrights’ Festival in Black and White was done in conjunction with the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival. An institution at 937 Liberty Ave,…
This past weekend, June 2- June 5, City Theatre held its annual Momentum Festival: new plays at different stages. Momentum is another way City Theatre focuses on its mission of new play deve…
Somewhere in the second act of The Consorts, which is currently in production by The Summer Company at Duquesne University’s The Genesius Theater, I fell in love with the play. The exact m…
There is much to be excited about for off the WALL’s upcoming 2016-2017 season and Pittsburgh in the Round was lucky enough to speak with Artistic Director of the company, Virginia Wall Gr…
A Letter from the Editor To our beloved readers, As most of you know, Pittsburgh in the Round has been working over two years to bring you the most comprehensive coverage of the local theate…
Throughline Theatre returns this season at Grey Box Theater, as we eagerly await this year’s intriguing theme of Can You Trust the Government? Pittsburgh in the Round has this season’s…
Get out your gram’s poodle skirt and slip on the Ray-Bans for some summer lovin’ at the 10 Minute Play Fest. This DIY theater cabaret that rolls out thrice a year and it happens again on…
There’s always something brand new at Quantum Theatre. Returning audiences know that they may experience theater as some locations only once as they visit niches of Pittsburgh poised for r…
In her fifteen seasons as City Theatre’s Artistic Director, Tracy Brigden has witnessed an evolution in the staging of plays and playwriting. According to Brigden, the writing and style is…
This is the twelfth year of Pittsburgh Playwrights’ Theatre Festival in Black and White. It is the first year it will be at the Three Rivers Arts Fest. I had a chance to sit down with …
After a financially rewarding, well attended season that was included in the Post-Gazette’s annual “Best of” roundup, in January of 2016 Little Lake Theater made a significant artistic…
Opera Theater of Pittsburgh’s 5th annual “SummerFest” is coming soon, and promises many musical treats – and the innovative company has a standing track record of making good on its …
Living in a small town can mean a lot of things. Some are happily comfortable and take pride in their town. Others view it as a prison that they have no idea how to escape. But for some folk…
In my past trips to CLO’s Cabaret Theater, I’ve seen a fast-paced farce (Boeing-Boeing) and a cutie pie musical (First Date) that both featured casts running around playing multiple char…
