Friday, August 4, 2017
Neil Simon’s Rumors rumbles with all the kinetic energy of a whodunit but happily ignores the bullet points from the genre’s rulebook. This isn’t a play where the shock and awe come fr…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 03:20PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 27, 2017
The last Saturday night of the month, the Pittsburgh CLO presents Show Tune Saturday Night at the Cabaret in Theatre Square. It was conceived by the Mark Fleischer, the Producing Director at…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 09:07AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 26, 2017
An appreciation for the true essence of ensemble theatre, the electricity of enthusiasm and kinetic nerves that can pulsate through members of a troupe, is something that is not often consid…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 08:08PM[SHARE]I didn’t know much about Texture Contemporary Ballet’s Resounding Sound before arriving at the New Hazlett Theater. I was a fill in for another writer that had fallen ill, so I only rea…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 12:49PM[SHARE]Friday, July 21, 2017
Believe it or not, times used to be harder for those with a career in the journalism industry. No clear victor has emerged in this war between modern journalists and their cantankerous …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 10:52AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 19, 2017
The development of a new musical is a complex art. From the development of the original idea, into a workable script (book), music and lyrics, it is a consuming labor of passion, creativity,…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 10:21AM[SHARE]Monday, July 17, 2017
Classical theatre has a reputation among the American public for being stuffy, cumbersome, and just plain boring. Anyone who has seen a well-performed Shakespeare knows what hogwash this i…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 11:54AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 13, 2017
Few Broadway shows are referred to as often and simultaneously as misunderstood as Stephen Schwartz’s Pippin. For the unfamiliar, it’s a musical about the real-world medieval figures of …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 09:47AM[SHARE]In their ongoing commitment to diverse, vibrantly talented and symphonically-centered productions, Musical Theatre Artists of Pittsburgh (MTAP) is putting forth its second-ever, groundbreaki…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 08:49AM[SHARE]Monday, July 10, 2017
A lot has changed since the 2007 Off-Broadway premiere of In the Heights. For the career of its creator/composer/lyricist/original star Lin-Manuel Miranda. For the landscape of musical theat…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 09:24AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 9, 2017
The further theater strays from the mainstream entertainment spotlight, the more its creators look back to the various ‘have-to-sees’ for its commercial rejuvenation, especially outside …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 01:14PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 6, 2017
The spirit of communities can often be captured and conveyed through gatherings centered around theatrical communing. Much like agoras and church meetings (though often a bit more rowdy, to …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 09:41AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 29, 2017
In keeping with its long, distinguished and successful history of world premieres and making old music new again, Pittsburgh Festival Opera this summer is producing If I Loved You… – a r…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 09:59AM[SHARE]Friday, June 23, 2017
Summer is here, and it’s time to get out of the house and smell that delicious Pittsburgh air! Whether or not that sounds appealing to you, Shakespeare in the park definitely should. You g…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 04:08PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 22, 2017
Women’s bodies, women’s pleasures, the heavily scrutinized relationship between women and the nature and autonomy of their arousal and desire is the object, either directly or indirectly…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 12:28PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Kinetic Theater’s production of Lucas Hnath’s The Christians is a terrific drama, but it’s heavily philosophical and thus necessitates a commitment towards an open, curious mind. At …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 11:16AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 18, 2017
Wonder Woman screenwriter Allan Heinberg has specifically cited Disney’s version of The Little Mermaid as an influence on his script. Viewers can easily recognize the scene where Diana res…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 08:37PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 15, 2017
Psychological disintegration, particularly the sort that centers around visitations from unseen persons and family members, is often a challenging theme to articulate and present on stage. E…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 08:52AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 11, 2017
Commandment 11: Thou shalt buy tickets to this show. I wouldn’t expect God to toot His own horn, especially when he has Gabriel around to do it for Him, but He was remiss in omitting that …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 11:53AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 8, 2017
Westmoreland and Somerset Counties and the entire Laurel Mountain region is world-renowned for their outdoor activities, but another treasure that lies in Westmoreland County is the product…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 01:30PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 6, 2017
12 Peers Theater’s production of Thom Pain (based on nothing) is prefaced by this note from director Vince Ventura: When I first read Thom Pain, I was struck by the density of the language…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 08:46AM[SHARE]Monday, May 29, 2017
A Letter from the Editor, I would like to wish a happy unofficial start of summer to our marvelous readers! Because of you, we made it through another year here at Pittsburgh in the Round! A…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 05:11PM[SHARE]The Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, as the CLO is officially known, has been around for a long time. Its first performances were outdoors at Pitt Stadium in June of 1946. Back then it was a su…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 05:00PM[SHARE]To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the ambitious Opera Theater of Pittsburgh has rebranded as “Pittsburgh Festival Opera,” and will continue to offer musical innovations and rarities tha…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 05:00PM[SHARE]Split Stage Productions, co-owned by Westmoreland County’s Rob Jessup and Nate Newell just wrapped up a successful third season of three shows; Spring Awakening, Carrie and Cabaret. Rob an…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 05:00PM[SHARE]Theatre and the continued vitality of the dramaturgical community thrive upon collaborative spaces, dynamic connections, and open spaces—imagined or real. The rapidly popularizing phenomen…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 05:00PM[SHARE]Our 2017 Summer Musical Preview features a mixed bag of musicals from the interactive Clue, the zany Spamalot to three “serious†musicals exploring life’s purpose; Avenue Q,…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 05:00PM[SHARE]I entered the dimly lit, almost cavernous Kelly Strayhorn Theater on the evening of Saturday, May 20th already in a sort of ethereal fugue state. Delirious from a cross country flight mere h…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 11:30AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 28, 2017
This is a review for WATCH: A Haunting. It is a play by Molly Rice, read at Mansions on Fifth and produced by Real/Time Interventions. But preceding the review, please excuse this small di…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 03:34PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 27, 2017
The Philadelphia Story is a play with contemporary conflict encased within the sepia-toned shell of old Hollywood America. Its relatively complicated social and sexual conflicts are cracks i…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 05:27PM[SHARE]Monday, May 22, 2017
Front Porch Theatricals’ heavenly production of Violet has a lot of baggage. Johnmichael Bohach’s rustic, minimalist scenic design is primarily comprised of suitcases, chests, and duffel…
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