Must there always be a bedazzling display of flashing neon lights bundled with the magical glitz and glamour of resplendent people as they take their seats in some opulent theater. The light…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 04:57PM[SHARE]Having only briefly heard a mention of Howard Phillip (H.P.) Lovecraft in a high school literature class many years ago, I really had no idea what to expect walking into the Maker Theater fo…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 01:30PM[SHARE]As I pulled up to the Allegheny Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and then got back in my car and looped around to the former Northside Library (thinking to myself that I should’ve paid more …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 07:40PM[SHARE]My love for The Rocky Horror Show stems back to high school. I was a shy kid and the classic 70’s cult film was weird, sexy, and made absolutely no sense to me. But damn it felt fun. It le…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 12:49PM[SHARE]A wannabe novelist, an aspiring young filmmaker, an extremely liberal HBO executive, and a 17 year old fighting with her identity and religion bring together the cast of City Theatre’s pro…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 02:07PM[SHARE]Endless Lawns is an example of excellent execution of a poor plan. The problems with the production cannot be attributed to those who put together this incarnation of the play (its world p…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 12:15AM[SHARE]The Disappearing, a reading presented on Saturday night came across as very entertaining, and yet now it’s gone! Edgar Allen Poe’s works still can make a splash while remaining completel…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 06:04PM[SHARE]Twelve years after August Wilson performed his final play, the Pittsburgh Public Theater presents the Pittsburgh premiere of How I Learned What I Learned. The play is an autobiographical loo…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 03:44PM[SHARE]Prime Stage Theatre states the following two principles in their mission statement “… to entertain, educate, and enrich…” and “to bring literature to life.” These goals are both …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 04:13PM[SHARE]What do light boxes, aerial performers and copious amounts of plastic wrap have in common? They all were at the Quantum Theatre’s annual Q Ball Saturday night. Held at the work-in-progress…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 08:07PM[SHARE]City Theatre provided lots of laughs with its Pittsburgh premiere of Elemeno Pea by Molly Smith Metzler. This comedy of minimal manners bursts at the seams with the personalities of just fiv…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 04:44PM[SHARE]In their 77th season, The Pittsburgh Savoyards opened their latest production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado Friday night. Specifying “Gilbert and Sullivan” may be a bit redundan…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 12:02PM[SHARE]Like a lot of young men who went to college less than ten years ago, I am a fan of Mel Brooks. I can quote Spaceballs and Blazing Saddles for hours. I think The Producers is an excellent mus…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 06:40PM[SHARE]When Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts premiered in 1882 it was deemed incredibly controversial and disgusting for what it portrayed on stage. These days it takes a bit more to shock an audience, and …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 06:17PM[SHARE]Sometimes when watching an old TV show or movie you may ask, “Did people ever really talk and act like that?” Shows like The Brady Bunch were so squeaky-clean and optimistic you have to …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 09:18AM[SHARE]A packed house filled the Philip Chosky Theater on Friday night preceding Dorothy (Annie Yokom), Aunt Em (Johari Mackey), and Uncle Henry’s (Ethan Crystal) appearance on stage. While I had…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 05:09PM[SHARE]PICT previewed its world premiere of For the Tree to Drop, written by Lissa Brennen and directed by Alan Stanford, last week. This show is a snapshot of life on a plantation in the 1860s and…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 02:59PM[SHARE]Once upon a time; in the deepest and darkest part of the forest there is a murder. A murder complete with screaming, lots of screaming, and blood, lots of blood. To hear the story of this da…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 05:06PM[SHARE]You can do a lot of things for Valentine’s Day. You can go to a super crowded restaurant with your significant other and gaze desperately into their eyes, questioning whether your love is …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 07:39AM[SHARE]Existence and the Single Girl, by Pittsburgh playwright Matt Henderson and produced by 12 Peers Theater, opened last week at The Maker Theater in Shadyside. This world premier production doe…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 06:53AM[SHARE]Prussia: 1866 is very much a classic comedy of manners; a high speed, high energy fiasco featuring politics, deception and a number of love affairs. I find myself reminded of the 1939 film R…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 11:24AM[SHARE]I will say this for Quantum Theatre: they know how to spoil their audience in terms of location and dining. To match the stand-up comedy theme of Brahman/i, Quantum has set up shop at “The…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 11:01AM[SHARE]Mr. Joy, which is thought of as a sequel of sorts to Daniel Beaty’s first popular solo work, Emergency!, illuminated the stage for a packed house on Friday, January 30. Emergency!, which t…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 08:39AM[SHARE]The Pittsburgh Public Theater is taking audiences to the streets and ballrooms of London with its production of My Fair Lady that opened this weekend. Based on George Bernard Shaw‘s book …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 12:38PM[SHARE]If you were a girl who grew up in the 90’s (such as myself) you’d most likely be able to name all of the Disney princesses by heart. I always swore when I grew up I’d show my kids all.…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 08:56AM[SHARE]Before Off The Wall Theatre’s production of Or begins, the actors walk out onto the stage and begin organizing their costumes, props, doing vocal warmups, and a bit of light mingling with …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 05:55PM[SHARE]The glory of war and courage of our veterans are two topics our country never shies away from speaking about, but when it comes to the repercussions it can have on our soldiers, who are ofte…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 02:42PM[SHARE]When asked to pick a favorite musical my mind would not automatically go to Urinetown. Then I see a production of Urinetown and I think “wow, this is a really perfect show”. It has the m…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 03:18PM[SHARE]The Bricolage Production Company opened its premier of It’s a Wonderful Life, part of the Midnight Radio series, to a sold out house on Thursday evening. Most people are familiar with th…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 10:21AM[SHARE]I’ve worked in retail for quite a few holiday seasons and I will attest that it gives you a really jaded view of the holiday season. Nothing titillates me for Christmas anymore. The songs …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 06:41PM[SHARE]I have been fortunate enough in the last few months to see two productions of Tennessee Williams’ works. Last month I saw the Pittsburgh Public Theater’s The Glass Menagerie and then mor…
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