Tuesday, April 28, 2015
"An American in Paris," the new musical co-produced by Pittsburgh CLO leader Van Kaplan, and "Fun Home" led the way with 12 Tony Award nominations each, one ahead of "Something Rotten!,…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:08AM[SHARE]Friday, April 24, 2015
Douglas Levine had of course heard of Jacques Brel and knew some of his songs, but "Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris" was new to the music man of local theater when he…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:54AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 23, 2015
"Hamilton" and "An American in Paris" were 1-2 in nominations for the 2014-15 Drama Desk Awards, announced Thursday afternoon, with 13 and 12 respectively. While those sh…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:00PM[SHARE]The musical "Peter Pan" is having a moment -- several, actually -- mostly on the screen, so you have to crow when a stage production comes along to remind us of the first time Peter makes hi…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 02:10PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Peter Pan is flying high these days, from the live musical watched by millions on television to Broadway's "Finding Neverland" to the star-packed October film "Pan," …
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:50PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 21, 2015
April 27 would have been the 70th birthday of August Wilson, who died nearly 10 years ago on Oct. 2, 2005. The celebrated Pittsburgh playwright and chronicler of the African-American experie…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:04PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Van Kaplan, executive producer of Pittsburgh CLO, was facing his first Broadway opening as a lead producer when he sat down to discuss "An American in Paris," the new musical inspi…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:50PM[SHARE]NEW YORK " So this is the view from the other side, standing onstage at Broadway's century-old Palace Theatre. Downstage center, alone except for crew members and a few ogling visitors, stan…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 07:26AM[SHARE]Monday, April 13, 2015
NEW YORK " Every so often a gem the likes of "An American in Paris" is brought from screen to stage, and for a moment you can stop asking why so many movies are made into musicals. …
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 10:17PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 12, 2015
NEW YORK -- The familiar faces from stage and screen began to arrive on the red carpet a little after 4 p.m. at the Palace Theatre, where "An American in Paris" made had its official Br…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:18PM[SHARE]Living in Las Vegas and working as a freelance director on the West Coast hasn't changed Andrew Paul much. The founder of Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre and now Kinetic Theatre here …
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:00PM[SHARE]Teagle F. Bougere, so impressive in the one man tour-de-force "An Iliad" last year, was an obvious choice to climb the theatrical mountain that is "Othello." But when Pittsburgh Public Theat…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:13PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Karla Boos and Barbara Luderowski think so far out of the box, they are more inclined to first reimagine the box's square shape, then see just how far they can get from it.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:08PM[SHARE]"Dirty Dancing" the stage musical gets off on the right foot, first with a silhouette foreshadowing a familiar romantic team, then with dance pairs getting down and dirty to the song "This M…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Beautiful to gaze upon and a delight to revisit, this latest touring version of "Disney's Beauty and the Beast" is a reminder that the animation giant's leap to live theater was launched wit…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:29PM[SHARE]Monday, March 30, 2015
It took 25 years and a Bruce Springsteen concert for screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein to adapt "Dirty Dancing" into a live musical. Now, 10 years old and a success from Australia to Europe, th…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:11PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 29, 2015
World premieres are playing at two of Pittsburgh's most intimate venues: the family drama "Endless Lawns" and the bio-musical "Dinah," about Queen of the Blues Dinah Washington.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:10PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Alan Stanford's "summer vacation" from his duties as head of PICT Classical Theatre came early this year, and it wasn't much of a vacation. He temporarily rejoined his former home, the Gate …
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:59PM[SHARE]The Rep, Point Park University's professional theater company, closes its 2014-15 season with the world premiere of Pittsburgh playwright Anthony McKay's "Endless Lawns."
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Pam and Dixon are having that experience many parents have when they look at their teenage son or daughter and think, "Who is this alien living in my home?"
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:20AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Todd Kreidler and Eugene Lee have been at this before, as director and solo artist of "How I Learned What I Learned." But this time is different, special. It's the first time the play will b…
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