“Brave Space” By Chicago-Based Aloft Circus Arts (At Iron City Circus Arts On Pittsburgh’s South Side)
The intimate and mesmerizing Brave Space is a circus performance unlike any other you may have...
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“A Doll’s House Part 2” At Pittsburgh Public Theater
A large–one might venture to say, deliberately oversized–dark blue door dominates the elegantly...
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“The Roommate” At City Theatre In Pittsburgh, PA
The detailed open-plan kitchen that greets you as you take your seat at City Theatre’s production...
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“Mumburger” At Off The WALL Productions (Carnegie, PA) And “The Double Threat Trio” At Pittsburgh CLO
Mumburger The tagline in the publicity for Sarah Kosar’s new play Mumburger reads “a surreal play...
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“Saviour Samuel” At Pittsburgh Playwrights Company In Pittsburgh, PA
Set on the Kansas prairie in the late 19thcentury, Mark Clayton Southers’ Saviour Samuel might...
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“An Octoroon” At Kinetic Theatre Company In Pittsburgh, PA
The Octoroon is a 19th-century melodrama by Irish playwright Dion Boucicault that tells the story...
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“The Gun Show (Can We Talk About This?)” At Quantum Theatre In Pittsburgh, PA
While there are several guns conjured to the imagination in EM Lewis’s one-person play The Gun...
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“The Legend Of Georgia McBride” At Barebones Productions In Pittsburgh, PA
Unless you are somehow immune to the infectious pleasures of a good drag show, I’m willing to...
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“The Tempest” At The Pittsburgh Public Theater In Pittsburgh, PA, USA
A couple of decades ago my then-colleague Jan Hagens introduced me to a genre categorization that...
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“Where Did We Sit on The Bus?” at City Theatre, Pittsburgh PA
Playwright/poet/performer Brian Quijada has hope for the future. That’s not an easy orientation to...
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“Androcles and the Lion” And “Espæce” At The Pittsburgh International Festival Of Firsts
The Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts finished in a blaze of glory this past week with...
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“Sweat” at the Pittsburgh Public Theater
I’ve expressed in previous posts my impression that certain recent plays – among them, Hir and The...
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“Pipeline” At City Theatre (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
In 2007, the first year I lived in Pittsburgh, my two children attended Pittsburgh Minadeo...
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What It’s Like To Be A Female Fight Director
“We will not glorify violence” Visit Ruth Cooper-Brown at the weekend and you might...
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World Premiere Musical: “The Lucky Ones”
With downtown theatre audiences, the never-ending challenge is how to push boundaries and create...
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“Dutchman” At Secret Theater
One of New York City’s most dynamic young theater companies makes a bold addition to its...
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“One Green Bottle” Exploring Japanese And English Sensibilities
One Green Bottle is a new-ish work co-written by the renowned Japanese dramatist Hideki Noda and...
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This Week in Theatre History: La Scala (Opera House, Gambling Hall & Bordello) Opened for Business–August 3, 1778
On this day in theatre history–August 3, 1778–the great “La Scala” opera...
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This Week in Theatre History: Queen Anne Dies and American Theatre is Born – August 1, 1714
On this day–August 1–in 1714, England’s Queen Anne I died, marking the end of the...
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This Week in Theatre History: Drama Places 2nd at Olympic Games–July 28, 1928
Here’s a curious piece of theatre as well as Olympic history: It was on this day (July 28)...
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