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Quantum Theater never fails to amaze with big bold productions that generate more questions than answers. The latest is radio island a play by Liza Birkenmeier. Billed as a gothic thriller with an interpersonal twist, the show is staged at Rockwell Park in North Point Breeze. Rockwell Park is a mixed use development. radio island […]
Have youatched ‘Night of the Living Dead’? No, you have not. Not until you’ve been part of the unique twist by Bricolage Theater’s Midnight Radio Series. This is their 14th year in residency with this unique live theater experience. And it does not disappoint. Midnight Radio is a live-radio-style series featuring vintage sound effects and […]
Sometimes, a play or perhaps a work of are will creep into your consciousness all week. Your mind turns it over and over, trying to make sense of the details and facts without any clear resolution. Such a play is Refugee Rhapsody currently on stage by Pittsburgh International Classic Theater (PICT) in Carnegie. Pittsburgh is one […]
Who wouldn’t love a documentary about earnest young women plying their neighbors with everyone’s favorite treat – the Girl Scout cookie? They are cute, the cookies are cute, the people who buy are supporting wholesome values, and the meanies who don’t buy are just mean. This documentary has very little of that treacle. Instead, it […]
Eureka Day at City Theatre is a wry, sly, and thoughtful comedy that just might brighten your spring in a dark time. Set in an elite private elementary school, the action centers a leadership committee (aka PTA) and a harried principal struggling to maintain a safe and supportive learning environment, controlling as much as possible […]
New from Apple TV, limited series ‘Imperfect Women’ struggles with imperfect casting that fails to challenge our familiarity the big names. Conceived as a thriller, it felt too familiar to capture my attention until the final episodes. This is the story of Eleanor (Kerry Washington), Mary (Elisabeth Moss) and Nancy (Kate Mara), best friends since […]
I left the production of ‘The Smuggler’ on Friday evening feeling uneasy and disconcerted. It took me awhile to sit with those feelings. We are not them and they are not us. ‘The Smuggler’ is a production of Pittsburgh International Classic Theater at Carnegie Stage running through Sunday, March 22, 2026. The play takes us […]
Pittsburgh has had a surge of adaptations of classics from the ‘Realism’ era of plays when attentions turned to the working class, language was more direct and common, and we were invited into homes and rooms rather than imaginations and myths. Realism seems like a fitting lens to understand how I review a play or […]
I very much enjoy live theater, you’ve probably noticed that in my blogging. Pittsburgh has multiple live theater companies and venues, from community theaters in McKeesport and Carnegie to mainstream denizens of Downtown. We are fortunate, but we are also divided. Honestly, there’s a discernible vibe between the community theaters and the Cultural District theaters. […]
City Theatres co-production of Malcolm X and Redd Foxx Washing Dishes at Jimmy’s Chicken Shack in Harlem came to Pittsburgh in time for a blizzard, the escalation of ICE kidnappings, and the beginning of Black History Month. City Theatre partnered with Dallas Theater Center, Theatre Squared, and Virginia Stage Company. It was a frenzied fit. People seem […]
