BWW Review: PUMP BOYS & DINETTES Brings Bluegrass to the Burgh
A little country twang and some sweet pies are all this short musical comedy needs to charm to a little ol' Pittsburgh crowd.
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A little country twang and some sweet pies are all this short musical comedy needs to charm to a little ol' Pittsburgh crowd.
Kander and Ebb's legendary musical has never been more timely.
The Renaissance was an era of rebirth, new ideas, and particularly in Elizabethan England, grand works of literature.
After a two-decade wait, Disney's cult animated musical finally comes to the stage, in an all too timely production.
Before Hedwig was the semi-known rock star she is today, she was a resident of East Berlin during the Cold War who found solace in American rock music.
Few things are as riveting as watching an actor or actress that demands an audience's attention 100% of the time while they are onstage/onscreen.
Juxtaposing 1940 and 2016 America, you can easily pick out the undeniable differences that layer society, from technology to familial roles and everything in between.
It's a complicated time in a confusing culture for members of the New York City Hair tribe; the Vietnam War has brought a counterculture revolution that vexes many of these youthful Americans.
Showcasing demonic puppets, sex with students, and religous overtones works wonderfully in City Theatre's HAND TO GOD
What is the most beautiful thing in the world? Nature? Love? Food? What if I told you that for some, the answer was shoes? That is the exact mantra the Price family has passed down though the generations and unto the most recent heir, Charlie.
The REP at the Pittsburgh Playhouse began its 2016-2017 season with a bang, producing a bold and unapologetically poignant piece of theatre featuring an incredibly diverse cast with an important social message.
From this famous play sprung the modern sitcom fully-formed, but it's a little darker than you might remember.
A 1950's house, complete with a rotary phone and tube radio, a milkman and rude jock, a sexist husband and loving wife, is the setting for Come Back, Little Sheba, the superb first play written by William Inge and produced by The Summer Company.
Baseball players doing pirouettes is not a typical pregame warm-up many major leaguers have, but that certainly doesn't stop the cast of Pittsburgh CLO's Damn Yankees from dancing their shoes off from left field to right, or rather, stage left to right.
Divas and divos laced in black are strutting across a Pittsburgh stage and bringing the scandalous stories of Chicago's Cook County jail to life.
Barbara Burgess-Lefebvre's eerie production of the impressionist musical takes the show back to its roots, for better and for worse.
A British encounter of a younger kind is sweeping the stage on 7th Street in downtown Pittsburgh.
The acclaimed university's children's theatre double feature explores the wide variety of possibilities for family entertainment.
Imagine yourself in middle school again.
It's not too often that Elizabeth, Pennsylvania is fortunate enough to see real talent grace its stage.
The New Hazlett Theater in Pittsburgh's Allegheny Center is always an eclectic experience.
Figaro! Figaro! Figaro! It's hard not to sing his name over and over again as the barber did effortlessly in Pittsburgh Opera's production.
A first impression can last a long time.
PMT wrings good performances from an imperfect musical, but when the music sounds this good, it's hard to complain too much.
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