THEATER REVIEWS


Stage review: 'Orphans' interesting but lacks fire

Stage review: 'Orphans' interesting but lacks fire

2013-05-19 00:02:16

Offstage distractions take their toll on this play's first foray into Broadway, leading to a shortened run.


Stage review: Kuntu bids farewell with Penny reprise

Stage review: Kuntu bids farewell with Penny reprise

2013-05-17 00:05:06

"Good Black Don't Crack" ends Kuntu Repertory Theatre's 38-year run.


Review: Lovely swan songs mark the opening of 'Honk Jr.'

Review: Lovely swan songs mark the opening of 'Honk Jr.'

2013-05-16 00:11:11

Pittsburgh Playhouse Junior's production of "Honk Jr." is beautiful.


Stage review: 'Tarzan' a family-friendly jungle romp

Stage review: 'Tarzan' a family-friendly jungle romp

2013-05-16 00:08:28

Pittsburgh Musical Theater presents the tale of a man raised by apes -- complete with Phil Collins songs.


Stage review: City's 'Abigail' gives history spooky twist

Stage review: City's 'Abigail' gives history spooky twist

2013-05-15 00:14:52

Supernatural melodrama conjures demons and spirits but not the spirit of Abigail Williams' life and times.


Movies are motivation for 3 Broadway plays

Movies are motivation for 3 Broadway plays

2013-05-08 00:02:33

Choices on Broadway include a musical about drag queen and his boots, a comedy with Chekhovian overtones and a 1940s drama that sticks a kni


Stage review: 'Ma Noah' adeptly tackles tough issues

Stage review: 'Ma Noah' adeptly tackles tough issues

2013-05-07 00:13:34

Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre's "Ma Noah" mixes comedy and drama.


Stage review: 'Clybourne Park' mixes class, race, comedy

Stage review: 'Clybourne Park' mixes class, race, comedy

2013-05-01 00:09:26

Pittsburgh Public Theater's "Clybourne Park" offers humorous and thought-provoking look at race and class.


Review: Pittsburgh Opera's 'Cinderella' hilarious, well done

Review: Pittsburgh Opera's 'Cinderella' hilarious, well done

2013-04-29 00:07:56

The production of the dramma giocoso Saturday night at the Benedum Center was irresistible, with an old-fashioned, droll quality to it.


Alan Cumming returns with one-man 'Macbeth'

Alan Cumming returns with one-man 'Macbeth'

2013-04-23 00:03:05

The Scottish actor plays all the roles in Shakespeare's blood-drenched portrait of power lust and a pushy queen.


Stage review: Touring production of 'Anything Goes' takes audiences back to simpler times

Stage review: Touring production of 'Anything Goes' takes audiences back to simpler times

2013-04-18 00:16:39

Snappy 'Anything Goes' will lift spirits above sea of modern turmoil.


Stage review: PICT's 'Our Class,' an important play about WWII mass murder of Jews in Poland

Stage review: PICT's 'Our Class,' an important play about WWII mass murder of Jews in Poland

2013-04-17 00:09:30

PICT's powerful "Our Class" loses a bit of its dramatic steam in a documentary-style Act 2.


An appreciation: Huge Penn-Trafford troupe undertakes 'Guys and Dolls'

An appreciation: Huge Penn-Trafford troupe undertakes 'Guys and Dolls'

2013-04-11 07:59:17

For Penn-Trafford, which has been producing a musical each spring since 1974, this is the first "Guys and Dolls" performance.


London shows carry theme of death of an empire

London shows carry theme of death of an empire

2013-04-10 00:16:25

London theater scene beckons with "People," "The Judas Kiss," "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" and "Matilda."


Stage review: 'Dream of Autumn' a surreal journey

Stage review: 'Dream of Autumn' a surreal journey

2013-04-10 00:07:31

Abstract Jon Fosse play staged by Quantum Theatre at former Park Schenley puts heavy demands on concentration and imagination.


Stage review: Three actresses make 'Little Gem' sparkle at City Theatre

Stage review: Three actresses make 'Little Gem' sparkle at City Theatre

2013-04-09 00:04:30

A three-person play from Ireland, "Little Gem" shows different facets as it turns and you gain access to its refracting depths.


Stage review: Moving, funny 'Sisters Grey' holds much promise

2013-04-05 00:11:20

"The Sisters Grey" staged at the August Wilson Center humors and touches the heart.


Stage review: Set of 'Antarktikos' helps play explore a cold stage of life

Stage review: Set of 'Antarktikos' helps play explore a cold stage of life

2013-04-03 00:01:07

Set design for time-twisting play ups the ante for production at Pittsburgh Playhouse.


Review: 'Book of Mormon' lives up to the hype in Pittsburgh tour stop

Review: 'Book of Mormon' lives up to the hype in Pittsburgh tour stop

2013-03-28 14:01:48

National tour of Tony-winning show fires on all cylinders while heralding a new wave of musical theater entertainers.


Stage review: City Theatre in tune with moving tale of black classical singer

Stage review: City Theatre in tune with moving tale of black classical singer

2013-03-19 00:18:36

An African-American opera singer Roland Hays follows his artistic bliss and fights racism in City Theatre's "Breath & Imagination."


Stage review: 'Thurgood' a vivid portrait of justice

Stage review: 'Thurgood' a vivid portrait of justice

2013-03-16 00:15:32

Pittsburgh Public Theater's "Thurgood" tells the tale of the first African-American associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.


'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' driven to glittery stage spectacle

'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' driven to glittery stage spectacle

2013-03-06 11:46:13

Sparkle and Spandex star in drag-queen road movie's musical reinvention at the Benedum through Sunday.


Stage Review: Energetic 'Pony' gallops in too many directions

2013-03-06 00:07:14

Pulsing with a manic energy, Off the Wall's "Looking for the Pony" is heartfelt but sometimes scattered.


CMU does justice to 'Spring Awakening'; Point Park works to clean up the messy Cold War-set 'Chess'

CMU does justice to 'Spring Awakening'; Point Park works to clean up the messy Cold War-set 'Chess'

2013-02-27 00:14:16

CMU and Point Park stage rewarding musical theater fare with "Chess" and "Spring Awakening."


Theater review: 'Cat on Hot Tin Roof' smolders

Theater review: 'Cat on Hot Tin Roof' smolders

2013-02-26 00:06:56

Scarlett Johansson is more actress than star in the revival of this American epic at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York.


Pop power of 'American Idiot' jolts Heinz Hall

Pop power of 'American Idiot' jolts Heinz Hall

2013-02-20 14:58:02

The Tony-nominated Green Day musical is infused with gritty energy.


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