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Pitt Stages brings August Wilson’s ‘Seven Guitars’ back to Pittsburgh

By Sarah Pine, For The Pitt News • February 19, 2023

Pitt Stages is presenting “Seven Guitars,” written by August Wilson, to celebrate the arrival of 450 boxes of August Wilson’s archives to Hillman Library. The production will run this week from Tuesday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Comedy and censorship featured in ‘I’m Not a Comedian… I’m Lenny Bruce’

By Toni Jackson, Staff Writer • October 23, 2022

“I’m Not a Comedian… I’m Lenny Bruce,” a one-man, one-act show written by and starring Ronnie Marmo, had a limited run Friday and Saturday at the Byham Theater.

Top moments from Pitt men’s basketball so far

By Kate Hall, Staff Writer • February 22, 2019

Though fans haven’t celebrated a win in more than a month, the Pitt men’s basketball team has still provided moments worth cheering for.

“An Iliad” spans the Trojan War in an epic one-man show

By Richard Koppenaal/ For The Pitt News • March 5, 2014

In Pittsburgh Public Theater’s latest production, the concept of a one-man show is pushed to its limit.“An Iliad,” which debuts tonight at the Pittsburgh Public Theater and runs through April 6,...

“Heads” takes poignant look at wartime imprisonment

By Gideon Bradshaw / Senior Staff Writer • February 3, 2014

Warzones and prisons may be Americans’ favorite places. In the popular imagination, both represent Hobbesian settings where life is “nasty, brutish and short” as characters blur pre-existing lines...

Nomadic Quantum Theater explores unconventional spaces

By Allison Latzko / For The Pitt News • January 29, 2014

At the corner of Fourth Avenue and Wood Street, in a large room with grand marble columns and a high ceiling, a small band of lighting and sound technicians, actors and their director prepare for the opening...

‘Parlour Song’ preserves human element of despair

By John Lavanga / A&E Editor • November 7, 2013

“Everything is disappearing.”The succinct, disturbing statement escapes Ned’s mouth in a hushed tone — part panicked confession, part plea for help — as Dale, Ned’s longtime friend and neighbor,...