Walking past the central fountain in Highland Park and through the emerald-colored grass on Sunday afternoon, visitors encountered a tent in the shadows of a large tree. Surrounding the tent were individuals...
“The Devil is a Lie” offers an entirely immersive environment where the audience is an essential function of the show. This fast-paced theatrical feat forces audiences to confront their biases, running through April 30 in the Frick Building in downtown Pittsburgh.
Pitt Stages presents “The 39 Steps,” a play comedy that follows the story of thick-accented Richard Hannay, whose mundane life turns upside down when he meets a mysterious woman at the theater.
“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.
By Patrick Swain, Senior Staff Writer
• October 11, 2022
Regent Theater charmed Pittsburghers strolling along Penn Avenue in East Liberty a century ago. The building is now the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, and the community around it looks nearly unrecognizable.
At Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s production of “Evil Dead: The Musical,” many audience members come dressed in all white, hoping that the blood splatter sprayed at them from the stage will serve as a momento.
Ella Mizera and Theo Fantozzi, college students who met in high school, found a way to honor Shakespeare’s legacy when they started the Youth Shakespeare Society of Pittsburgh in 2019.
By Julia Kreutzer, Senior Staff Columnist
• January 30, 2022
Amid yet another surge of COVID-19, another bat with virtual classes and another year of “pivoting,” apathy has become the name of the game. It seems we’re giving up — whether it’s becoming more and more pessimistic about performing, sacrificing some worker safety to preserve the workforce or seeming to ignore rising cases.
