Mike Vargo
Plays on tap in Pittsburgh this October run the gamut from Shakespeare to dystopian satire, plus some new pieces.
Pittsburgh’s theater calendar for September features a strong and diverse up of plays—including several with subjects from the early 20th century.
“Tamara,” a remarkable and challenging play, is intimately brought to life through Quantum Theatre’s Pittsburgh production.
This musical about a pair of real-life Siamese twins, the Hilton sisters, gets into some stirring business about real life for all of us.
For an inside lo at the “extreme makeover” of the Warhol Museum, we travel back to its beginnings … then fast-forward to the museum’s new approach to conveying “the multidimensional Mr. Warhol” and his art.
The Andy Warhol Museum has redone its exhibits from top to bottom for its 20th anniversary. More than ever, says our review, the new twists make The Warhol an intriguing “indoor theme park.”
Strange things happened on the opening night of Orlando.
There is nothing in theater quite like an evening of one-acts. If the plays are right you get a greatest-hits effect, a sampling of tightly honed short pieces in different styles and moods. That’s what the Pittsburgh Pride Theater Festival is going for with this year’s offering: two comedies plus two dramas, all of them…
If you enjoy plays that eve the spirits of bygone ages and stages, then PICT Classic Theatre—formerly Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre—is the company for you. Although PICT does some contemporary pieces, it specializes in throwbacks, the many works that either were written or are set in the years before the Internet. The group’s 2014…
It’s not easy to do wacky physical comedy about a dead-serious subject. And when the time comes for theater reviewers to give informal recognition for Best This and That of the current season, Quantum Theatre’s Pantagleize will be on my list for several awards. One would be Best High Five Seen Anywhere. If you are…
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