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Tom (Fisher Neal) is just moongazing while Amanda (Lynne Wintersteller) scans the sky anxiously for signs of a better future.

Amid the Fanfare, ‘Menagerie’ Is Quietly Moving

Legendary classic “The Glass Menagerie” starts The Pittsburgh Public Theater’s 40th anniversary season.

Kelsey Carthew stars as Engineer Rein.

October Theater Preview: Trusty Classics, Tantalizing Surprises

Plays on tap in Pittsburgh this October run the gamut from Shakespeare to dystopian satire, plus some new pieces.

haunted by the ghosts of war.|Millen (Ciaran Byrne

“Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme”

“Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme” details a unit of Irish soldiers as they come together to form a cohesive fighting force and explores the casualties suffered by the war’s survivors.

David Larsen

September Theater Preview: Does the Past Foretell Our Future?

Pittsburgh’s theater calendar for September features a strong and diverse up of plays—including several with subjects from the early 20th century.

they'd like to keep it on the up and up

Quantum’s ‘Tamara’: Dancing in a House of Intrigue While Rome Burns

“Tamara,” a remarkable and challenging play, is intimately brought to life through Quantum Theatre’s Pittsburgh production.

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With ‘Side Show,’ Stage 62 Revives a Cult Classic—and Stirs the Audience

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.

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‘Orlando’: a Wild Crossover Story for the Ages. And the Sexes …

Strange things happened on the opening night of Orlando.

From Sci-Fi Spoof to Psychodrama, ‘Acting Out’ Delivers a Bold Bill of New One-Acts

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…

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PICT’s ‘Blithe Spirit’ Wakes the Ghost of Humor Past

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…

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Quantum’s ‘Pantagleize’ Is Seriously Entertaining

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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