Pitt vs. Virginia; ‘Equus’ Near End of Run at The Public; Revel + Roost Halloween Party (Sat., 10/28/17)

1) The Pitt Panthers earned their first ACC win last week in beating Duke. Today the next conference opponent is the Virginia Cavaliers. Let’s hope the offensive line opens some big holes up again for running back Darrin Hall who set a new record last week for longest run from scrimmage. Best of luck Coach Narduzzi and team! Heinz Field, 12:30 p.m. 100 Art Rooney Ave., North Shore.

Who’s in charge? Doctor Dysart (Daniel Krell) has the upper hand but Alan (Spencer T. Hamp) has the horsepower. photo: Michael Henninger

2) British playwright Peter Shaffer is best known for Amadeus, but his most striking work is the 1973 play Equus, which has a strange backstory. Shaffer wrote Equus after hearing of a gruesome crime in which a young man blinded horses by driving spikes into their eyes. Trying to imagine what was behind such an act, Shaffer spun a fictional tale with eerie mythic overtones: A psychiatrist examining the criminal finds him to be a troubled teenager who worships horses (the boy’s horse-god is “Equus”) and is sexually attracted to them. It turns out he committed the crime when so-called normal life intruded, and the psychiatrist, himself a key character, comes to question his own views of normality. Equus was a sensation in London and won the 1975 Tony Award for Best Play on Broadway. Yet it later faded from the radar when Shaffer, for  reasons that aren’t clear, withheld production rights until finally approving a 2007 revival with Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe as the young man. The play is now back in circulation and Pittsburgh Public Theater stages Equus. 2 and 8 p.m. Performances continue through Octoberber 29. O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Cultural District. (MV)

3) Looking for a cool place to have some Halloween fun? Well look no further than one of Pittsburgh’s hottest spots—Revel +Roost. The second annual event’s theme is Heaven & Hell and features two hours of open bar, two floors of live DJ music, heavenly hors d’oeurves, tempting cocktails, costume contests, prizes and more. The first floor of the two-story restaurant and bar—Revel—will have an open bar from 9-11 p.m. and DJ Matt Porter until 1 a.m. Dress spooky, gory, or sexy to win the Halloween costume contest  On the second floor at Roost will be heavenly appetizers and desserts from 9 until 11 p.m. with dancing to a DJ. 242 Forbes Ave., a few steps from Downtown’s Market Square.

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