Mike Vargo

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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.

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.

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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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The Elusive Andy and Why Elvis Won’t Leave: Behind the Scenes at the Remaking of The Warhol

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.

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The Revamped Warhol: More than an Art Museum, It’s a Theme Park of the Mind

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.”

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

Strange things happened on the opening night of Orlando.

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Why ‘Tribes’ Might Be the Play of the Year

How good a play is Tribes? To answer properly, I’d have to be all thumbs. Then I could give it ten thumbs up. Or nine, anyway. Maybe it falls a bit short of perfection. The point is that multiples and superlatives are needed to describe this play by Nina Raine, currently at City Theatre, because…

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It’s a Wide, Wild World of Art at the Carnegie International

Any time is a good time to visit the Carnegie Museum of Art, but now is a great time.

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‘Madagascar’ at Quantum: a Midwinter’s Tale of a Strange Fall

One of the oldest themes in drama is the downfall of a great family. In such ancient Greek plays as the Oresteian Trilogy, or in Shakespeare’s King Lear, it is a royal family that comes to grief. In J.T. Rogers’s Madagascar—now being performed by Quantum Theatre—we follow the misfortunes of an upper-class American family, members…

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