Theater

Cool Picks Sunday November 11, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The Who’s “Quadrophenia” is a rock opera and film that chronicles the running lives and battles between two rival English groups, the “mods” versus the “rockers.” In the movie, the “mod” character (Ace-Face) is played by musician Sting.  The Quadrophenia album produced many hits for the band including “The Real…

Cool Picks Friday November 9, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Chicago just arrived in Pittsburgh last night, the musical that is. In the story, housewife and dancer Roxie Hart kills her departing on-the-side r as he threatens to end the relationship. She tries to beat the wrap by hiring a slick criminal attorney and…

Cool Picks Saturday November 3, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Mozart’s opera, Don Giovanni takes the stage at the Benedum tonight. Don Giovanni is a tale of an Italian r with many conquests who is undone by his own behavior. Sung in Italian with English texts projected above the stage, it was originally premiered…

Cool Picks Friday November 2, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Clowns, elephants, tigers, horses, hoops, trapeze artists, three rings all add up to the “Greatest Show on Earth.” Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has pulled into town, performing their latest version of their classic circus, “Fully Charged.” Circus is in town thru Sunday.…

Cool Picks Saturday October 27, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh Entertainment every day! 1) Voodoo Bayou, Mortem Manor, Villa of the Vampires, Bio-Fear: these are not bad housing developments, they’re rather haunted attractions at Kennywood Park’s Phantom Fright Nights. Enjoy your favorite rides in total darkness, but watch out. You won’t know what’s out there until it’s too late! This…

Cool Picks Tuesday October 23, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society launches their fall season with the award winning Jerusalem Quartet. The Quartet will be playing a program of pieces composed by Mozart, Shostakovich and Borodin. Hear great music in a beautiful setting. Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland. 7:30 p.m., 4400…

Cool Picks Friday October 19, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) Quantum Theatre opens their fall season with Ainadamar, an avant garde play based on dreams of Spanish freedom during the reign of fascist dictator Francisco Franco. The play is written by Osvaldo Golijov and directed by Karla Boos. 8 p.m . East Liberty Presbyterian…

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Maple & Vine: Strange Ride, Smooth Machine

    Is it a must-see? Coming from a free country, let’s just say Maple and Vine at the City Theatre is a you-really-ought-to-see-it. The play is entertainingly weird, not to mention weirdly entertaining. It is a rare idea well done; and it will leave you thinking. Unless you prefer not to think too much.…

Cool Picks Thursday October 18, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) It’s opening night for The Producers, the latest production of Point Park University’s Playhouse. Fraudulent producers attempt to bilk investors out of their money by producing a show that’s sure to fail, only it doesn’t. Comedian Mel Bros co-wrote the story and wrote the music…

Cool Picks Wednesday October 17, 2012

Cool Picks brings you the best in Pittsburgh entertainment every day! 1) The Manhattan Transfer bring their cool jazz to the Palace Theatre tonight. Multi-Grammy award winners, Manhattan Transfer are known for their rich vocal harmonies. 8 p.m., 21 W. Otterman St., Greensburg. 2) Citizens Bank and Pittsburgh International Children’s Theatre present If You Give a Mouse…

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