Nov 03 2009
By Carolyn Kras Show business involves a lot of “trying,” Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama guest director Daniel Daniel says. “The work always continues in theatre. You’re always attempting to achieve some perfection that you’re trying to arrive at,” Daniel said. His production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, runs in the Philip Chosky Theatre November...
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Nov 02 2009
By Carolyn Kras Amy Claussen’s Quarterlife Cycle Quarterlife Cycle is solo performer Amy Claussen’s autobiographical piece about her childhood in Indonesia, growing up as a six-foot-tall, redheaded expatriate. The show examines classism and racism, and it ran at the Theatres at 45 Bleeker Street this August as part of The New York International Fringe Festival. “Quarterlife Cycle has been an extraordinary culminating experience Read...
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Nov 01 2009
Spend just a little time with the Wikipedia pages for country, bluegrass and other styles of American roots music, and you'll notice something that comes as no surprise to the student of American history: there are not too many women mentioned among the first generations of these genres. For instance, take a closer look at bluegrass: it is generally acknowledged that the first bluegrass group came together in the 40s was Bill Monroe and his four...
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Oct 29 2009
It has become the stuff of pop culture legend. While working as a consultant on the uber-popular Sex and the City , stand-up comic (and author and TV show host and sometimes actor) Greg Behrendt uttered the now famous words he's just not that into you to a co-worker and the world, or, at least, the world of relationship advice was never the same. The phrase ripped through the set of the show like a fire in California during the dry season, making...
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Oct 29 2009
I know, it's odd that I break my long silence (excuses below) to comment on the world series, but it is one of our great national dramas. And like any good drama, it involves the audience, which creates a crisis for us in Pittsburgh: How can we bring ourselves to root for a team from Philadelphia ? On the other hand -- and especially for a New England-bred Red Sox fan such as myself -- how could we bring ourselves to root for the Goldman Sachs...
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Oct 29 2009
By Carolyn Kras Painter, sculpter, papier-mâché artist, carpenter, shopper – these are just a few of the many hats Jonathan Ward wears as Properties Master of the School of Drama. After graduating from Towson University with a degree in directing, Jonathan applied for an apprenticeship at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. His first choice was the artistic management apprenticeship. “For my second choice, I thought, what’s...
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Oct 28 2009
Friday, October 2, at Wood Street Galleries everyone was asking the same question: "How does he do it?" French installation artist Julien Marie made his U.S. debut at Wood Street Galleries during the Gallery Crawl earlier this month with his "Matter and Memory" exhibition. At the Crawl, Marie graced the audience with a personal performance of "Digit." Marie sat at a table, with a lamp and a blank sheet of paper in front...
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Oct 23 2009
Master impressionist Charlie Ross brings his 60-minute spectacle One Man Lord of the Rings to the Byham Theater on November 7. Prove your Gollum is good enough, and you could win tickets! Make a short video of your best impression of a Lord of the Rings character. You could pick Gollum, Frodo, Gandalf, Sam or just about anyone. It doesn’t need to be long, but it better be good! No way to make a video? Costumes count, too. Take a picture of yourself...
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Oct 21 2009
Pittsburgh Dance Council's 2009-2010 season opened earlier this month with the Vancouver-based company Kidd Pivot. This Saturday, the Dance Council goes to the other side of the world, presenting Margaret Jenkins Dance Company and Guangdong Modern Dance Company in Other Suns. The Jenkins/Guangdong collaboration began in 2004, when the San Francisco-based Jenkins began leading choreographic workshops with Guangdong artists in Guangzhou, China....
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Oct 21 2009
Pittsburgh Public Theater these days is buzzing with activity. Yesterday, director Ted Pappas welcomed the cast of The Little Foxes to their first rehearsal. The morning Meet ’n’ Greet had the atmosphere of a class reunion because so many of the actors have worked together before. Sitting side by side were Helena Ruoti and New Yorker Michael McKenzie, who had played brother (Creon) and sister (Jocasta) in The Public’s Oedipus the...
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