Pittsburgh New Works Festival
By Tyler Plosia
Out of This Furnace at Unseam'd Shakespeare
A trudging storyline slows down an historically minded show
The Best of Everything at Little Lake Theater
A wealth of roles for women enlivens a show set in 1950s New York
Tags: Theater Reviews + Features
Fences at Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co.
Director Mark Clayton Southers seems more interested in molding a complex central character than an empathetic one
Off the Wall's The Whale
Off the Wall might have found its best marriage of content and execution to date
Quantum Theatre's All the Names
An inventive, site-specific adaptation views nostalgia and sorrow through an absurdist lens
Ghosts at Off the Wall
The play is an exercise in gradually dismantling 19th-century mores
The Book of Ezra at Pittsburgh Playwrights
It's not just a dynamic performance; it's also a stage memoir fraught with vulnerability.
The festival features one-acts exploring death, dying, superheroes and insomnia
By Mars Johnson
Goat Fest proves goats are the GOAT for landscaping in Pittsburgh
By Amanda Waltz
Better Food, Better Me combats food insecurity in Homewood
By Maia Williams
Tasty Creme of Library is a South Hills soft-serve staple
By Matt Petras
Luca Crusifino has no regrets about leaving Duquesne law school for the WWE
By Antonio Rossetti