Arena Stage celebrates with a three day ticket sale Arena Stage has announced that, as of September 1st, more than 100,000 audience members have seen its award winning production of Oklahoma!. Originally staged in October, 2011 to open the new Mead Center for American Theater, it quickly broke box office records, prompting Arena Stage to […]
Archives for September 7, 2011
August Wilson: Pittsburgh Places in His Life and Plays
I’ve been to the Hill District in Pittsburgh many times … but I’ve never visited Pittsburgh. I’ve been to Aunt Ester’s House at 1839 Wylie Avenue and I’ve witnessed Harmond Wilks’ planning to tear it down. I’ve heard the phone ring on the wall of the jitney station three blocks to the east.
The Stenographer
Perhaps the philandering professor is a dramatic cliché. Perhaps a professor who is angst-ridden and self-absorbed is just as much a dramatic cliché. And perhaps, just perhaps, the professor as a character is just a dramatic cliché, period. Perhaps. On the other hand, when a play features a formerly philandering, angst-ridden and self-absorbed professor bringing […]
Or,
This wickedly clever Restoration comedy has enough twists and turns to keep the magical moments bouncing along from beginning to end. The opening prolog sets the tone beautifully, with the adorable Christine Demuth challenging the audience to ease the lines of demarcation between either and Or. Listen carefully to catch the underpinnings of the entire […]