On Stage: Putting Her Own Footprint on Dance

by | Feb 8, 2012 | Uncategorized

My toes were tapping before it even began. Dance music bubbled through the intimate brick box of the Lester Hamburg Studio Theatre. Dancin’ in the Streets. Guy Lombardo (I think). Some kind of rap — I’m not sure because everyone was talking. Dance to the Music....

On Stage: Attack-ing the Pittsburgh Symphony

by | Feb 7, 2012 | Uncategorized

Family-oriented entertainment takes many forms, from Disney to Stravinsky. “Stravinsky?” you might say.” Ruler of rhythmic diversity? Terrorist with time signatures? Sultan of musical sarcasm?” But Attack Theatre has never let musical complexities get in the way. This...

On Stage: An Uncommon Photographer

by | Feb 6, 2012 | Uncategorized

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer ©Martha Rial is always pushing the boundaries of her camera lens. So when she went to a dress rehearsal of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s Uncommon, which featured works by Mark Morris, Dwight Rhoden and Dennis Nahat to music by...

On Stage: PBT Brings on 2012-13

by | Feb 4, 2012 | Uncategorized

You have to give Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre artistic director Terrence Orr credit. Both he and the marketing department feel that PBT audiences fill the houses for full-length ballets, so he is always in the hunt for contemporary works to fill out the thin glossary of...

On Stage: Billy Elliot — Born to Boogie

by | Feb 3, 2012 | Uncategorized

“Don’t know. Sorta feels good. Sorta stiff and that, but once I get going, then I like, forget everything. And…sorta disappear. Sorta disappear. Like I feel a change in my whole body. And I’ve got this fire in body. I’m just there. Flyin’ like a bird. Like...