by jvranish | Oct 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Pittsburgh has become a favorite stomping ground for Cirque du Soleil and I have to admit that I have seen virtually everything the venerable Montreal troupe has to offer. So as I took my seat at the Benedum Center for the PIFOF world premiere of Hotel, I wondered...
by jvranish | Oct 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
We see plenty of ballet onstage at the Benedum Center, mostly from Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, but we’ve never seen a ballet (of sorts) projected onto the facade of the former movie palace. Then came Manifold. There it was — an eight-minute example of...
by jvranish | Oct 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
It’s the signature face of the Festival of Firsts, a tunnel-like structure that sits in a parking lot across Penn Avenue from the Benedum center. Unlike a tunnel, it’s rather transparent, but ringed with lights that have a computer masterminding their...
by jvranish | Oct 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts comes around once every five years and I’ve seen virtually everything that its sponsor, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, has had to offer. I feel like it’s taken me around the world and transformed the way I...
by jvranish | Oct 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
FYI Arts Lovers: The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust will be instituting new security measures in the near future. Below are the details from the Trust: After a thorough benchmarking and vetting process against numerous performing arts venues across the country, the...
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