by jvranish_m | Nov 14, 2009 | On Stage, Point Park University
The voice still sounds the same after all these years. I first interviewed Kristofer Storey back in 1994 as a 17-year-old senior who was setting his sights on the prestigious Juilliard School in New York and maybe a role in a Broadway show. I remarked on his...
by jvranish_m | Nov 13, 2009 | Attack Theatre, On Stage
It’s controlled chaos at Attack Theatre’s new digs, only a week before the company bares its latest production, “Incident(s) in the Strip.” Without much ado, co-founder Peter Kope introduces Angel Streitman, a “swing dancer” who...
by jvranish_m | Nov 12, 2009 | On Stage, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Photographer Martha Rial attended the dress rehearsal of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s “Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project” and captured the highly charged emotional quality of Stephen Mills’ ballet opening tonight at the Byham Theater in...
by jvranish_m | Nov 10, 2009 | On Stage
The story during the children’s opera “Brundibar” is an uplifting lesson for all — that by speaking up together, one can overcome obstacles like the village villain for whom the opera is named. The story behind “Brundibar” is a...
by jvranish_m | Nov 9, 2009 | Kelly Strayhorn Theater, On Stage
It was a carefully staged entrance to a show. Kelly-Strayhorn Theater patrons received their tickets at an adjacent storefront where a retro hostess bid them “Welcome!” on a video loop. Beneath the video, a live female performer seemed to hoard assorted...
by jvranish_m | Nov 7, 2009 | On Stage, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
“Light/The Holocaust and Humanity Project” has produced a flurry of artistic activity that will have involved no less than 15 events over its month-long time span when comes to an end next week. But “Light” will be heating up over the next few...
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