by Mike “Buzz” Buzzelli, ‘Burgh Vivant.
Cine City
Cineastes rejoice! It’s episode 2 of the “Cinebrain,” a cinecentric game show hosted by Dave Forman. Three lucky audience members get to test their movie knowledge on Friday February 5. It’s part game show, part sketch show. Film buffs should head to Cattivo, 146 44th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201. For more information, click here.
Wilkommen, Cabaret!
Say hello to “Cabaret” visiting us direct from Broadway for its 50th Anniversary Season. What do you buy a show that has everything? Tickets! See Sally, the Emcee and all the rest for some of the best tunes in musicals. It’s at the Benedum Center, 7th Street between Liberty and Penn, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. For more information, click here.
Boy meets Girl
When’s the last time you went on a date? Take one to “First Date,” a Broadway musical. Five New Yorkers share their dating disasters in story and song. We’ve all been there, now go there to the Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. For more information, click here.
It’s a Whole New World
On Friday February 5, you can celebrate your love for Peabo Bryson, the crooner of soft-rock ballads and multiple Disney hits will be crooning at the August Wilson Center, 980 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. For more information, click here.
Vroom, Vroom, Broom!
British children’s book author and playwright Julia Donaldson once told a story of a kind witch and her cat who invite a number of other animals to join them whilst traveling on a broomstick in “Room on the Broom.” Now that beloved story will be performed in front of a live audience of adults and children. The show opens on Sunday February 7, at the Byham Theater, 101 Sixth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. For more information, click here.
– MB