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PITTSBURGH, PA – Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School invites advanced ballet students to audition on Jan. 28, for its five-week Intensive Summer Program, an immersive training experience designed for students interested in pursuing careers in dance. Registration opens at 1 p.m. and the audition starts promptly at 1:30 p.m. at PBT Studios, 2900 Liberty Avenue, in the Strip District. Students can find audition guidelines at www.pbt.org. The five-week program – held from June 26, to July 29, – offers talented dancers a wide-ranging curriculum of ballet technique, partnering, pointe, repertoire, jazz and modern dance led by resident and guest instructors with extensive professional dance experience. The program welcomes students age 12 and older. The Pittsburgh audition is part of a nation-wide audition tour that kicked off the first week of January. By Feb. 5, the school’s artistic team will visit 34 cities and 20 states and audition as many 800 prospective students. The school also held an audition in Osaka, Japan, in August and awarded invitations to students from international ballet competitions in Japan and Taiwan. PBT School will recruit more than 200 students to live and train in Pittsburgh this summer. The majority of students come from out of state, and PBT School also welcomes a number of international students who audition by video or on-site at the Japan Grand Prix. Under the direction of PBT Artistic Director Terrence S. Orr and School Co-directors Marjorie Grundvig and Dennis Marshall, ISP students attend classes six days a week and take workshops on nutrition, choreography, injury prevention and the psychology of dance. PBT School offers students housing at its student residence, Byham House, in Lawrenceville as well as Chatham University residence halls. The tour also auditions students for PBT School’s “Company Experience ” workshop in June and for its 2017-2018 Pre-professional Program, which runs from September to May. The Company Experience workshop, June 12-23, offers a select group of pre-professional dancers, ages 16 and up, the chance to preview what it’s like to be part of a professional company and learn choreography from PBT dancers, artistic staff and choreographers. PBT School’s year-round Pre-professional Program is recognized as one of the nation’s finest for professional-track dancers. Admission is by audition only, and the curriculum includes 25-30 hours of ballet training per week. Students come from around the country and internationally to attend the program each year, and more than 50 percent of PBT’s professional company dancers are alumni. About Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School Under the direction of PBT Artistic Director Terrence S. Orr and School Co-Directors Marjorie Grundvig and Dennis Marshall, PBT School provides a diverse dance curriculum to more than 1,000 students annually across its Children’s, Student, Pre-Professional and Adult Community Divisions. Ranging from pre-ballet to Pre-professional, PBT School fosters the expression, discipline and joy of ballet at every level and cultivates the next generation of professional dancers. Strengthened by daily exposure to the professional company, PBT School students experience training that extends from the studio to main-stage performance opportunities in PBT productions at the Benedum Center. |
The Buzz from Buzzelli: Pittsburgh’s Top To Do’s (1/12 – 15)
Happiness Happening
This weekend, Pittsburgh’s own Randy Gilson of Randyland is featured in a documentary called “Pursuing Happiness.” The doc features several people pursuing happiness each in their own way. City of Asylum is donating the proceeds from the film back to Gilson’s Randyland. You can find happiness at the City of Asylum, 40 W. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. For more information, click here.
Shark Tales
Friday and Saturday local comedian Gab Bonesso is recording a comedy album. Each show will have different material for the album. Friday night Rick Sebak will be on hand to introduce her, and on Saturday a special guest star will introduce Gab to the stage. Phineas the Shark will be there for both evenings. Come out to Arcade Comedy Theater, 811 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. For more information, click here.
Fit for a King
Nationally acclaimed poets and musicians celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at “Poetry Unplugged.” The event features Prentice Powell, Nate James, W. Ellington Felton, Gabriela Garcia Medina and more. It’s at the August Wilson Center, 980 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. For more information, click here.
Tour de Force
Charles Ross will take on the Empire in his show, “One Man Star Wars Trilogy.” He will be Darth, Luke, Han, Chewie and Leia in this one man tour de force (get it?). The show is recommended for ages between 6 and Yoda. You don’t have to go to a galaxy far away, you just have to the Byham Theater, 101 6th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. For more information, use the force, or click here.
Move over, Beethoven
Finnish conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste takes on Beethoven’s Symphony Number Seven. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 premiered in 1813 to benefit the wounded soldiers after the battle of Hanau. Hear it here at Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. For more information, click here.
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The Buzz from Buzzelli: Pittsburgh’s Top To Do’s (1/5 – 1/8)
Friday Goodness
Every Friday at the Andy Warhol Museum is Good Friday. If you’re looking for a more social experience when you browse a gallery, go to Andy. The Museum is open till 10:00 PM on Friday and offers half-price admission and cocktails. It’s a win-win as you unwind from the work week. It’s at the Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. For more information, click here.
Clocking in
On Saturday, Pittsburgh unites for “Pittsburgh Unites! 15 Hour Perform-a-Thon.” There will be 120 performers showcasing their talents to benefit the ACLU of Pennsylvania. There will be singers, musicians, actors, contortionists, storytellers, male and female impersonators, DJs, belly dancers, comedians, poets, burlesque artists, bands and more. It’s going down at the James Street Gastropub & Speakeasy, 422 Foreland St., Pittsburgh, PA 15212. For more information, click here.
The Play’s the thing
Pittsburgh Steeler Rocky Bleier tells his story from Vietnam to the Super Bowl, from the football field to the battlefield and back, in “The Play,” starring Rocky Bleier. He will share his incredible journey from the front lines to the 50 yard line. It’s all at the Pittsburgh, Public Theater, 621 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. For more information, click here.
Yes, they’re really doing it
The Harvey Wallbangers return to the Carnegie Stage in “Are we really doing this?” The sketch comedy group wants to ring in the New Year with a new show. They want you to forget about 2016 and slip into 2017 with their weird characters. They are promising “laughs out the wazoo!” I’m afraid to see what that looks/sounds like. You can find the Harvey Wallbangers at the Carnegie Stage, 25 W. Main Street, Carnegie, PA 15106. For more information, click here.
Incidentally Speaking
The Broadway award winning show, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” comes to Pittsburgh. When Christopher is accused of killing his neighbor’s dog, the boy sets out on a journey to identify the true culprit, which leads to an earth-shattering discovery that will change his life forever. It’s all at Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. For more information, click here.
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Heritage Players annouce their 2017 Season
Pittsburgh, PA – Heritage Players annouce their 2017 Season
“SENSE AND SENSIBILITY” Follow the Dashwood sisters as they manuever life and love in the English countryside. Adapted by Jon Jory, based on the novel by Jane Austen. May 12-14 and 19-21.
“LOST IN YONKERS” A coming of age story set in post WWII New York. The only Neil Simon play to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. September 8-10 and 15-17.
“INTO THE WOODS” Fairy tales come to life in this grand musical. Music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Book by James Lapine. November 3-5 and 10-12.
The Heritage Players is a community theater group based in the South Hills. You can find the Heritage Players at the Seton Center, 1900 Pioneer Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA. To learn more about the company, click here.
A Hoot of a Holiday show – a review of “Holiday Spectacular”
By Claire DeMarco, ‘Burgh Vivant
From the fictional WBRC Studios in downtown Pittsburgh comes “Holiday Spectacular.” Bricolage’s eighth season of Midnight Radio.
Kudos to performers Julianne Avolio, Brett Goodnack, Wali Jamal, Amy Landis and Jason McCune who are back again as participants. They are sharp, quick, funny, talented actors in this radio-format series.
This ensemble performs seamlessly, almost effortlessly — transitioning from one character to another, developing different accents and ages, creating different sound effects with ordinary props as they guide us through an evening of fun and satire – all with a Christmas theme. They are a well-balanced team with no weak links in the group.
The stage is set as a radio studio with all the paraphernalia one expects in that environment – large radio microphones, props essential for sound effects, an Applause Sign, an On Air sign. The audience, at times, is reminded to participate and applaud when the Applause Sign blinks furiously.
If you close your eyes and listen to the dialogue and accompanying sound effects, you could imagine how original radio shows back in the 1940’s captivated, enticed and grabbed the attention of an audience not yet familiar with television.
Writers for “Holiday Spectacular” are Matt Henderson, Tessa Karel and Gayle Pazerski. Henderson’s “Frightmere Ahead of Christmas: An Off Brand Parody:” features Josh Skelebans (a Halloween character) trying to come to terms with a transition to Christmas. Tessa Karel’s “Homestead Alone” is a parody of the movie “Home Alone”, with Pittsburgh references and characters.
Spoiler and alliteration Alert: Pittsburgh Potty Plays Prominent Part in this Production.
Interspersed among the skits are Gayle Pazerski’s fake breaking news segments, among them “Danny the fourth Wiseman” and “The gift of the Magi couple” and hilarious radio show commercials written by Bricolage producing artistic director Tami Dixon.
Note: the musical performers vary at each performance.
Midnight Radio’s “Holiday Spectacular” is fun and family-oriented and a great way to welcome in the season.
Midnight Radio’s “Holiday Spectacular” runs through December 17 at 937 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. For information and additional details, click here.
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Grief has its good side – A review of “Three Days in the Country”
By Michael “Buzz” Buzzelli, ‘Burgh Vivant
The Shakespearean aphorism that “brevity is the soul of wit” holds true as contemporary playwright Patrick Marber take on Ivan Turgenev’s “A Month in the Country.” Marber shortens the visit and the length of the play in his re-imagined version, “Three Days in the Country.”
The production is two hours shorter than its original Russian counterpart, it’s still dense on plot.
Natalya (Nike Doukas), a restless woman, grows tired of her very tiresome husband, Arkady (David Whalen), and eyes the new tutor, Belyaev (Adam Haas Hunter). Meanwhile, Arkady’s best friend, Rakitin (Leo Marks), longs for Natalya. A local doctor, Shpigelsky (Sam Tsoutsouvas), is conspiring with a rich neighbor, Bolshintsov (Larry John Meyers) to win the hand of the fair Vera (Katie Weiland), Natalya’s young ward.
The doctor has his sights on Lizaveta (Helena Ruoti), but Lizaveta spends most of her time in the company of Arkady’s mother (Susie McGregor-Laine), the German tutor (David Crawford) and her not-so-secret box of snuff.
There’s yet another storyline; the maid, Katya (Erika Strasburg), is breaking off her engagement to Matvey (Andrew William Miller), because she is also in love with Belyaev. Actually, Belyaev is very, very popular. He kisses a lot of ladies.
William Shakespeare also wrote, “The course of true love never did run smooth,” but in “Three Days in the Country,” the ride is especially bumpy.
There is a big basket of unrequited love in this countryside abode. The story is filled with heartbreak and sadness, but it’s still unbelievably witty. It’s easy to laugh at the misfortunes of these tortured souls because their pain is so recognizable. Everyone has once stood in their shoes.
Rakitin’s love for Natalya is particularly tragic. He muses, “To dream in flickering glimpses of legs and eyes and mouth – to remember each day — one kiss of seven years ago.”
Marber (and Turgenev) bring out the uglier side of love, hold it up and snarl at it.
Director Andrew Paul brings an incredible cast to the New Hazlett stage. He brings back the young Will Sendera (“The Giver”) and surrounds him with a plethora of talented actors.
Doukas is luminescent as Natalya. She dazzles and charms even while planning secret rendezvous with the hired help. She commands Narelle Sissons’ sparse stage in gloriously appointed gowns created by Kim Brown.
Russian dressing on the side: All of Brown’s costumes are detailed masterpieces. Weiland is stunning in yellow dress in the first act. Doukas’ final cocktail dress with long, flowing train is a work of art.
But the cast is the reason for the show. They are each spectacular in their own way. There’s a lot of them, but the stage never feels overcrowded. The disparate plot lines and character arcs could have gotten easily muddled in the hands of lesser actors, but this group shines brilliantly.
Hunter smolders as the young, handsome tutor. Whalen plays a bombastic bully with a soft side. Crawford amuses with small but perfect moments. Crawford has a moment where he mournfully gazes into an empty glass that produces giggle fits from the audience.
Tsoutsovas is delightful as the scheming doctor. In the second act, Tsoutsovas’ Shpigelsky proposes to Ruoti’s Lizaveta. It’s hilarious, sharp and cutting scene; a ballet of words, that verbally pivots and pliés in circles. The scene is worth the price of admission.
But it is Marks’ tortured Rakitin who is the center of the play. His pain is heartfelt and genuine, but he gets some of the wittiest lines.
Paul’s direction is taut and…well…kinetic. Actors dart about the stage, performing to all four invisible walls (it is performed theater in the round style).
Spend two and a half hours in the “Country.” It’s an enjoyable excursion.
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“Three Days in the Country” runs until December 4 at the New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. For more information, click here.
Crazy for you – A review of “Between Riverside and Crazy”
Michael “Buzz” Buzzelli, ‘Burgh Vivant
At first glance, Walter “Pops” Washington (Eugene Lee) seems like an affable, uncomplicated man, but there’s a lot more bubbling beneath the surface with Pops and his new roommates in “Between Riverside and Crazy.”
Pops lived alone for a short time after his wife’s death. Now, he lives with his son, Junior (Bryant Bentley), Junior’s girlfriend, Lulu (Christina Nieves), and two strays they picked up, Oswaldo (Alejandro Hernandez) and a dog (unseen and mostly unheard).
Junior seems like a square-jawed hero, Lulu seems like a ditzy slut and Oswaldo seems like the most put-together of the bunch, but in “Between Riverside and Crazy” nothing is how it seems. Lulu even remarks about her scantily clad appearance, “I may look how I look, but that don’t mean I am how I look.” It’s a bold statement that rings true for everyone in “Crazy.”
Pops has a knapsack full of problems; his wife has recently passed, his health is declining and he’s been trying to sue the New York Police Department. It doesn’t stop him from eating pie for breakfast.
His old partner Audrey (Dawn McGee) and her finance Lieutenant Caro (Drew Stone) come by for dinner, but they have a several ulterior motives. Audrey wants Pops to walk her down the aisle, but Caro is there for his own reasons.
A series of unfortunate incidents events occur that would shock Lemony Snicket himself, including an incident with a Church Lady (Karina Arroyave) that would make Dana Carvey wince.
The play, written by Stephen Adly Guirgis (“Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train,” “Motherf**ker with a Hat”), won a 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Lee is the perfect Pops. He is mesmerizing, charismatic and charming. Even when he’s being ornery and feisty, Pops comes across as lovable. When his past misdeeds are mentioned (and there are many), you still want to give the guy a hug and say, “What’s done is done.”
His scenes with McGee sparkle. You can almost feel the love between them. Their friendship feels genuine, even as it spirals down the toilet.
Hernandez gets to stretch a variety of acting muscles. He’s another charming character with a deep, dark side.
Arroyave plays another very complicated woman. She shines in her brief scenes.
Nieves and Bentley aptly play their roles. It’s almost a perfect cast.
Guirgis shows us the best of humanity and the worst of it, wrapped up in the same person. Each character is like a Little Debbie Snack Cake, delicious but not very good for you.
The set, designed by Michael Schweikardt, spins like a rotisserie chicken, revealing a beautifully rendered and overly spacious (it’s a plot point) Manhattan apartment with rich colors and bold textures.
Director Pamela Berlin keeps everything spinning as well. Kudos to her, the Public and McCorkle Casting for bringing Eugene Lee back to the Pittsburgh Stage (he was here for “How I Learned What I Learned”).
“Between Riverside and Crazy” is a daring choice for the Public. It’s as different from “The Fantasticks” as you can get. It stirred a few patrons to leave at intermission, but if you can get past a little (actually a lot) of foul language, it’s a lovely treatise on truth, justice and the other American way…greed.
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“Between Riverside and Crazy” runs through December 11 at the Pittsburgh Public Theater’s O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. For more information, click here.
12 Peers Theater announces 2017 season
PITTSBURGH, PA – 12 Peers Theater announces their sixth season featuring the continuing Modern Myths Podcast; Will Eno’s Thom Pain (based on nothing); Anne Washburn’s Mr. Burns, a post-electric play; a benefit performance of Nassim Soleimanpour’s White Rabbit, Red Rabbit; and Mythburgh, a new site-specific performance series.
“12 Peers Theater’s 2017 Season focuses on building myth from the ground up” says 12 Peers Theater Artistic Director, Vince Ventura. “This season is about exploring myth at the individual, local, national, and cultural levels, both through live performance and through digital storytelling. Through The Modern Myths Podcast we will continue to highlight playwrights as we bring myths from all around the country to our audiences on demand. In Mythburgh, we ask our audiences to tell us their experiences, and we spin myths based on the stories that make Pittsburgh unique. Thom Pain (based on nothing) is an extremely private and individual, but entirely universal myth. Lastly, Mr. Burns, a post-electric play shows how even pop culture myths can change over time to suit the needs of its audience.”
12 PEERS THEATER 2017 SEASON
MYTHBURGH
Throughout 2017
Locations and Dates TBA
Telling the stories that make Pittsburgh unique, online and in person.
MYTHBURGH finds myth and inspiration in the creepy, epic, weird, and truly Pittsburgh stories, told by Pittsburghers and adapted by local playwrights into short plays and digital content. Featuring a recurring cast of characters with their own online lives and a site-specific location, Mythburgh will push the limits of live theatre and engage audiences online and in person.
THE MODERN MYTHS PODCAST
Throughout 2017
Available at www.12peerstheater.org and on iTunes
Live play readings on demand.
12 Peers Theater continues its groundbreaking year-round podcast featuring readings of mythic new plays and exclusive interviews with the playwrights. The Modern Myths Podcast brings live theatre to you on demand and features some of the most exciting playwrights from across the country.
THOM PAIN (BASED ON NOTHING)
By Will Eno
Directed by Vince Ventura
Featuring Matt Henderson
June 1 – 18, 2017
The University of Pittsburgh Studio Theatre
A moving solo show and Pulitzer Prize Finalist.
He’s just like you, except worse. He is trying to save his life, to save your life—in that order. In his quest for salvation, he’ll stop at nothing, be distracted by nothing, except maybe a piece of lint, or the woman in the second row. Thom Pain (based on nothing) is one man’s attempt to mythologize the loss of innocence we all experience when we shift, sometimes in a single moment, from child to adult.
MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY
By Anne Washburn
Directed by Vince Ventura
August 3 – 20, 2017
The University of Pittsburgh Studio Theatre
A “pop culture comedy” in post-apocalyptic America.
After the collapse of civilization, a group of survivors share a campfire and begin to piece together the plot of “The Simpsons” episode “Cape Feare” entirely from memory. 7 years later, this and other snippets of pop culture (sitcom plots, commercials, jingles, and pop songs) have become the live entertainment of a post-apocalyptic society, sincerely trying to hold onto its past. 75 years later, these are the myths and legends from which new forms of performance are created. Mr. Burns, a post-electric play turns an eye to the communal creation of myth by exploring a post-apocalyptic landscape where yesterday’s pop culture (an episode of “The Simpsons” pieced together entirely from memory) is rehashed as a myth of perseverance.
SPECIAL BENEFIT PERFORMANCE
WHITE RABBIT, RED RABBIT
March 27, 2017
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre
Last year’s hit production by experimental playwright Nassim Soleimanpour.
Imagine being 29 years old and unable to leave your country. Iranian Nassim Soleimanpour is a conscientious objector who refused to take part in military service, mandatory for all Iranian men. Soleimanpour turned his isolation to his advantage with a wild, utterly original play, an absurdist adventure that blends comedy and drama. In White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, he distills the experience of an entire generation born amid the hardship of the Iran-Iraq war—computer-literate, well-informed young people who have never known an Iran other than the Islamic Republic.
With no director, no set, and a different guest performer each night, this play is performed by distinct local actors reading a script they see for the first time as they step onstage in front of a live audience. Using a menagerie of allegorical animals, the play is “not about Iran,” but grapples with the social phenomena of power, obedience, and manipulation.
TICKETS
Season Passes: $30 (including THOM PAIN (BASED ON NOTHING) and MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY)
Flex Passes: $30 (including two ticket vouchers to be used at any 2017 main stage performance)
Single Tickets range from Name Your Own Price to $20 and go on sale December 1, 2016.
MYTHBURGH tickets are always Name Your Own Price
THE MODERN MYTHS PODCAST is available for free at www.12peerstheater.org or on iTunes
WHITE RABBIT, RED RABBIT Benefit Performance tickets are $25
All Sunday and Monday performances in the 2017 main stage season are Name Your Own Price.
Season Passes, Flex Passes, Single Tickets, or Reservations for Name Your Own Price performances can be made by calling 412.626.6784 or online at www.12peerstheater.org starting December 1, 2017
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Founded in 2011, and taking their name from the Twelve Peers of Charlemagne, 12 Peers Theater is a 501(c)(3) organization operating in the Greater Pittsburgh Area. 12 Peers Theater’s mission is to provide challenging and engaging theater through contemporary works exploring myth and cultural identity.
The Buzz from Buzzelli: Pittsburgh’s Top To Do’s (5/17 – 5/20)
by Michael “Buzz” Buzzelli, ‘Burgh Vivant
A little bit Country
Patrick Marber’s witty adaptation of Turgenev’s “A Month in the Country,” becomes “Three Days in the Country.” A handsome new tutor comes to the house and love, in many different forms, blossoms. It’s at the New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. For more information, click here.
They know the Best Words
Pittsburgh’s best storytellers are back at the Bricolage. They will be telling tales set to music with a live DJ at “Word Play.” The always-affable Alan Olifson will introduce a myriad of storytellers as Tracksploitation spins. It’s at the Bricolage, 937 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. For more information, go here.
Crazy for you
2015 Pulitzer Prize winning play “Between Riverside and Crazy” comes to Pittsburgh. Walter, a retired police officer lives in a disorderly but very desirable rent-controlled apartment. He shares his chaotic home with son Junior, the foxy Lulu, and a convicted felon. Oh, and the dog. Things get even trickier when an ambitious couple from the NYPD and a surprising Church Lady barge in. It’s at the O’Reilly Theatre, 621 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. For more information, click here.
Shakes Beer
November 19 is “Much A-Brew About Nothing” Actors will be drinking and performing scenes from “Midsummer Nights Dream,” “Much Ado About Nothing” and more. Get thee to Hambones, 4207 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201. For more information, click here.
Don’t be Shy-lock
It’s the last weekend to see “The Merchant of Venice.” Take the William Shakespeare classic and add in some “Great Gatsby” and shake vigorously. It’s at the Union Project, 801 N. Negley Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206. For more information, click here.
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The Buzz from Buzzelli: Pittsburgh’s Top To Do’s (11/3 – 11/6)
by Michael “Buzz” Buzzelli, ‘Burgh Vivant
Road Rage
Uncle Peck is going to teach Li’l Bit a lot more than road rules in Paula Vogel’s “How I Learned to Drive.” Vogel won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1998 for her work. Caution: the play deals with some very adult content, but it’s beautifully written. It’s at Duquesne University’s Genesius Theater, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282. For more information, click here.
Scout’s Honor
Scout’s beleaguered father as he fights an important court case in Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird.” Don’t set a watchman, go see this play instead. It’s at New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. For more information, click here.
Pull that Lever
Things seem dire, but fear not. Saturday November 5 you can dance your blues away at the “Worried about the Election – Move to Canada Dance Party.” DJ Antithesis will mix all your favorite Canadian artists like Drake, Avril, Alanis and the Biebs. There’s no cover but it is 21 and over. It’s at Mix Tape, 4907 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224. For more information, click here.
It Ain’t Over till it’s Over!
If anyone can find the funny in the bitter end of the weirdest, wackiest election season in recorded history it’s John McIntire and his guests in “Almost Over- McIntire’s Dangerously Live Comedy Talk Show.” Join Johnny Mac, Comedian Gab Bonesso, Former House Minority Leader Mike Veon and Former Arlen Specter staffer Doug Saltzman for one last laugh before the election. You can find the fun at the Parkway Theater, 644 Broadway Avenue, McKees Rocks, PA 15136. For more information, click here.
All Stars
Sunday November 6 is the 24th Kierra Darshell presents the Annual Miss Tri-State All Star Pageant. Drag queens compete in both beauty and talent categories. You can see the queens take the catwalk at the Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. For more information, click here.
A sixth thing…
The First on Third
When the weekend is over, you can still have one more fun evening before the election. Pittsburgh New Works Festival kicks off its Reading Series on Monday, November 7, 2016 with three original works. They will be showcasing some of the top fifty plays that did not get into production at the Festival. On November 7, you can see “The Studdering Pig” by Raymond Werner, “Elephants” by Jordan Elizabeth Henry and “Salt Pie and Other Disasters” by Roxanne Amico. It’s at the Third Street Gallery, 220 3rd Street, Carnegie, PA 15106. For more information, click here.
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