Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s production of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH is a rockin’ good time in the West End, starring Braden Chapman and Lacey Petrucci, performing through November 17th at the Gargaro Theater. For tickets and more information, visit www.pittsburghmusicals.com. Photos: Melissa Wallace.
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TONIGHT: A guy and a doll review GUYS & DOLLS at Stage 62, directed by Seth Laidlaw, performing through November 17, 2018 at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall in Carnegie. For tickets and more information, visit www.stage62.com. Photos: Friedman Wagner-Dobler of Image 42.
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You may know him as Mimi Imfurst, appearing on the acclaimed RuPaul’s Drag Race, but this month, theatrical artist Braden Chapman is the title role in Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s production of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH! Learn about Braden’s touching early attachment to the musical, how RuPaul’s Drag Race changed his life, and if you can say “Gargaro Theater” three times fast!
Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s production of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH performs November 9 through 17, 2018. For tickets and more information, visit www.pittsburghmusicals.com. Special thanks to James Gallery in the West End for hosting this cocktail hour interview. In the background is “Beaver Pond,” oil on canvas byThomas McNickle. Stop by the gallery to see his work and much more: www.jamesgallery.net Continue reading “BRADEN CHAPMAN – Drag persona Mimi Imfurst, theatrical artist”
Things just keep getting better and better at Prime Stage Theatre, according to Lonnie the Theatre Lady. The company’s production of OF MICE AND MEN performs at The New Hazlett Theater through November 11, 2018. For tickets and more information, visit www.primestage.com Continue reading “Review: OF MICE AND MEN, Prime Stage Theatre”
The witch is back! Super-star mezzo-soprano Marianne Cornetti is back on ‘Burgh Vivant tonight to talk about her role as The Witch in Pittsburgh Opera’s production of HANSEL AND GRETEL. But which witch is which? Which Humperdink is which? And how have you never heard Marianne sing in English?? Find out here tonight! Pittsburgh Opera’s HANSEL AND GRETEL performs November 3, 6, 9, and 11, 2018. For tickets and more information, visit www.pittsburghopera.org Continue reading “MARIANNE CORNETTI – Mezzo-soprano, Pittsburgh Opera”
There’s a mystery afoot in Little Lake Theater’s SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE WEST END HORROR, performing through October 27th, 2018. For tickets and more information, visit www.littlelake.org
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TONIGHT: Cocktails with mezzo-soprano Laurel Semerdjian as she prepares for her role as Suzuki in Puccini’s classic opera MADAMA BUTTERFLY, performing October 6th through 14th at Pittsburgh Opera. For tickets and more information, visit www.pittsburghopera.org. Photos by David Bachman Photography. Continue reading “LAUREL SEMERDJIAN – Mezzo-soprano, Pittsburgh Opera”
“Compelling artistic touches by director Jena Oberg” light up Little Lake Theatre Company’s production of William Shakespeare’s MACBETH, playing through October 6th, 2018. Get a full cocktail’s worth of conversation on the tale of the cursed Scottish King with Mike “Buzz” Buzzelli and host Brian Edward. For tickets and more information, visit www.littlelake.org. Continue reading “Review: MACBETH, Little Lake Theatre Company”
“A perfect cast for a very sharp, contemporary play” – In the classic tradition of “Siskel & Ebert” Mike “Buzz” Buzzelli and Brian Edward exchange volleys on THE REVOLUTIONISTS, by Lauren Gunderson, directed by Jade King Carroll, performing at City Theatre through September 30, 2018. For tickets and more information, visit www.citytheatrecompany.org. Continue reading “Review: THE REVOLUTIONISTS, City Theatre”
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater’s production of August Wilson’s MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM, directed by Mark Clayton Southers and starring Vanessa German, has been extended through October 14th, 2018! Lonnie the Theatre Lady was there, and she’s telling all about it tonight on ‘Burgh Vivant. For tickets and more information, visit www.pghplaywrights.org.
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