Wednesday, May 30, 2018

[New post] “King Hedley II” at Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre

wkarons posted: "Ah, Pittsburgh! Hometown of August Wilson, and place of many rains…. Those two went hand-in-hand this past Saturday at the performance of King Hedley II I attended, which has been staged by Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre in the backyard of August Wilson'"

Saturday, May 26, 2018

[New post] “Pigeon [III1/2]” at Birch Swinger Ensemble

wkarons posted: "There's an exercise I'll occasionally use in class, to help students think more expansively or differently about the world of a play we have read: "Create a scene that is missing from this play." It's an exercise that's playful, fun, and a little naughty "

Thursday, May 24, 2018

[New post] “HIR” at barebones productions

wkarons posted: "It's obvious to anyone who has been awake and breathing over the last two years that the 2016 election represented a watershed before-and-after moment in American politics and culture. Ways of thinking about our cultural moment that felt insightful and tr"

GLAAD's sixth annual Studio Responsibility Index sees alarming drop in LGBTQ characters in major studio films | GLAAD

GLAAD's sixth annual Studio Responsibility Index sees alarming drop in LGBTQ characters in major studio films | GLAAD: GLAAD found a record low percentage of LGBTQ-inclusive major studio films, though there was a welcome increase in LGBTQ characters of color. Read the full report now!

Monday, May 21, 2018

[New post] “Nomad Motel” at City Theatre

wkarons posted: "Gianni Downs's apropos "split screen" set for Carla Ching's new play Nomad Motel - confidently directed here by Los Angeles-based director Bart DeLorenzo - adeptly and precisely encapsulates both its form and content. On stage right, occupying a little ov"

[New post] “A New Brain” at Front Porch Theatricals

wkarons posted: "You can be forgiven if you've never heard of William Finn's 1998 quirky, feel-good musical A New Brain. The autobiographical tale, based on Finn's own experience surviving a risky operation to correct an arteriovenous malformation in the brain, began life"

Saturday, May 19, 2018

[New post] “The Forest of Everywhere” at Bricolage Production Company

wkarons posted: "An enormous storm has torn through the world, carrying animals from far-flung places and depositing them here in Pittsburgh, in the "Forest of Everywhere." They're lonely, confused, feeling out of place, and in need of kind and welcoming explorers to come"

[New post] “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” at Throughline Theatre Company

wkarons posted: "Polymathic omedian Steve Martin's play Picasso at the Lapin Agile might best be described as a love letter to creativity and to the creative energies that birthed both the joys and horrors of the twentieth century.  The conceit of the play is a chance mee"