70 stories by "Yvonne Hudson"
It’s an operetta. It’s a ghost story. And it is a comedic romance about conditional love and legacy. Ruddigore, or the Witch’s Curse is appropriately staged by the Pittsburgh Savoya…
Genre-defying and unforgettable, Cambodian Rock Band rocks in every respect. City Theatre’s 45th season opener is an imaginative historic ride that casts the terrors of the Khmer Rou…
Clever and cathartic, Fun Home at Front Porch Theatricals stirs the heart and memories of growing up despite the foibles of the grown-ups around us. Full of longing and never short on irony,…
Food for Groundlings’ Othello is a labor of love attesting to how the region’s small companies do much with a modest resources. Shakespeare is about the human journey of the characters i…
Next to the bowling greens in Frick Park, a large tent stirs anticipation. Quantum Theatre’s audience members are invited into the peña of beloved Chilean artist-activist Violeta Parra…
A stunning cast and handsome designs support the retelling of superbly satisfying adventure with one of the most popular detectives, Sherlock Holmes. He is quite at home on the Charity Ra…
Well-matched for Quantum Theatre’s latest performance space, William Shakespeare’s King Lear reigns in the postindustrial majesty of the Carrie Furnaces National Historical Landmark. Pla…
Bernstein. Copland. Galbraith. American Serenade, a musical feast of substantial American works, celebrates the sixth season of Resonance Works | Pittsburgh through masters of the past centu…
Cast off winter’s darkness and wallow in the light of spring with Prime Stage Theater’s Twelfth Night, a frothy, witty, and thoroughly entertaining confection through May 12. Kudos to…
There’s no other story like it. Betrayal, suffering, and death. Christ’s Passion is the dramatic finale of Jesus’ life on earth, retold in myriad wa…
An essential Gilbert and Sullivan for newbies and long-time fans alike, the Pittsburgh Savoyards’ Spring production The Gondoliers or, the King of Barataria, deserves your attention. Super…
The Tempest at Pittsburgh Public Theatre is a brave new production for our times. “Past is prologue.” So Shakespeare’s 1611 text benefits from all that has come before, reflecting the …
Effervescent, nostalgic, fresh and full of light, A Joyous Sound from Resonance Works | Pittsburgh is all that a delightful holiday gift should be. The company honors chorale traditions and …
A tradition for Shakespeare has propelled the Department of Theatre Arts at the University of Pittsburgh Stages for decades. Commitment to the classics inspired the Three Rivers Shakespear…
The hopes and fears of parents multiply exponentially when your child is a young black man. Likewise statistics shared in City Theatre’s program support that black students (male and femal…
America’s musical legacy is celebrated in an effervescent On the Town, bubbling over in honor of the centenary of composer Leonard Bernstein and the opening of the sixth season for Resonan…
Reflecting the turbulent and changing times of the Renaissance, Pittsburgh Savoyard’s production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Yeomen of the Guard, or The Merryman and His Maid dishes up…
The Atomic Bomb overshadowed the stories of many of the scientists who created it not to mention their long-suffering families who relocated Los Alamos, New Mexico during the work. Liza Birk…
August Wilson’s own biography and his plays chronicling life in Pittsburgh’s Hill District during the 20th century are well suited for an actor who fits the bill for How I Learned What I…
Memories and human curiosity are ethereal things. Our memories later buoy us as we retain them, let them go, or morph them into what we want them to be. Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia is a wise, w…
The poignancy of life’s arrivals and departures resonate in Pittsburgh Public Theater’s Hamlet, the final production of Ted Pappas’s tenure as artistic director. From the opening quest…
Storytelling by singers carried the March performances of Resonance Works | Pittsburgh as works by David Lang opened and closed a moving and fascinating program at the historic Homewood Ceme…
Like a good New York City supermarket that has everything its neighborhood needs, a strong play like Cori Thomas’ Citizens Market serves up multi-layered characters and their captivating p…
Hearing a musical work or experiencing a play for the first time is exhilarating. When the “new” piece is a 122-year-old Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, there’s a rare combination of th…
Painful stories and shameful histories benefit from the illumination of dramatization. While the audience views past events in almost real time, we are required to look and perhaps to learn.…
