70 stories by "Yvonne Hudson"
“Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart, or in the head?†-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice Master playwright Tom Stoppard’s The Hard Problem at Quantum The…
Belfast Girls deserves attention for the aspiration of founder and director Rich Kenzie in this debut production at Carnegie Stage through Sunday, Oct. 29 only. Belfast Girls, developed at t…
In the close quarters of Little Italy, old New York is an appropriate volatile and steamy backdrop for the feuding families and young love in PICT Classic Theater’s new production of Shake…
The voices and stories of Pittsburghers bring the Battle of Homestead to life in Mark Clayton Southers’ The Homestead Strike of 1892. Dramatic historical interpretation by some of the regi…
The waiting in life takes up a lot of our time–waiting for the next big thing, the next job, the next person. Ironbound’s Darja reconfirms out that anyone who takes public transportation…
Playwright meets tyrant. What could possibly go wrong? In a former slaughterhouse behind Bakery Square, Quantum Theatre takes audiences into the world of John Hodge’s Collaborators. Certai…
The girl who couldn’t hold on to a guy is the victorious heroine of Sweet Charity, on stage of the equally spunky and iconic Rockwell Theater at the Pittsburgh Playhouse in Oakland. The co…
Adoring and adorable, Twelfth Night serves up all the courses of Shakespeare’s infinite variety at the Pittsburgh Public Theater. It’s a sunny production in this midwinter of discontent …
Sometimes romantic, occasionally funny, and always unsettling, Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice makes audiences squirm. The play mirrors not only the historic anti-Semitism of the late…
An intriguing mythical adventure featuring puppets and actors runs just this weekend at the Irma Freeman Center for Imagination. Felicia Cooper, director and puppet artist, conceived this co…
A new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is playing at one of Pittsburgh’s most charming landmark settings. Marsha Mayhak created her stage version for Steel City Shakespear…
Step into this bad dream: a debilitating pedestrian accident. In An Accident, Lydia Stryk draws on her own accident experience to place both in an injured woman’s hospital room. This unset…
Meet Tyrone: a puppet on an evil mission in the small town of Cypress, Texas. City Theater’s production of Hand to God is Pittsburgh’s premiere of Robert Askin’s Tony-nominated play. F…
Karen Baum infuses the title character of Shirley Valentine with the spunkiness we’ve come to expect from this versatile Pittsburgh-based actor in PICT Classic Theatre’s season opener, r…
First things first. Pittsburgh-born playwright August Wilson’s Seven Guitars matters now. So, get a ticket, go up to the house where his family lived on The Hill. Sit in the yard and hear …
Titillating. Timely. Top-notch. It’s that Pittsburgh Public Theater production whose poster makes everyone nervously giggle or raise an eyebrow. You know, that one with the whip… Now tha…
Looking into a world where it never snows and no hills punctuate the landscape, Pittsburghers might be envious. However, it isn’t long before The Giver at Prime Stage Theatre reveals the f…
Once more into the past, with a twist. Quantum Theatre’s Kara Boos take us to an adventurous setting via Henrik Ibsen, that master of modernity. The Master Builder, set on the ninth floor …
Works of art often inspire news works as Mark Clayton Southers by August Strindberg’s Miss Julie. His Miss Julie, Clarissa and John takes us to a former slave plantation in Virginia in 188…
A world premiere is a major commitment for any theater company. City Theater Company chose well with Keith Reddin’s Some Brighter Distance, directed by Tracy Brigden, in her 15th year as C…
