Musicals

Marissa Bode as Nessarose and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba. Everett Collection Inc/Alamy Stock Photo by David Wilders, Dublin City University Warning: this article contains spoilers for Wicked. With...

Universal Pictures by Julian Woolford, University of Surrey The journey from successful stage musical to big-screen adaptation is rarely truly successful. From director Joshua Logan’s use...

REMA WEBB Performing on stage is what Rema Webb was born to do. And she’s over the moon to be returning to the Steel City this...

Don’t expect Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of one of the most successful Broadway productions ever, to make another Hamilton or anything like it.  “I don’t think...

by Gena R. Greher, UMass Lowell Easy on the ear, perhaps. But the label of “easy listening” often attached to the songs of Burt Bacharach...

Dancing with danger. West Side Story/Amblin by David Pyrooz, University of Colorado Boulder; James Densley, Metropolitan State University , and Scott H. Decker, Arizona State University The...

WORLD PREMIERE-- Jubilant Sykes and Kecia Lewis in a scene from “Breath and Imagination” (Hartford Stage/T. Charles Erickson) by C. Denise Johnson For New Pittsburgh Courier Most playwrights hope their creations will move, entertain and meet favorable reviews. In the case of “Breath & Imagination,” Daniel Beatty’s latest work is a 3-pointer. City Theatre’s latest offering, a world premiere co-production with Hartford Stage, offers an outstanding platform for stellar performances.

Jamal A. Shuriah by Genea L. WebbFor New Pittsburgh CourierJamal A. Shuriah said the emotion in each scene and the music is what drew him to audition for a role in “American Idiot.”