Category Archives: Theater

Hot Times in the City

The Sprout Fund hosts their annual fundraiser on Saturday, August 25. Hot House is hot times in the city. This is one of THE BEST events I have attended in Pittsburgh. The Sprout Fund is the group behind many a cool project in Pittsburgh – remember those big inflatable sculpture from last summer – all part of the Sprout Fund’s public arts initiative.

This party shows off a variety of the people and projects that the Sprout Fund has supported over the past year. It is definitly worth the $40 ticket price.
Attend for Free! The Sprout Fund is looking for volunteers to help with the event before and during the party. If you volunteer you can attend for free.

Food and drinks from tons of different restaurants and perfomances by tons of local artists, including…

To buy tickets or sign up to volunteer visit the website www.sproutfund.org/hothouse/ÂÂ

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The Glorious Ones (with Pittsburgh born actors)

Hey yinz! I wanted to let you know about an awesome new musical that is having it’s world premiere right here in the ‘Burgh! The show is called THE GLORIOUS ONES (Now thru May 20 at Pittsburgh Public Theater) and it is a very funny musical about a troupe of street performers in 17th century Italy. These troupes performed what was called commedia dell’arte, or slapstick and improvisational comedy. These actors are considered the first comedians and most of the best modern comic actors studied this genre (Charlie Chaplin, Lucille Ball, Jim Carey, etc.). But, what really makes this show great is the fact that it was written by two Tony-Award winners, Lynn Ahrens (book and lyrics), and Pittsburgh native, Stephen Flaherty (music). Stephen Flaherty grew up in Dormont and graduated from Seton La Salle High School. These writers won the Tony award for Ragtime. So, if you want to be one of the first people in the world to see a great musical, now is your chance! For tickets, call Becky at 412.316.8200 ext. 704 or e-mail her rrickard@ppt.org and mention this posting and you can get the best seats available for any performance for only $25.50! If you are 26 or younger or a full-time student, you can get a ticket for only $12.50 (valid ID required). Trust me, you won’t want to miss this fantastic show. Check out www.ppt.org for more info and clips of songs from the show.

Git Aht! – Things To Do This Weekend

(Things to do while fleeing for your life from a good source of lycopene …)

Friday, April 27
Wine Tasting at The Warhol, 5:30 p.m., The Warhol, North Shore Side
warhol_wine_bottle Have some grape in the company of screen prints at the Warhol. Big Burrito provides four different wines and accompanying cheeses, The Warhol provides the atmosphere. If you see anyone dressed up as Valerie Solanas, keep your eye on them. If you dress up as Valerie Solanas, have someone keep an eye on you.

Phat Man Dee, 6:00 & 9:00 p.m., Backstage Bar at Theater Square, Le District de Cultural, Dahntahn
phatmandee Running two shows a night like she’s workin’ the Vegas circuit, Dee drops by the Backstage Bar for a couple shows, and she’s at the point now where it’s like “Yeah, sure, I can stop by on my way somewhere else, sing a song or two” like she’s running the joint, then maybe stopping off at Jilly’s for a whiskey. Dee’s got a growing repertoire and she’ll show it off tonight, so stop by before the show, after the show, during the show, for the show.

Jalsah, 8:30 p.m., The Zenith, Sahsside
clash According to the site, Jalsah is “a community event designed to promote awareness about middle-eastern music, culture, and dance. It is a place for both teachers, students, and non-initiates to network and learn more about traditional forms of music and dance.”

So, I think that means you can head on down there and jam out. I’m frantically calling around to see if I can rent a tuba. I’ve never played a tuba in my life, but I think they need one to add some bottom to it, some presence. The folks at Zenith trying to eat their delicious vegetarian meals would appreciate it, is what I’m thinking. Oom-pah.

Attack Theater “Games Of Steel”, 8:00 p.m., Kelly Strayhorn Theater, ‘Sliberty
GamesOfSteel Attack Theater brings the show back to town after performing on a country wide tour, and these are the last performances in the Pittsburgh area. Aiming to make dance more accessible, AT presents a show filled with ladders to nowhere, seesaws, and a live band. Dance Magazine calls the show “ever-entertaining and hellishly fun” which is coincidentally exactly what my ex-wife called our marriage in the divorce papers, but unlike Dance Magazine, she went on to say, “but I’m just tired of the marathon bongo-playing sessions/beer tastings/cohiba smoking on weeknights when I have to go to work the next morning. And besides, he leaves his friggin’ socks everywhere. I swear, I found one in the fridge.*”

(* Aht v. Aht , 149 F.2d, 103-104 (1st C.Pl. 2004))

Saturday, April 28
Charity Bar Crawl, 4:00 p.m., Shootz, Sahsside
Drinking For A Cause kicks off with an early one, but the charity involved is worthy so we’ll quiten down and bend with the breeze. Benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma society, the cost is 10 bucks and will tours all the way down Carson, starting at Shootz with the registration (not to worry if you can’t make it at 4 as they’re not moving on until 5:30, a much more palatable drinking hour) but other bars could be Jekyll’s, Tiki, and personal favorite Bar 11. Speaking of which, the scars have actually just about healed so I’m ready to go back to 11. Cause I go to 11. No, I’m not just gonna make 10 louder. Eff you.

Art All Night, 5:00 p.m., The Catalyst Building, Lawrenceville
Sleep All Day!No, Slaughter won’t be there, but The Spuds will, and that means something if you are, like me, of A Certain Age.

The annual mini-fest kicks off at 5 with events that are, y’know, for kids. Around 8, the music starts with The Spuds, followed by acts every hour or so the rest of the night (including Joy Ike who I saw performing at Flux a couple weeks back) until midnight when DJ Zombo spins until the wee hours.

The cool thing about the whole, well, thing is that anyone who wants to put a piece in can. Check the details on submissions here. This is an annual Good Gig, and last year they had over 10,000 people stroll through, so go early or go late, but you should go.

Sunday, April 29
Art All Night, 10:00 a.m., The Catalyst Building, Lawrenceville
And if you can’t make it Saturday night, well, it goes on into the next morning. So stop by after brunch and see it all until 2 on Sunday, with more music starting at 10 o’clock in the blessed a.m.
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Because Knowing Where To Go (and drink) Is Half The Battle
(Further Suggested Reading)
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Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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Got an event planned? Would you like a whole flock* of yinzers with disposable income to show up? Let Git Aht know by sending the electronic mail to gitaht@gmail.com.

(* Note: “Flock� being, y’know.. very loosely-defined…)

Gloria Deluxe

is a band. Gloria Deluxe is a band from New York City that will be preforming Accidentail Nostalgia at the Warhol on March 16 & 17, 2007.

A fellow Pittsburgher, who did live in New York for a time (but thankfully has returned to Pittsburgh) describes Gloria Deluxe as one of her favorite NYC bands.

More on Accidental Nostalgia (From GloriaDeluxe.com):

Accidental Nostalgia (an operetta about the pros and cons of amnesia – Part I of The Accidental Trilogy – written and performed by Cynthia Hopkins, accompanied by co-designers Jim Findlay and Jeff Sugg and the band Gloria Deluxe) premiered in March/April 2004 at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn, NY. It has since been performed at On the Boards in Seattle, WA (June 2004: go to Blog the Boards to read reviews by audience members); St. Ann’s Warehouse (for a second run in January 2005); the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN (January 2005); the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival (September 2005); the Houston Society for the Performing Arts in Houston, TX (January 2006); and the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, OH (May 2006). It is scheduled to be performed again in March 2007 at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, PA; and is being booked for future performances by ICM.